Passive Acquiescence After Safety Notification Invoked Against Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/89#Passive_Acquiescence_After_Safety_Notification_Invoked_Against_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
PassiveAcquiescenceAfterSafetyNotificationasIndependentEthicalFailure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PassiveAcquiescenceAfterSafetyNotificationasIndependentEthicalFailure
Applied to
Engineer A's decision to proceed with project after client refused on-site safety representative recommendation
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer A notified the client of the need for a full-time on-site representative due to the dangerous construction phase, but after the client refused on cost grounds, Engineer A simply proceeded with the project — constituting passive acquiescence that is an independent ethical violation beyond the initial notification
Confidence
0.96
Importance
high
Interpretation
The single verbal recommendation, once refused, did not discharge Engineer A's public safety obligation; proceeding without further insistence or withdrawal constitutes an independent ethical failure
Invoked by
Engineer A (as obligation-bearer)
Tension resolution
Passive acquiescence is not ethically permissible after a safety recommendation is refused; the engineer must insist or withdraw
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A proceeds with his work on the project.
Text references
Engineer A proceeds with his work on the project.
the client indicates to Engineer A that the project would be too costly if such a representative were hired.
TTL
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@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
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case89:Passive_Acquiescence_After_Safety_Notification_Invoked_Against_Engineer_A a proeth:PassiveAcquiescenceAfterSafetyNotificationasIndependentEthicalFailure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Passive Acquiescence After Safety Notification Invoked Against Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's decision to proceed with project after client refused on-site safety representative recommendation" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A notified the client of the need for a full-time on-site representative due to the dangerous construction phase, but after the client refused on cost grounds, Engineer A simply proceeded with the project — constituting passive acquiescence that is an independent ethical violation beyond the initial notification" ;
proeth:confidence "0.96" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "89" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T18:09:48.128367+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "89" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T18:09:48.128367+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The single verbal recommendation, once refused, did not discharge Engineer A's public safety obligation; proceeding without further insistence or withdrawal constitutes an independent ethical failure" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A (as obligation-bearer)" ;
proeth:principleclass "Passive Acquiescence After Safety Notification as Independent Ethical Failure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A proceeds with his work on the project." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Passive acquiescence is not ethically permissible after a safety recommendation is refused; the engineer must insist or withdraw" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A proceeds with his work on the project.",
"the client indicates to Engineer A that the project would be too costly if such a representative were hired." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 89 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T18:38:27.071029"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 89 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
89
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T18:09:48.128367+00:00
First case
89
Generated
2026-03-01T18:09:48.128367+00:00
Attributed to
Case 89 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T18:38:27.071029
Generated by
ProEthica Case 89 Extraction