Engineers A B Graduated Response
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/76#Engineers_A_B_Graduated_Response
Definition
Engineers A and B were directed to proceed through escalating steps: first notifying the client, then making formal presentations to the state regulatory agency, and then pursuing further escalation if those formal presentations failed to produce remediation.
Properties
Instance of
GraduatedResponseProportionalityPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#GraduatedResponseProportionalityPrinciple
Applied to
Metropolitan Water Commission Client
State Regulatory Agency Authority
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Duty Principle
Public Welfare Paramountcy Principle
Concrete expression
Engineers A and B were directed to proceed through escalating steps: first notifying the client, then making formal presentations to the state regulatory agency, and then pursuing further escalation if those formal presentations failed to produce remediation.
Confidence
0.88
Interpretation
The graduated response framework requires formal client advisement and formal regulatory presentation before further escalation, but the gravity of the public health risk means the obligation to persist does not end with formal presentations.
Tension resolution
The graduated response is calibrated to the severity of the risk; because the danger to public health is grave, the obligation to persist beyond formal presentations is triggered.
Match Confidence
0.95
Match Reasoning
Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Graduated Response Proportionality Principle'
Matched Ontology Label
Graduated Response Proportionality Principle
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
appliedTo
balancingWith
concreteExpression
confidence
interpretation
principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
invokedBy
Agent Engineer A, Agent Engineer B
Source Evidence
Text references
The formal presentations satisfy Engineer A's and Engineer B's duty to report. However, in the event that these formal presentations fail to sway the MWC to change its plans, given the gravity of the danger to public health and safety, Engineers A and B have an obligation to further pursue the matter.
The remaining referenced Code sections provide a step-by-step path forward in this case for Engineer A and Engineer B with Section II.1. in mind.
Source text
The remaining referenced Code sections provide a step-by-step path forward in this case for Engineer A and Engineer B with Section II.1. in mind.
TTL
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case76:Engineers_A_B_Graduated_Response a proeth:GraduatedResponseProportionalityPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineers A B Graduated Response" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case76:Agent_Engineer_A,
case76:Agent_Engineer_B ;
proeth:appliedTo "Metropolitan Water Commission Client",
"State Regulatory Agency Authority" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Faithful Agent Duty Principle",
"Public Welfare Paramountcy Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "Engineers A and B were directed to proceed through escalating steps: first notifying the client, then making formal presentations to the state regulatory agency, and then pursuing further escalation if those formal presentations failed to produce remediation." ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:interpretation "The graduated response framework requires formal client advisement and formal regulatory presentation before further escalation, but the gravity of the public health risk means the obligation to persist does not end with formal presentations." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer A Safety Reporting",
"Engineer B Safety Reporting" ;
proeth:principleClass "Graduated Response Proportionality Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The graduated response is calibrated to the severity of the risk; because the danger to public health is grave, the obligation to persist beyond formal presentations is triggered." ;
proeth:textReferences "The formal presentations satisfy Engineer A's and Engineer B's duty to report. However, in the event that these formal presentations fail to sway the MWC to change its plans, given the gravity of the danger to public health and safety, Engineers A and B have an obligation to further pursue the matter.",
"The remaining referenced Code sections provide a step-by-step path forward in this case for Engineer A and Engineer B with Section II.1. in mind." ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 76 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-05T11:26:55.962095+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 76 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.95 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Graduated Response Proportionality Principle'" ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:GraduatedResponseProportionalityPrinciple ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Graduated Response Proportionality Principle" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "The remaining referenced Code sections provide a step-by-step path forward in this case for Engineer A and Engineer B with Section II.1. in mind." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "appliedTo",
"balancingWith",
"concreteExpression",
"confidence",
"interpretation",
"principleClass",
"tensionResolution",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineers A and B were directed to proceed through escalating steps: first notifying the client, then making formal presentations to the state regulatory agency, and then pursuing further escalation if those formal presentations failed to produce remediation." ;
skos:definition "Engineers A and B were directed to proceed through escalating steps: first notifying the client, then making formal presentations to the state regulatory agency, and then pursuing further escalation if those formal presentations failed to produce remediation." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-05T11:26:55.962095+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 76 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 76 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
76
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-05T11:26:55.962095+00:00
First case
76
Generated
2026-06-05T11:26:55.962095+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 76 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 76 Extraction