Engineer W Responsible Charge Active Policy Compliance Review Obligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/58#Engineer_W_Responsible_Charge_Active_Policy_Compliance_Review_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
ResponsibleChargeActiveReviewObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ResponsibleChargeActiveReviewObligation
Case context
Engineer W directed Engineer Intern D to revise a policy-compliant design and promised to 'sign off' on the revised version, without independently verifying that the revision would comply with the DOT's unambiguous cost-allocation policy. The 'sign off' promise was used as a mechanism to authorize a pre-determined policy-violating outcome rather than as the product of responsible charge review.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer W
Obligation statement
Engineer W was obligated, as the licensed senior engineer in responsible charge of the Shadyvale DOT project, to conduct an active, substantive review of the design's compliance with DOT cost-allocation policy before directing any revision — and to refrain from using a promise to 'sign off' as a substitute for independent determination that the revised design would comply with applicable agency policy.
Temporal scope
Before directing the design revision and before any promise to seal the revised design
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Responsible Charge Engagement Violated By Engineer W Sign Off Promise
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer W tells Engineer Intern D, 'I'll sign off on it.'
Text references
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.'
State DOT policy unambiguously requires that only unavoidable utility conflicts will be paid for as part of highway projects.
TTL
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case58:Engineer_W_Responsible_Charge_Active_Policy_Compliance_Review_Obligation a proeth:ResponsibleChargeActiveReviewObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer W Responsible Charge Active Policy Compliance Review Obligation" ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case58:Engineer_W_Responsible_Charge_Non-Delegation_Policy_Compliance_Sign_Off_Promise ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer W directed Engineer Intern D to revise a policy-compliant design and promised to 'sign off' on the revised version, without independently verifying that the revision would comply with the DOT's unambiguous cost-allocation policy. The 'sign off' promise was used as a mechanism to authorize a pre-determined policy-violating outcome rather than as the product of responsible charge review." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case58:Responsible_Charge_Engagement_Violated_By_Engineer_W_Sign_Off_Promise ;
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 W" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Responsible Charge Active Review Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer W was obligated, as the licensed senior engineer in responsible charge of the Shadyvale DOT project, to conduct an active, substantive review of the design's compliance with DOT cost-allocation policy before directing any revision — and to refrain from using a promise to 'sign off' as a substitute for independent determination that the revised design would comply with applicable agency policy." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer W tells Engineer Intern D, 'I'll sign off on it.'" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Before directing the design revision and before any promise to seal the revised design" ;
proeth:textreferences "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.'",
"State DOT policy unambiguously requires that only unavoidable utility conflicts will be paid for as part of highway projects." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 58 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T22:07:12.203067"^^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
2026-02-25T22:07:12.203067
Generated by
ProEthica Case 58 Extraction