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
Client A's request to reduce design standard to lower storm surge elevation
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer A refused to adopt a less stringent storm surge elevation standard at Client A's direction, maintaining the professionally determined 100-year standard despite the client's cost-reduction motivation
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
Client cost-reduction directives do not authorize engineers to adopt design standards that the engineer has professionally determined to be inadequate to protect public safety
Invoked by
Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment
Tension resolution
The engineer's professional determination of an adequate safety standard cannot be overridden by client cost preferences when the result would place the public at material risk
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: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 "Client A's request to reduce design standard to lower storm surge elevation" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A refused to adopt a less stringent storm surge elevation standard at Client A's direction, maintaining the professionally determined 100-year standard despite the client's cost-reduction motivation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T15:41:13.265525+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T15:41:13.265525+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Client cost-reduction directives do not authorize engineers to adopt design standards that the engineer has professionally determined to be inadequate to protect public safety" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment" ;
proeth:principleclass "Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis" ;
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:tensionresolution "The engineer's professional determination of an adequate safety standard cannot be overridden by client cost preferences when the result would place the public at material risk" ;
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 "2026-02-27T16:34:23.743846"^^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
2026-02-27T15:41:13.265525+00:00
First case
87
Generated
2026-02-27T15:41:13.265525+00:00
Attributed to
Case 87 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T16:34:23.743846
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction