Engineer A Passive Acquiescence to Client Safety Refusal
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Engineer_A_Passive_Acquiescence_to_Client_Safety_Refusal
Properties
Instance of
EngineerPassiveAcquiescencetoClientSafetyRefusalState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineerPassiveAcquiescencetoClientSafetyRefusalState
Active period
From Engineer A's acknowledgment of the safety risk through completion of the engagement without escalation or withdrawal
Affected parties
Building occupants
Client
Engineer A
Prospective purchasers
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's continuation of work on behalf of the client without insisting on safety remediation, withdrawing from the project, or notifying appropriate authorities after the client's 'as-is' sale intent became clear
Terminated by
Not terminated — Engineer A's passive acquiescence persisted through the end of the engagement
Triggering event
Client's disclosure of safety violations combined with stated intent to sell 'as is,' and Engineer A's decision to proceed with work without further objection
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A, like the engineer in Case 84-5, 'went along' and proceeded with the work on behalf of the client. His conduct cannot be condoned under the Code
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
Engineer A, like the engineer in Case 84-5, 'went along' and proceeded with the work on behalf of the client. His conduct cannot be condoned under the Code
the engineer acceded to the client's wishes and proceeded with the work despite the fact that the engineer believed that to proceed without an on-site project representative would be potentially dangerous
TTL
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@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
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@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case84:Engineer_A_Passive_Acquiescence_to_Client_Safety_Refusal a proeth:EngineerPassiveAcquiescencetoClientSafetyRefusalState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Passive Acquiescence to Client Safety Refusal" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From Engineer A's acknowledgment of the safety risk through completion of the engagement without escalation or withdrawal" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Building occupants",
"Client",
"Engineer A",
"Prospective purchasers" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
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, like the engineer in Case 84-5, 'went along' and proceeded with the work on behalf of the client. His conduct cannot be condoned under the Code" ;
proeth:stateclass "Engineer Passive Acquiescence to Client Safety Refusal State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's continuation of work on behalf of the client without insisting on safety remediation, withdrawing from the project, or notifying appropriate authorities after the client's 'as-is' sale intent became clear" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Not terminated — Engineer A's passive acquiescence persisted through the end of the engagement" ;
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",
"Engineer A, like the engineer in Case 84-5, 'went along' and proceeded with the work on behalf of the client. His conduct cannot be condoned under the Code",
"the engineer acceded to the client's wishes and proceeded with the work despite the fact that the engineer believed that to proceed without an on-site project representative would be potentially dangerous" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Client's disclosure of safety violations combined with stated intent to sell 'as is,' and Engineer A's decision to proceed with work without further objection" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:56:58.159151"^^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
2026-03-01T13:56:58.159151
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction