Insistence on Client Remedial Action or Withdrawal — Engineer A Obligation
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Insistence_on_Client_Remedial_Action_or_Withdrawal_—_Engineer_A_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
InsistenceonClientRemedialActionorProjectWithdrawalObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#InsistenceonClientRemedialActionorProjectWithdrawalObligation
Applied to
Engineer A's response to the client's refusal to address code violations in the occupied apartment building
Balancing with
Confidentiality Principle
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
The Board establishes that Engineer A was obligated either to insist that the client remediate the electrical and mechanical code violations before proceeding with the 'as is' sale, or to withdraw from the project entirely — the mere noting of the concern followed by passive continuation was insufficient.
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Interpretation
The insistence obligation is active, not passive; the engineer must force the issue, not merely note it, and withdrawal is the required alternative when insistence fails.
Invoked by
Board of Ethical Review
Tension resolution
The insistence/withdrawal obligation takes precedence over the desire to maintain the client relationship or complete the engagement; the public safety paramount obligation requires active agency.
Source Evidence
Source text
If the engineer's ethical concerns were real, the engineer should have insisted that the client hire the on-site project representative or refuse to continue to work on the project. We believe much of the same reasoning applies in the present case. Under the reasoning of Case 84-5, the engineer had an obligation to go further.
Text references
The engineer did not force the issue or insist that a project representative be hired.
Under the reasoning of Case 84-5, the engineer had an obligation to go further.
the engineer should have insisted that the client hire the on-site project representative or refuse to continue to work on the project
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Insistence on Client Remedial Action or Withdrawal — Engineer A Obligation" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's response to the client's refusal to address code violations in the occupied apartment building" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Confidentiality Principle",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The Board establishes that Engineer A was obligated either to insist that the client remediate the electrical and mechanical code violations before proceeding with the 'as is' sale, or to withdraw from the project entirely — the mere noting of the concern followed by passive continuation was insufficient." ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:44:42.213436+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:44:42.213436+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The insistence obligation is active, not passive; the engineer must force the issue, not merely note it, and withdrawal is the required alternative when insistence fails." ;
proeth:invokedby "Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:principleclass "Insistence on Client Remedial Action or Project Withdrawal Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "If the engineer's ethical concerns were real, the engineer should have insisted that the client hire the on-site project representative or refuse to continue to work on the project. We believe much of the same reasoning applies in the present case. Under the reasoning of Case 84-5, the engineer had an obligation to go further." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The insistence/withdrawal obligation takes precedence over the desire to maintain the client relationship or complete the engagement; the public safety paramount obligation requires active agency." ;
proeth:textreferences "The engineer did not force the issue or insist that a project representative be hired.",
"Under the reasoning of Case 84-5, the engineer had an obligation to go further.",
"the engineer should have insisted that the client hire the on-site project representative or refuse to continue to work on the project" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:56:58.174532"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 84 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
84
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:44:42.213436+00:00
First case
84
Generated
2026-03-01T13:44:42.213436+00:00
Attributed to
Case 84 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:56:58.174532
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction