DP6
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/59#DP6
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP6
Decision question
After notifying the Homeowner in writing of the freeze risk, does Engineer A bear an independent obligation to notify the Builder directly — the party who made the defective installation decision and who retains the most immediate practical capacity to correct it — or does the faithful agent obligation limit Engineer A's disclosure duty exclusively to the Homeowner as the contracting client?
Focus
Engineer A: Scope of Notification — Whether to Contact the Builder Directly in Addition to the Homeowner
Option1
Notify the Homeowner in writing first with full technical specificity, recommend that the Homeowner direct the Builder to reroute the piping, and — if the Homeowner's response is inadequate or no corrective action follows within a reasonable period — communicate the same technical concern directly to the Builder with the Homeowner's knowledge, ensuring the party with corrective authority receives information precise enough to act on
Option2
Limit disclosure exclusively to the written notification already provided to the Homeowner, treating the Homeowner as the sole obligatory recipient under the faithful agent obligation and relying on the Homeowner to direct the Builder as the Homeowner sees fit, without Engineer A independently contacting the Builder at any stage of the escalation
Option3
Notify the Homeowner and the Builder simultaneously in writing at the outset, on the grounds that the Builder is the party with immediate corrective authority and that delaying Builder notification while waiting for the Homeowner to act creates an unnecessary risk that the defective installation will be enclosed or otherwise made more difficult to correct as construction progresses
Role
Engineer A Multi-Credential Observing Engineer
TTL
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case59:DP6 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP6" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP6" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "After notifying the Homeowner in writing of the freeze risk, does Engineer A bear an independent obligation to notify the Builder directly — the party who made the defective installation decision and who retains the most immediate practical capacity to correct it — or does the faithful agent obligation limit Engineer A's disclosure duty exclusively to the Homeowner as the contracting client?" ;
proeth:focus "Engineer A: Scope of Notification — Whether to Contact the Builder Directly in Addition to the Homeowner" ;
proeth:option1 "Notify the Homeowner in writing first with full technical specificity, recommend that the Homeowner direct the Builder to reroute the piping, and — if the Homeowner's response is inadequate or no corrective action follows within a reasonable period — communicate the same technical concern directly to the Builder with the Homeowner's knowledge, ensuring the party with corrective authority receives information precise enough to act on" ;
proeth:option2 "Limit disclosure exclusively to the written notification already provided to the Homeowner, treating the Homeowner as the sole obligatory recipient under the faithful agent obligation and relying on the Homeowner to direct the Builder as the Homeowner sees fit, without Engineer A independently contacting the Builder at any stage of the escalation" ;
proeth:option3 "Notify the Homeowner and the Builder simultaneously in writing at the outset, on the grounds that the Builder is the party with immediate corrective authority and that delaying Builder notification while waiting for the Homeowner to act creates an unnecessary risk that the defective installation will be enclosed or otherwise made more difficult to correct as construction progresses" ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer A Multi-Credential Observing Engineer" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T22:58:29.082849"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 59 Extraction" .
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2026-02-25T22:58:29.082849
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ProEthica Case 59 Extraction