Engineer A Paramount Safety Word Supremacy Hierarchy Non-Recognition
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Engineer_A_Paramount_Safety_Word_Supremacy_Hierarchy_Non-Recognition
Properties
Instance of
ParamountSafetyWordSupremacyHierarchyRecognitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ParamountSafetyWordSupremacyHierarchyRecognitionObligation
Case context
Engineer A treated the confidentiality obligation as effectively overriding the public safety obligation, failing to apply the hierarchical supremacy that the Code's use of 'paramount' was intended to establish.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.89
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the NSPE Code's use of 'paramount' in Section I.1. established a normative hierarchy placing public safety above the confidentiality obligation in Section III.4., and to apply that hierarchy by disclosing the electrical and mechanical code violations to appropriate authorities rather than treating the confidentiality obligation as co-equal with or superior to the paramount safety duty.
Temporal scope
Upon discovery of electrical and mechanical code violations and throughout the professional engagement
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Public Welfare Paramount Invoked in Engineer A Confidentiality-Safety Conflict
Source Evidence
Source text
The Code of Ethics is clear on this point. Section I.1. employs the word 'paramount' to describe the obligation of the engineer with respect to the public health and safety.
Text references
The Code of Ethics is clear on this point. Section I.1. employs the word 'paramount' to describe the obligation of the engineer with respect to the public health and safety.
The obligation of the engineer to refrain from revealing confidential information, data, facts concerning the business affairs of the client without consent of the client is a significant ethical obligation. We further believe that matters of public health and safety must take precedence.
We further believe that matters of public health and safety must take precedence.
TTL
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proeth:casecontext "Engineer A treated the confidentiality obligation as effectively overriding the public safety obligation, failing to apply the hierarchical supremacy that the Code's use of 'paramount' was intended to establish." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
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proeth:confidence "0.89" ;
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proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "84" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Paramount Safety Word Supremacy Hierarchy Recognition Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the NSPE Code's use of 'paramount' in Section I.1. established a normative hierarchy placing public safety above the confidentiality obligation in Section III.4., and to apply that hierarchy by disclosing the electrical and mechanical code violations to appropriate authorities rather than treating the confidentiality obligation as co-equal with or superior to the paramount safety duty." ;
proeth:sourcetext "The Code of Ethics is clear on this point. Section I.1. employs the word 'paramount' to describe the obligation of the engineer with respect to the public health and safety." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon discovery of electrical and mechanical code violations and throughout the professional engagement" ;
proeth:textreferences "The Code of Ethics is clear on this point. Section I.1. employs the word 'paramount' to describe the obligation of the engineer with respect to the public health and safety.",
"The obligation of the engineer to refrain from revealing confidential information, data, facts concerning the business affairs of the client without consent of the client is a significant ethical obligation. We further believe that matters of public health and safety must take precedence.",
"We further believe that matters of public health and safety must take precedence." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
84
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:47:29.003693+00:00
First case
84
Generated
2026-03-01T13:47:29.003693+00:00
Attributed to
Case 84 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:56:58.175373
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction