Engineer A Paramount Safety Obligation Notification Duty
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Engineer_A_Paramount_Safety_Obligation_Notification_Duty
Properties
Instance of
GraduatedEscalationObligationCalibratedtoDangerSeverityState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#GraduatedEscalationObligationCalibratedtoDangerSeverityState
Active period
From the point at which Engineer A's safety concerns were effectively overruled by the client's decision through the end of the engagement
Affected parties
Appropriate governmental authority
Building occupants
Client
Engineer A
Prospective purchasers
Confidence
0.85
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's obligation to notify the appropriate authority when professional judgment regarding safety was overruled by the client's 'as-is' sale decision, calibrated to the severity of the safety risk posed to occupants and prospective purchasers
Terminated by
Would be terminated by notification to appropriate authority — which did not occur
Triggering event
Client's refusal to remediate known safety violations and intent to sell the building 'as is,' overruling Engineer A's implicit professional judgment that the conditions were unsafe
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A could have taken other steps to address the situation, not the least of which was his paramount professional obligation to notify the appropriate authority if his professional judgment is overruled under circumstances where the safety of the public is endangered
Text references
Engineer A could have taken other steps to address the situation, not the least of which was his paramount professional obligation to notify the appropriate authority if his professional judgment is overruled under circumstances where the safety of the public is endangered
TTL
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case84:Engineer_A_Paramount_Safety_Obligation_Notification_Duty a proeth:GraduatedEscalationObligationCalibratedtoDangerSeverityState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Paramount Safety Obligation Notification Duty" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From the point at which Engineer A's safety concerns were effectively overruled by the client's decision through the end of the engagement" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Appropriate governmental authority",
"Building occupants",
"Client",
"Engineer A",
"Prospective purchasers" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:32:42.161515+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:32:42.161515+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A could have taken other steps to address the situation, not the least of which was his paramount professional obligation to notify the appropriate authority if his professional judgment is overruled under circumstances where the safety of the public is endangered" ;
proeth:stateclass "Graduated Escalation Obligation Calibrated to Danger Severity State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's obligation to notify the appropriate authority when professional judgment regarding safety was overruled by the client's 'as-is' sale decision, calibrated to the severity of the safety risk posed to occupants and prospective purchasers" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Would be terminated by notification to appropriate authority — which did not occur" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A could have taken other steps to address the situation, not the least of which was his paramount professional obligation to notify the appropriate authority if his professional judgment is overruled under circumstances where the safety of the public is endangered" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Client's refusal to remediate known safety violations and intent to sell the building 'as is,' overruling Engineer A's implicit professional judgment that the conditions were unsafe" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:56:58.159775"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 84 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
84
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:32:42.161515+00:00
First case
84
Generated
2026-03-01T13:32:42.161515+00:00
Attributed to
Case 84 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:56:58.159775
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction