Engineer A Building Inspection Director Benevolent Motive Non-Justification
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/79#Engineer_A_Building_Inspection_Director_Benevolent_Motive_Non-Justification
Properties
Instance of
BenevolentMotiveNon-JustificationforPolicyViolationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#BenevolentMotiveNon-JustificationforPolicyViolationObligation
Case context
Engineer A's motivation for considering the chairman's proposal was genuine concern about the inadequacy of the inspection program, but this benevolent motive did not cure the ethical violation of concurring with reduced code enforcement standards.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (Director of City Building Department)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that his genuine and praiseworthy concern about the inadequacy of the inspection program and the need for additional staff did not render ethically permissible his concurrence with the grandfathering ordinance, and to refrain from using benevolent intent as a justification for proceeding with the safety-compromising arrangement.
Temporal scope
Upon being presented with the chairman's proposal
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Benevolent Motive Does Not Cure Ethical Violation By Engineer A
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A could arguably rationalize a decision to permit the inconsistent application of a building code in order to accomplish the larger objective of obtaining the necessary resources
Text references
Engineer A could arguably rationalize a decision to permit the inconsistent application of a building code in order to accomplish the larger objective of obtaining the necessary resources
on balance, the Board believes that previous BER cases provide sufficient guidance for Engineer A
TTL
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rdfs:label "Engineer A Building Inspection Director Benevolent Motive Non-Justification" ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A's motivation for considering the chairman's proposal was genuine concern about the inadequacy of the inspection program, but this benevolent motive did not cure the ethical violation of concurring with reduced code enforcement standards." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case79:Benevolent_Motive_Does_Not_Cure_Ethical_Violation_By_Engineer_A ;
proeth:discoveredincase "79" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T07:06:46.613281+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "79" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T07:06:46.613281+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (Director of City Building Department)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Benevolent Motive Non-Justification for Policy Violation Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that his genuine and praiseworthy concern about the inadequacy of the inspection program and the need for additional staff did not render ethically permissible his concurrence with the grandfathering ordinance, and to refrain from using benevolent intent as a justification for proceeding with the safety-compromising arrangement." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A could arguably rationalize a decision to permit the inconsistent application of a building code in order to accomplish the larger objective of obtaining the necessary resources" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon being presented with the chairman's proposal" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A could arguably rationalize a decision to permit the inconsistent application of a building code in order to accomplish the larger objective of obtaining the necessary resources",
"on balance, the Board believes that previous BER cases provide sufficient guidance for Engineer A" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 79 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T07:16:01.185622"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 79 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
79
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T07:06:46.613281+00:00
First case
79
Generated
2026-03-01T07:06:46.613281+00:00
Attributed to
Case 79 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T07:16:01.185622
Generated by
ProEthica Case 79 Extraction