Engineer A Dam Design Engineer
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/85#Engineer_A_Dam_Design_Engineer
Definition
Responded to RFP, won contract for dam design drawings and specifications, delivered knowingly incomplete documents under schedule pressure without disclosing incompleteness to client or approving authority, rationalized deficiency by expecting federal contingency funds to cover cost overruns
Properties
Parent
IncompleteDeliverableConcealingDesignEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#IncompleteDeliverableConcealingDesignEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer (implied by sealed drawings) |
| specialty | Dam and infrastructure design |
| ethical_failure | Deliberate non-disclosure of known design incompleteness; sealing deficient documents |
Concept Category
Role
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | confronted_by |
| target | Engineer C Hi-Lo Construction Contractor |
| type | serves_client |
| target | Local Public Agency Client |
| type | submitted_to |
| target | Engineer B Federal Approval Engineer |
Role Category
provider_client
Role Class
Incomplete Deliverable Concealing Design Engineer
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A responds to an RFP from a small local public agency
Text References
Engineer A generally agrees with Hi-Lo's characterization, but in his defense responds that he felt pressured to deliver the drawings and specifications on a specified date, but did not inform anyone as to their incompleteness
Engineer A responds to an RFP from a small local public agency
Engineer A was confident that sufficient federal funds (and not local funding) would cover any potential increased costs
Engineer A's firm's impressive brochure and personal interview results in the award of a contract
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
245ea49b6d40a0a5...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
85
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-03-01T04:12:32.538708+00:00
First Case
85
Generated
2026-03-01T04:12:32.538708+00:00
Attributed To
Case 85 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T04:38:01.500193
Generated By
ProEthica Case 85 Extraction