Proactive Risk Disclosure Obligation to State Pollution Control Authority
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/72#Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Obligation_to_State_Pollution_Control_Authority
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
State Pollution Control Authority's permit decision regarding XYZ Corporation's discharge
Balancing with
Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer Doe's obligation to proactively communicate his completed findings — that XYZ's discharge will violate established minimum standards — to the State Pollution Control Authority, without waiting for a formal request, because the public's health and safety are at risk and no other mechanism exists to bring the findings to the authority's attention
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Interpretation
The proactive disclosure obligation is triggered by the combination of completed findings, client suppression of the written report, and the authority's pending permit decision based on contradictory data
Invoked by
Engineer Doe Public Health Risk Reporting Engineer
Tension resolution
Proactive disclosure is required because the public cannot protect itself from the engineering decision, and no other mechanism exists to bring the safety-relevant findings to the authority's attention
Source Evidence
Source text
He will notify the proper authority of any observed conditions which endanger public safety and health.
Text references
In this case, it is presumed that a failure to meet the minimum standards established by law is detrimental to the public health and safety.
Section 2-'The Engineer will have proper regard for the safety, health, and welfare of the public in the performance of his professional duties. If his engineering judgment is overruled by nontechnical authority, he will clearly point out the consequences. He will notify the proper authority of any observed conditions which endanger public safety and health.'
TTL
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case72:Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Obligation_to_State_Pollution_Control_Authority a proeth:ProactiveRiskDisclosure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Proactive Risk Disclosure Obligation to State Pollution Control Authority" ;
proeth:appliedto "State Pollution Control Authority's permit decision regarding XYZ Corporation's discharge" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer Doe's obligation to proactively communicate his completed findings — that XYZ's discharge will violate established minimum standards — to the State Pollution Control Authority, without waiting for a formal request, because the public's health and safety are at risk and no other mechanism exists to bring the findings to the authority's attention" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "72" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-26T12:05:13.603514+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "72" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-26T12:05:13.603514+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The proactive disclosure obligation is triggered by the combination of completed findings, client suppression of the written report, and the authority's pending permit decision based on contradictory data" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer Doe Public Health Risk Reporting Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Proactive Risk Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "He will notify the proper authority of any observed conditions which endanger public safety and health." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Proactive disclosure is required because the public cannot protect itself from the engineering decision, and no other mechanism exists to bring the safety-relevant findings to the authority's attention" ;
proeth:textreferences "In this case, it is presumed that a failure to meet the minimum standards established by law is detrimental to the public health and safety.",
"Section 2-'The Engineer will have proper regard for the safety, health, and welfare of the public in the performance of his professional duties. If his engineering judgment is overruled by nontechnical authority, he will clearly point out the consequences. He will notify the proper authority of any observed conditions which endanger public safety and health.'" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 72 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-26T12:15:43.076539"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 72 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
72
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-26T12:05:13.603514+00:00
First case
72
Generated
2026-02-26T12:05:13.603514+00:00
Attributed to
Case 72 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T12:15:43.076539
Generated by
ProEthica Case 72 Extraction