Engineer A Non-Acquiescence Client B Safety Analysis Suppression
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/88#Engineer_A_Non-Acquiescence_Client_B_Safety_Analysis_Suppression
Properties
Instance of
Non-AcquiescencetoClientSafetyOverrideObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Non-AcquiescencetoClientSafetyOverrideObligation
Case context
Client B directed Engineer A to proceed without the costly specialized hydraulic analysis, which Engineer A had identified as necessary to assess foreseeable risk to approximately twenty upstream homes.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refuse to simply acquiesce to Client B's directive to forgo the specialized hydraulic analysis without formally objecting in writing, documenting the professional recommendation, and evaluating whether the public welfare risk requires escalation beyond the client relationship to regulatory authorities or upstream homeowners.
Temporal scope
Upon receiving Client B's directive to forgo the specialized analysis
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Client B directs Engineer A to proceed without the costly analysis unless and until such an analysis is requested by the applicable regulatory authorities.
Text references
Client B directs Engineer A to proceed without the costly analysis unless and until such an analysis is requested by the applicable regulatory authorities.
It is Engineer A's judgment, based on hydraulic evaluation procedures presented at a recent transportation agency conference, that the proposed project may result in some upstream homes becoming uninhabitable a decade or more earlier than would otherwise be the case.
TTL
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case88:Engineer_A_Non-Acquiescence_Client_B_Safety_Analysis_Suppression a proeth:Non-AcquiescencetoClientSafetyOverrideObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Non-Acquiescence Client B Safety Analysis Suppression" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case88:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Written_Risk_Notification_Client_B_Tidal_Crossing ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case88:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Written_Risk_Notification_Client_B_Tidal_Crossing ;
proeth:casecontext "Client B directed Engineer A to proceed without the costly specialized hydraulic analysis, which Engineer A had identified as necessary to assess foreseeable risk to approximately twenty upstream homes." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case88:Non-Acquiescence_to_Client_Directive_Suppressing_Safety_Analysis_Invoked_by_BER_Discussion_Section,
case88:Non-Acquiescence_to_Unsafe_Client_Directives_Invoked_By_Engineer_A ;
proeth:discoveredincase "88" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-26T00:15:23.499283+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "88" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-26T00:15:23.499283+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Non-Acquiescence to Client Safety Override Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to refuse to simply acquiesce to Client B's directive to forgo the specialized hydraulic analysis without formally objecting in writing, documenting the professional recommendation, and evaluating whether the public welfare risk requires escalation beyond the client relationship to regulatory authorities or upstream homeowners." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Client B directs Engineer A to proceed without the costly analysis unless and until such an analysis is requested by the applicable regulatory authorities." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon receiving Client B's directive to forgo the specialized analysis" ;
proeth:textreferences "Client B directs Engineer A to proceed without the costly analysis unless and until such an analysis is requested by the applicable regulatory authorities.",
"It is Engineer A's judgment, based on hydraulic evaluation procedures presented at a recent transportation agency conference, that the proposed project may result in some upstream homes becoming uninhabitable a decade or more earlier than would otherwise be the case." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 88 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-26T00:31:11.064958"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 88 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
88
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-26T00:15:23.499283+00:00
First case
88
Generated
2026-02-26T00:15:23.499283+00:00
Attributed to
Case 88 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T00:31:11.064958
Generated by
ProEthica Case 88 Extraction