DP4
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ec00013a
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/78#DP4
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Parent
Decision Point Id
DP4
Decision Question
After submitting a written report documenting a serious subdivision-wide structural under-design to the retaining insurance company and receiving State Board confirmation that this was sufficient, should Engineer A have independently escalated disclosure to local building officials and/or the homeowners association?
Focus
Engineer A's obligation to escalate the subdivision-wide structural defect beyond the retaining insurance company — calibrating the breadth of disclosure to the systemic, non-imminent but serious risk affecting multiple occupied tract homes, against the faithful agent obligation and the State Board's permissive ruling that written notification to the insurance company was sufficient.
Option1
Escalate directly to local building officials and the homeowners association in parallel with — or immediately following — submission of the written report to the insurance company, without waiting for the State Board's guidance or the insurance company's follow-up action
Option2
Treat the State Board's explicit confirmation that written notification to the insurance company was sufficient as a reasonable good-faith discharge of escalation obligations, document the systemic concern thoroughly in the report, and monitor whether the insurance company or State Board initiates further remediation action before taking additional steps
Option3
Notify local building officials with jurisdictional authority over the construction site — specifically to address the contractor's reuse of the deficient beam before occupancy — while deferring broader homeowner association notification to the insurance company as the retaining client with institutional capacity and legal incentive to act on the systemic finding
Role Label
Engineer A BER 07-10 Post-Sale Safety Notifying Engineer
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ec00013a0068f5e5...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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2026-02-27T05:51:37.120391
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ProEthica Case 78 Extraction