Non-Acquiescence to Unsafe Client Directive Violated By Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Non-Acquiescence_to_Unsafe_Client_Directive_Violated_By_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
Non-AcquiescencetoUnsafeClientDirectives
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Non-AcquiescencetoUnsafeClientDirectives
Applied to
Client's 'as is' sale directive
Client's refusal to remediate code violations
Structural engagement completion
Balancing with
Confidentiality Principle
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Engineer A acquiesced to the client's 'as is' sale directive and refusal to remediate electrical and mechanical code violations, proceeding to complete the structural engagement without refusing to continue or withdrawing from the project
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
The client's 'as is' sale directive combined with the refusal to remediate code violations that could cause injury to occupants constituted an unsafe client directive — Engineer A was obligated to refuse to proceed rather than acquiesce
Invoked by
Engineer A
Tension resolution
Engineer A should have refused to complete the engagement without client commitment to remediate the code violations — the 'as is' directive did not override the professional obligation to refuse unsafe client directives
Source Evidence
Source text
the client makes clear to Engineer A that the building is being sold 'as is' and he is not planning to take any remedial action to repair or renovate any system within the building prior to its sale
Text references
in view of the terms of the agreement, Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party
the client makes clear to Engineer A that the building is being sold 'as is' and he is not planning to take any remedial action to repair or renovate any system within the building prior to its sale
TTL
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case84:Non-Acquiescence_to_Unsafe_Client_Directive_Violated_By_Engineer_A a proeth:Non-AcquiescencetoUnsafeClientDirectives,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Non-Acquiescence to Unsafe Client Directive Violated By Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Client's 'as is' sale directive",
"Client's refusal to remediate code violations",
"Structural engagement completion" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Confidentiality Principle",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A acquiesced to the client's 'as is' sale directive and refusal to remediate electrical and mechanical code violations, proceeding to complete the structural engagement without refusing to continue or withdrawing from the project" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:37:05.727947+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:37:05.727947+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The client's 'as is' sale directive combined with the refusal to remediate code violations that could cause injury to occupants constituted an unsafe client directive — Engineer A was obligated to refuse to proceed rather than acquiesce" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A" ;
proeth:principleclass "Non-Acquiescence to Unsafe Client Directives" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the client makes clear to Engineer A that the building is being sold 'as is' and he is not planning to take any remedial action to repair or renovate any system within the building prior to its sale" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Engineer A should have refused to complete the engagement without client commitment to remediate the code violations — the 'as is' directive did not override the professional obligation to refuse unsafe client directives" ;
proeth:textreferences "in view of the terms of the agreement, Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party",
"the client makes clear to Engineer A that the building is being sold 'as is' and he is not planning to take any remedial action to repair or renovate any system within the building prior to its sale" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:56:58.168505"^^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
2026-03-01T13:37:05.727947+00:00
First case
84
Generated
2026-03-01T13:37:05.727947+00:00
Attributed to
Case 84 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:56:58.168505
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction