Engineer A Scope of Work Non-Shield Electrical Mechanical Safety Disclosure
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Engineer_A_Scope_of_Work_Non-Shield_Electrical_Mechanical_Safety_Disclosure
Properties
Instance of
Scope-of-WorkNon-ShieldforStructuralSafetyDisclosureObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Scope-of-WorkNon-ShieldforStructuralSafetyDisclosureObligation
Case context
Engineer A's contracted scope was structural integrity assessment. He was not an electrical or mechanical engineer. He used the scope limitation, combined with the confidentiality agreement, to justify not reporting the electrical and mechanical violations to any third party.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.85
Importance
medium
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that his structural engineering scope of work did not shield him from the obligation to disclose electrical and mechanical code violations he became aware of during the engagement, because the scope-of-work limitation does not constitute a complete ethical defense when the engineer has actual knowledge of a safety hazard.
Temporal scope
Upon learning of the electrical and mechanical code violations from the client
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Scope-of-Work Limitation Invoked As Incomplete Defense By Engineer A
Source Evidence
Source text
While Engineer A is not an electrical nor mechanical engineer, he does realize those deficiencies could cause injury to the occupants of the building
Text references
Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party
While Engineer A is not an electrical nor mechanical engineer, he does realize those deficiencies could cause injury to the occupants of the building
TTL
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case84:Engineer_A_Scope_of_Work_Non-Shield_Electrical_Mechanical_Safety_Disclosure a proeth:Scope-of-WorkNon-ShieldforStructuralSafetyDisclosureObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Scope of Work Non-Shield Electrical Mechanical Safety Disclosure" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case84:Domain-Specific_Incompetence_in_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Systems ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A's contracted scope was structural integrity assessment. He was not an electrical or mechanical engineer. He used the scope limitation, combined with the confidentiality agreement, to justify not reporting the electrical and mechanical violations to any third party." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case84:Scope-of-Work_Limitation_Invoked_As_Incomplete_Defense_By_Engineer_A ;
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 "medium" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Scope-of-Work Non-Shield for Structural Safety Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that his structural engineering scope of work did not shield him from the obligation to disclose electrical and mechanical code violations he became aware of during the engagement, because the scope-of-work limitation does not constitute a complete ethical defense when the engineer has actual knowledge of a safety hazard." ;
proeth:sourcetext "While Engineer A is not an electrical nor mechanical engineer, he does realize those deficiencies could cause injury to the occupants of the building" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon learning of the electrical and mechanical code violations from the client" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party",
"While Engineer A is not an electrical nor mechanical engineer, he does realize those deficiencies could cause injury to the occupants of the building" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:56:58.170341"^^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
2026-03-01T13:56:58.170341
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction