Public Welfare Paramount Invoked Against Engineer A Proceeding After Safety Recommendation Refused
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/89#Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_Against_Engineer_A_Proceeding_After_Safety_Recommendation_Refused
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Decision to proceed with dangerous construction phase project after client refused safety staffing recommendation
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer A identified the construction phase as potentially dangerous and recommended a full-time on-site representative, but proceeded with the project after the client refused on cost grounds — directly subordinating the public safety obligation to client economic preferences
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Interpretation
The paramount public safety obligation requires Engineer A to hold the safety of construction workers and the public above the client's cost concerns; proceeding after the safety recommendation was refused constitutes a violation of this paramount duty
Invoked by
Engineer A (as obligation-bearer)
Tension resolution
Public welfare obligation is paramount and cannot be overridden by client cost objections; Engineer A was required to insist or withdraw, not proceed
Source Evidence
Source text
Because of the potentially dangerous nature of implementing the design during the construction phase, Engineer A recommends to the client that a full-time, on-site project representative be hired for the project.
Text references
Because of the potentially dangerous nature of implementing the design during the construction phase, Engineer A recommends to the client that a full-time, on-site project representative be hired for the project.
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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case89:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_Against_Engineer_A_Proceeding_After_Safety_Recommendation_Refused a proeth:PublicWelfareParamount,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Public Welfare Paramount Invoked Against Engineer A Proceeding After Safety Recommendation Refused" ;
proeth:appliedto "Decision to proceed with dangerous construction phase project after client refused safety staffing recommendation" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A identified the construction phase as potentially dangerous and recommended a full-time on-site representative, but proceeded with the project after the client refused on cost grounds — directly subordinating the public safety obligation to client economic preferences" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
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 paramount public safety obligation requires Engineer A to hold the safety of construction workers and the public above the client's cost concerns; proceeding after the safety recommendation was refused constitutes a violation of this paramount duty" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A (as obligation-bearer)" ;
proeth:principleclass "Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Because of the potentially dangerous nature of implementing the design during the construction phase, Engineer A recommends to the client that a full-time, on-site project representative be hired for the project." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Public welfare obligation is paramount and cannot be overridden by client cost objections; Engineer A was required to insist or withdraw, not proceed" ;
proeth:textreferences "Because of the potentially dangerous nature of implementing the design during the construction phase, Engineer A recommends to the client that a full-time, on-site project representative be hired for the project.",
"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 "2026-03-01T18:38:27.067013"^^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
2026-03-01T18:38:27.067013
Generated by
ProEthica Case 89 Extraction