Engineer A Out-of-Discipline Electrical Mechanical Code Violation Public Authority Reporting
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Engineer_A_Out-of-Discipline_Electrical_Mechanical_Code_Violation_Public_Authority_Reporting
Properties
Instance of
Out-of-DisciplineSafetyCodeViolationPublicAuthorityReportingObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Out-of-DisciplineSafetyCodeViolationPublicAuthorityReportingObligation
Case context
Engineer A, a structural engineer retained under a confidentiality agreement to assess a 60-year-old occupied apartment building being sold 'as is,' was informed by the client that the building contained electrical and mechanical code violations that could injure occupants. Engineer A did not report these violations to any third party.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to report the electrical and mechanical code violations — disclosed to him by the client — to appropriate public authorities (e.g., building code enforcement, fire marshal), notwithstanding that electrical and mechanical engineering fell outside his structural engineering scope and notwithstanding the confidentiality agreement, because those violations could cause injury to building occupants.
Temporal scope
Upon receiving client disclosure of the electrical and mechanical code violations, and no later than completion of the structural engagement
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
the client confides in Engineer A and informs him that the building contains deficiencies in the electrical and mechanical systems which violate applicable codes and standards
Text references
Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party
Engineer A does realize those deficiencies could cause injury to the occupants of the building
the client confides in Engineer A and informs him that the building contains deficiencies in the electrical and mechanical systems which violate applicable codes and standards
TTL
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case84:Engineer_A_Out-of-Discipline_Electrical_Mechanical_Code_Violation_Public_Authority_Reporting a proeth:Out-of-DisciplineSafetyCodeViolationPublicAuthorityReportingObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Out-of-Discipline Electrical Mechanical Code Violation Public Authority Reporting" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case84:Engineer_A_Section_III.4_Client-Transmitted_Confidentiality_Engagement_Recognition ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case84:Engineer_A_Section_III.4_Client-Transmitted_Confidentiality_Engagement_Recognition ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A, a structural engineer retained under a confidentiality agreement to assess a 60-year-old occupied apartment building being sold 'as is,' was informed by the client that the building contained electrical and mechanical code violations that could injure occupants. Engineer A did not report these violations to any third party." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case84:Competence_Boundary_Recognition_Partially_Discharged_By_Engineer_A,
case84:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_In_Occupied_Building_Safety_Context ;
proeth:discoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:38:59.518980+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:38:59.518980+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Out-of-Discipline Safety Code Violation Public Authority Reporting Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to report the electrical and mechanical code violations — disclosed to him by the client — to appropriate public authorities (e.g., building code enforcement, fire marshal), notwithstanding that electrical and mechanical engineering fell outside his structural engineering scope and notwithstanding the confidentiality agreement, because those violations could cause injury to building occupants." ;
proeth:sourcetext "the client confides in Engineer A and informs him that the building contains deficiencies in the electrical and mechanical systems which violate applicable codes and standards" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon receiving client disclosure of the electrical and mechanical code violations, and no later than completion of the structural engagement" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party",
"Engineer A does realize those deficiencies could cause injury to the occupants of the building",
"the client confides in Engineer A and informs him that the building contains deficiencies in the electrical and mechanical systems which violate applicable codes and standards" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:56:58.168777"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 84 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
84
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:38:59.518980+00:00
First case
84
Generated
2026-03-01T13:38:59.518980+00:00
Attributed to
Case 84 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:56:58.168777
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction