Project Withdrawal as Ethical Recourse Invoked by Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Project_Withdrawal_as_Ethical_Recourse_Invoked_by_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
Non-AcquiescencetoUnsafeClientDirectives
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Non-AcquiescencetoUnsafeClientDirectives
Applied to
Client A's refusal to accept 100-year storm surge elevation standard
Coastal residential development project
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer A was required to withdraw from the coastal development project if Client A refused to accept the 100-year storm surge elevation standard, rather than proceeding under a standard the engineer had determined to be inadequate to protect public safety
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
When a client insists on proceeding under a design standard the engineer has determined to be inadequate to protect public safety, withdrawal is the required ethical recourse after persuasion has been exhausted
Invoked by
Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment
Tension resolution
The obligation to protect public safety from foreseeable storm surge harm requires withdrawal when the client refuses to accept the professionally determined adequate standard
Source Evidence
Source text
If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project.
Text references
If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project.
when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail
TTL
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case87:Project_Withdrawal_as_Ethical_Recourse_Invoked_by_Engineer_A a proeth:Non-AcquiescencetoUnsafeClientDirectives,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Project Withdrawal as Ethical Recourse Invoked by Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Client A's refusal to accept 100-year storm surge elevation standard",
"Coastal residential development project" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A was required to withdraw from the coastal development project if Client A refused to accept the 100-year storm surge elevation standard, rather than proceeding under a standard the engineer had determined to be inadequate to protect public safety" ;
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 "When a client insists on proceeding under a design standard the engineer has determined to be inadequate to protect public safety, withdrawal is the required ethical recourse after persuasion has been exhausted" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment" ;
proeth:principleclass "Non-Acquiescence to Unsafe Client Directives" ;
proeth:sourcetext "If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The obligation to protect public safety from foreseeable storm surge harm requires withdrawal when the client refuses to accept the professionally determined adequate standard" ;
proeth:textreferences "If Client A refuses to agree with Engineer A's design standard, Engineer A should withdraw from the project.",
"when weighed against the apparent substantial risk to life and property, the latter consideration should prevail" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 87 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T16:34:23.744628"^^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
2026-02-27T16:34:23.744628
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction