Engineer Intern D Policy Compliant Design Preservation Obligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/58#Engineer_Intern_D_Policy_Compliant_Design_Preservation_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
Policy-ViolatingDesignRevisionRefusalObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Policy-ViolatingDesignRevisionRefusalObligation
Case context
Engineer Intern D independently produced a DOT policy-compliant design separating the new closed drainage system from the old water main. Engineer W then indirectly directed revision of the design to impact the water main, promising to sign off on it, which would have shifted $700,000 in water main replacement costs from Shadyvale to the DOT in violation of explicit agency policy.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer Intern D
Obligation statement
Engineer Intern D was obligated to refuse to revise the policy-compliant design — which avoided conflicts with the existing water main — in response to Engineer W's indirect directive, notwithstanding Engineer W's promise to 'sign off' on the revised design, because the revision would have artificially created a utility conflict to circumvent the DOT's cost-allocation policy.
Temporal scope
Upon receipt of Engineer W's indirect directive during design development review
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Public Welfare Paramount Invoked By Engineer Intern D Policy Compliant Design
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer Intern D initiates the design layout for the Shadyvale DOT project to avoid conflicts with the existing utilities, including separation of a new closed drainage system from the old water main.
Text references
Engineer Intern D initiates the design layout for the Shadyvale DOT project to avoid conflicts with the existing utilities, including separation of a new closed drainage system from the old water main.
Engineer W conveys to Engineer Intern D in an indirect way that the design should be revised so that the old water main is impacted.
Engineer W tells Engineer Intern D, 'I'll sign off on it.'
TTL
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case58:Engineer_Intern_D_Policy_Compliant_Design_Preservation_Obligation a proeth:Policy-ViolatingDesignRevisionRefusalObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer Intern D Policy Compliant Design Preservation Obligation" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/58#Unlicensed_Intern_Responsible_Charge_Delegation_—_Engineer_W_to_Engineer_Intern_D> ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer Intern D independently produced a DOT policy-compliant design separating the new closed drainage system from the old water main. Engineer W then indirectly directed revision of the design to impact the water main, promising to sign off on it, which would have shifted $700,000 in water main replacement costs from Shadyvale to the DOT in violation of explicit agency policy." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case58:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_By_Engineer_Intern_D_Policy_Compliant_Design ;
proeth:discoveredincase "58" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T21:52:11.308597+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "58" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T21:52:11.308597+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer Intern D" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Policy-Violating Design Revision Refusal Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer Intern D was obligated to refuse to revise the policy-compliant design — which avoided conflicts with the existing water main — in response to Engineer W's indirect directive, notwithstanding Engineer W's promise to 'sign off' on the revised design, because the revision would have artificially created a utility conflict to circumvent the DOT's cost-allocation policy." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer Intern D initiates the design layout for the Shadyvale DOT project to avoid conflicts with the existing utilities, including separation of a new closed drainage system from the old water main." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon receipt of Engineer W's indirect directive during design development review" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer Intern D initiates the design layout for the Shadyvale DOT project to avoid conflicts with the existing utilities, including separation of a new closed drainage system from the old water main.",
"Engineer W conveys to Engineer Intern D in an indirect way that the design should be revised so that the old water main is impacted.",
"Engineer W tells Engineer Intern D, 'I'll sign off on it.'" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 58 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T22:07:12.202233"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 58 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
58
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-25T21:52:11.308597+00:00
First case
58
Generated
2026-02-25T21:52:11.308597+00:00
Attributed to
Case 58 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T22:07:12.202233
Generated by
ProEthica Case 58 Extraction