Engineer A Non-Acquiescence Client Cost Refusal Storm Surge Obligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Engineer_A_Non-Acquiescence_Client_Cost_Refusal_Storm_Surge_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
ClientCost-RefusalNon-AcquiescenceStormSurgeSafetyObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClientCost-RefusalNon-AcquiescenceStormSurgeSafetyObligation
Case context
Client A refused to agree to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation because of the increased cost, creating a direct conflict between the client's economic interest and Engineer A's professional safety determination.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A is obligated to refrain from acquiescing to Client A's cost-driven refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation — Engineer A must not certify, proceed with, or remain silent about a design that Engineer A's professional judgment identifies as inadequate to protect future residents from foreseeable storm surge risk.
Temporal scope
Upon Client A's refusal to accept the 100-year storm surge recommendation
Source Evidence
Source text
Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation.
Text references
Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation.
Engineer A believes the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation, due to public safety risks even at lower projections of future surge level rise.
TTL
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case87:Engineer_A_Non-Acquiescence_Client_Cost_Refusal_Storm_Surge_Obligation a proeth:ClientCost-RefusalNon-AcquiescenceStormSurgeSafetyObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Non-Acquiescence Client Cost Refusal Storm Surge Obligation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case87:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Written_Risk_Notification_Storm_Surge_Obligation,
case87:Engineer_A_Graduated_Escalation_Before_Withdrawal_Storm_Surge_Obligation ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case87:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Written_Risk_Notification_Storm_Surge_Obligation ;
proeth:casecontext "Client A refused to agree to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation because of the increased cost, creating a direct conflict between the client's economic interest and Engineer A's professional safety determination." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case87:Client_Direction_Does_Not_Authorize_Ethical_Violation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Coastal_Case,
case87:Non-Acquiescence_to_Client_Directive_Suppressing_Safety_Analysis_Invoked_By_Engineer_A ;
proeth:discoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T15:37:08.527715+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T15:37:08.527715+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Client Cost-Refusal Non-Acquiescence Storm Surge Safety Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A is obligated to refrain from acquiescing to Client A's cost-driven refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation — Engineer A must not certify, proceed with, or remain silent about a design that Engineer A's professional judgment identifies as inadequate to protect future residents from foreseeable storm surge risk." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon Client A's refusal to accept the 100-year storm surge recommendation" ;
proeth:textreferences "Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation.",
"Engineer A believes the residential development project should be built to a 100-year projected storm surge elevation, due to public safety risks even at lower projections of future surge level rise." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 87 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T16:34:23.735737"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 87 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
87
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T15:37:08.527715+00:00
First case
87
Generated
2026-02-27T15:37:08.527715+00:00
Attributed to
Case 87 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T16:34:23.735737
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction