Insistence on Client Remedial Action Invoked for On-Site Representative Requirement
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/89#Insistence_on_Client_Remedial_Action_Invoked_for_On-Site_Representative_Requirement
Properties
Instance of
InsistenceonClientRemedialActionorProjectWithdrawalObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#InsistenceonClientRemedialActionorProjectWithdrawalObligation
Applied to
Engineer A's post-notification obligation regarding on-site project representative
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
After notifying the client that a full-time on-site project representative was necessary, Engineer A was obligated to insist that the client act on that recommendation — not merely note it and proceed — and upon client refusal, to refuse to continue work on the project
Confidence
0.94
Importance
high
Interpretation
The insistence obligation is triggered by the combination of: (1) a professionally determined safety requirement, (2) client notification, and (3) client refusal — at that point, mere notification is insufficient and the engineer must actively insist or withdraw
Invoked by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Tension resolution
Insistence obligation prevails; the faithful agent role does not require the engineer to proceed with work believed to be dangerous
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A did not force the issue or insist that a project representative be hired. Instead, Engineer A 'went along' without dissent or comment.
Text references
Engineer A did not force the issue or insist that a project representative be hired
Engineer A should have insisted that the client hire the on-site project representative or refuse to continue to work on the project
TTL
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case89:Insistence_on_Client_Remedial_Action_Invoked_for_On-Site_Representative_Requirement a proeth:InsistenceonClientRemedialActionorProjectWithdrawalObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Insistence on Client Remedial Action Invoked for On-Site Representative Requirement" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's post-notification obligation regarding on-site project representative" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "After notifying the client that a full-time on-site project representative was necessary, Engineer A was obligated to insist that the client act on that recommendation — not merely note it and proceed — and upon client refusal, to refuse to continue work on the project" ;
proeth:confidence "0.94" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "89" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T18:14:32.608873+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "89" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T18:14:32.608873+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The insistence obligation is triggered by the combination of: (1) a professionally determined safety requirement, (2) client notification, and (3) client refusal — at that point, mere notification is insufficient and the engineer must actively insist or withdraw" ;
proeth:invokedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:principleclass "Insistence on Client Remedial Action or Project Withdrawal Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A did not force the issue or insist that a project representative be hired. Instead, Engineer A 'went along' without dissent or comment." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Insistence obligation prevails; the faithful agent role does not require the engineer to proceed with work believed to be dangerous" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A did not force the issue or insist that a project representative be hired",
"Engineer A should have insisted that the client hire the on-site project representative or refuse to continue to work on the project" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 89 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T18:38:27.071464"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 89 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
89
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T18:14:32.608873+00:00
First case
89
Generated
2026-03-01T18:14:32.608873+00:00
Attributed to
Case 89 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T18:38:27.071464
Generated by
ProEthica Case 89 Extraction