Regulatory Gap Awareness and Proactive Risk Disclosure Invoked By Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Regulatory_Gap_Awareness_and_Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
RegulatoryGapAwarenessandProactiveRiskDisclosure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#RegulatoryGapAwarenessandProactiveRiskDisclosure
Applied to
Absence of building code in geographic area
Client A Developer
Local Government Officials Building Code Authority
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Confidentiality of client project information
Concrete expression
Engineer A must recognize and disclose that the geographic area has no applicable building code, that this regulatory gap means no minimum standard protects future residents, and that Engineer A's professional judgment must fill that gap by recommending the 100-year storm surge elevation standard
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, the absence of any building code in the geographic area creates a regulatory gap that Engineer A must proactively disclose to Client A and, if Client A refuses to address the risk, to local government officials who have authority to adopt protective building codes
Invoked by
Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment
Tension resolution
The regulatory gap disclosure obligation runs to the public and to appropriate authorities, not merely to the client; Engineer A must communicate the gap and its safety implications beyond the client relationship when the client refuses to address the identified risk
Source Evidence
Source text
The geographic area in which Client A is planning to build the project currently has no building code in place
Text references
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
The geographic area in which Client A is planning to build the project currently has no building code in place
TTL
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case87:Regulatory_Gap_Awareness_and_Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Engineer_A a proeth:RegulatoryGapAwarenessandProactiveRiskDisclosure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Regulatory Gap Awareness and Proactive Risk Disclosure Invoked By Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Absence of building code in geographic area",
"Client A Developer",
"Local Government Officials Building Code Authority" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Confidentiality of client project information" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A must recognize and disclose that the geographic area has no applicable building code, that this regulatory gap means no minimum standard protects future residents, and that Engineer A's professional judgment must fill that gap by recommending the 100-year storm surge elevation standard" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
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, the absence of any building code in the geographic area creates a regulatory gap that Engineer A must proactively disclose to Client A and, if Client A refuses to address the risk, to local government officials who have authority to adopt protective building codes" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment" ;
proeth:principleclass "Regulatory Gap Awareness and Proactive Risk Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The geographic area in which Client A is planning to build the project currently has no building code in place" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The regulatory gap disclosure obligation runs to the public and to appropriate authorities, not merely to the client; Engineer A must communicate the gap and its safety implications beyond the client relationship when the client refuses to address the identified risk" ;
proeth:textreferences "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",
"The geographic area in which Client A is planning to build the project currently has no building code in place" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 87 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T16:34:23.733608"^^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
2026-02-27T16:34:23.733608
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction