Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Client Cost-Refusal Non-Acquiescence
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Client_Cost-Refusal_Non-Acquiescence
Properties
Instance of
ClientCost-RefusalNon-AcquiescenceStormSurgeSafetyObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClientCost-RefusalNon-AcquiescenceStormSurgeSafetyObligation
Case context
Client A refused to accept the 100-year storm surge standard on cost grounds; Engineer A must not adopt a less stringent standard at client direction
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (coastal risk assessment, present case)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from acquiescing to Client A's cost-driven refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation, recognizing that Client A's economic objection did not authorize Engineer A to certify, proceed with, or remain silent about a design that Engineer A's professional judgment identified as inadequate to protect future residents and the general public from foreseeable storm surge risk.
Temporal scope
Upon Client A's refusal to accept the 100-year storm surge elevation standard
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
While the desire of the developer to reduce costs is understandable and a legitimate consideration, when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail.
Text references
If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project.
While the desire of the developer to reduce costs is understandable and a legitimate consideration, when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail.
TTL
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case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Client_Cost-Refusal_Non-Acquiescence a proeth:ClientCost-RefusalNon-AcquiescenceStormSurgeSafetyObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Coastal Risk Assessment Client Cost-Refusal Non-Acquiescence" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Persistent_Client_Persuasion_Before_Withdrawal ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case87:Engineer_A_Coastal_Risk_Assessment_Persistent_Client_Persuasion_Before_Withdrawal ;
proeth:casecontext "Client A refused to accept the 100-year storm surge standard on cost grounds; Engineer A must not adopt a less stringent standard at client direction" ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case87:Client_Direction_Does_Not_Authorize_Ethical_Violation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A,
case87:Non-Acquiescence_to_Client_Directive_Suppressing_Safety_Analysis_Invoked_By_Engineer_A ;
proeth:discoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T15:43:01.811893+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T15:43:01.811893+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (coastal risk assessment, present case)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Client Cost-Refusal Non-Acquiescence Storm Surge Safety Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from acquiescing to Client A's cost-driven refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation, recognizing that Client A's economic objection did not authorize Engineer A to certify, proceed with, or remain silent about a design that Engineer A's professional judgment identified as inadequate to protect future residents and the general public from foreseeable storm surge risk." ;
proeth:sourcetext "While the desire of the developer to reduce costs is understandable and a legitimate consideration, when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon Client A's refusal to accept the 100-year storm surge elevation standard" ;
proeth:textreferences "If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project.",
"While the desire of the developer to reduce costs is understandable and a legitimate consideration, when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 87 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T16:34:23.747630"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 87 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
87
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T15:43:01.811893+00:00
First case
87
Generated
2026-02-27T15:43:01.811893+00:00
Attributed to
Case 87 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T16:34:23.747630
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction