Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis Invoked By Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Non-Acquiescence_to_Client_Directive_Suppressing_Safety_Analysis_Invoked_By_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
Non-AcquiescencetoClientDirectiveSuppressingSafetyAnalysis
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Non-AcquiescencetoClientDirectiveSuppressingSafetyAnalysis
Applied to
100-year storm surge elevation design standard
Client A Cost-Refusing Developer
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer A must not acquiesce to Client A's cost-driven refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation, because Engineer A's professional judgment indicates that lower design standards create material public safety risks to future residents
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, Client A's refusal to build to the recommended standard due to cost is a client directive that would require Engineer A to certify or proceed with a design standard that Engineer A's professional judgment indicates is inadequate for public safety; Engineer A must refuse to acquiesce to this directive
Invoked by
Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment
Tension resolution
The engineer's professional authority over safety determinations is not subject to client cost override; Engineer A must maintain the 100-year recommendation and refuse to certify an inadequate standard
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:Non-Acquiescence_to_Client_Directive_Suppressing_Safety_Analysis_Invoked_By_Engineer_A a proeth:Non-AcquiescencetoClientDirectiveSuppressingSafetyAnalysis,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis Invoked By Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "100-year storm surge elevation design standard",
"Client A Cost-Refusing Developer" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A must not acquiesce to Client A's cost-driven refusal to build to the 100-year storm surge elevation, because Engineer A's professional judgment indicates that lower design standards create material public safety risks to future residents" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, Client A's refusal to build to the recommended standard due to cost is a client directive that would require Engineer A to certify or proceed with a design standard that Engineer A's professional judgment indicates is inadequate for public safety; Engineer A must refuse to acquiesce to this directive" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment" ;
proeth:principleclass "Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis" ;
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:tensionresolution "The engineer's professional authority over safety determinations is not subject to client cost override; Engineer A must maintain the 100-year recommendation and refuse to certify an inadequate standard" ;
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 "2026-02-27T16:34:23.733974"^^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
2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00
First case
87
Generated
2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00
Attributed to
Case 87 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T16:34:23.733974
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction