Engineer A 1984 Cost Override Continuation
Cs · Constraint
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/8#Engineer_A_1984_Cost_Override_Continuation
Definition
Engineer A was prohibited from continuing work on the project after the client declined to hire a full-time on-site project representative on cost grounds, because doing so required abandoning the paramount public safety duty in favor of the client's economic concerns.
Properties
Instance of
ClientEconomicPressureSafetyContinuationConstraint
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClientEconomicPressureSafetyContinuationConstraint
Case context
Engineer A recommended the client hire a full-time on-site project representative because of the potentially dangerous nature of implementing the design during construction. The client declined on cost grounds and Engineer A continued work, which the BER found violated Code section II.1.a.
Confidence
0.93
Constrained entity
Engineer A (BER Case 84-5)
Constraint statement
Engineer A was prohibited from continuing work on the project after the client declined to hire a full-time on-site project representative on cost grounds, because doing so required abandoning the paramount public safety duty in favor of the client's economic concerns.
Severity
critical
Source
NSPE Code of Ethics Section II.1.a; BER Case 84-5
Temporal scope
After the client declined to hire the on-site project representative and Engineer A continued work
Match Confidence
0.95
Match Reasoning
Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Client Economic Pressure Safety Continuation Constraint'
Matched Ontology Label
Client Economic Pressure Safety Continuation Constraint
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
confidence
constraintClass
constraintStatement
severity
source
temporalScope
textReferences
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A acted in a manner that suggests the primary obligation was not the public, but the client's economic concerns. For that reason, Engineer A was in violation of Code section II.1.a.
The problematic behavior in BER Case 84-5 was that, when cost concerns were raised by the client, Engineer A 'abandoned the ethical duty [to the public] and proceeded to work on the project.'
Source text
The problematic behavior in BER Case 84-5 was that, when cost concerns were raised by the client, Engineer A 'abandoned the ethical duty [to the public] and proceeded to work on the project.'
TTL
@prefix case8: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/8#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix proeth-prov: <http://proethica.org/provenance#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case8:Engineer_A_1984_Cost_Override_Continuation a proeth:ClientEconomicPressureSafetyContinuationConstraint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A 1984 Cost Override Continuation" ;
proeth:caseContext "Engineer A recommended the client hire a full-time on-site project representative because of the potentially dangerous nature of implementing the design during construction. The client declined on cost grounds and Engineer A continued work, which the BER found violated Code section II.1.a." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Constraint" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:constrainedEntity "Engineer A (BER Case 84-5)" ;
proeth:constraintClass "Client Economic Pressure Safety Continuation Constraint" ;
proeth:constraintStatement "Engineer A was prohibited from continuing work on the project after the client declined to hire a full-time on-site project representative on cost grounds, because doing so required abandoning the paramount public safety duty in favor of the client's economic concerns." ;
proeth:severity "critical" ;
proeth:source "NSPE Code of Ethics Section II.1.a; BER Case 84-5" ;
proeth:temporalScope "After the client declined to hire the on-site project representative and Engineer A continued work" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A acted in a manner that suggests the primary obligation was not the public, but the client's economic concerns. For that reason, Engineer A was in violation of Code section II.1.a.",
"The problematic behavior in BER Case 84-5 was that, when cost concerns were raised by the client, Engineer A 'abandoned the ethical duty [to the public] and proceeded to work on the project.'" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 8 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-05T02:27:13.190895+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 8 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.95 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Client Economic Pressure Safety Continuation Constraint'" ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:ClientEconomicPressureSafetyContinuationConstraint ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Client Economic Pressure Safety Continuation Constraint" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "The problematic behavior in BER Case 84-5 was that, when cost concerns were raised by the client, Engineer A 'abandoned the ethical duty [to the public] and proceeded to work on the project.'" ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "caseContext",
"confidence",
"constraintClass",
"constraintStatement",
"severity",
"source",
"temporalScope",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A was prohibited from continuing work on the project after the client declined to hire a full-time on-site project representative on cost grounds, because doing so required abandoning the paramount public safety duty in favor of the client's economic concerns." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A was prohibited from continuing work on the project after the client declined to hire a full-time on-site project representative on cost grounds, because doing so required abandoning the paramount public safety duty in favor of the client's economic concerns." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-05T02:27:13.190895+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 8 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 8 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
8
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-05T02:27:13.190895+00:00
First case
8
Generated
2026-06-05T02:27:13.190895+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 8 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 8 Extraction