DP8
Individual
36c2aa4b
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/9#DP8
Properties
Parent
Decision Point Id
DP8
Decision Question
After recognizing post-accident that a safer alternative design existed and privately forming the belief that a professional error may have been made, should Engineer T have independently acknowledged that error — to Engineer B, during the deposition, or through formal internal documentation — rather than deferring sequentially to Engineer B's institutional dismissal and attorneys' deposition guidance?
Focus
Engineer T's post-accident decision whether to independently acknowledge a professional error — specifically the failure to explore alternative, safer design concepts — after recognizing that a safer alternative existed, in the face of Engineer B's supervisory dismissal of that concern and attorneys' guidance to respond factually in deposition without volunteering error characterization.
Option1
Defer to Engineer B's joint 'no error' determination and respond factually to deposition questions without volunteering the earlier personal belief that a professional error may have been made
Option2
Seek an independent peer review of the error question from a disinterested senior engineer outside XYZ before accepting Engineer B's dismissal as final, and disclose the earlier error concern during the deposition if not independently resolved
Option3
Formally document the post-accident recognition that a safer alternative design existed within XYZ's quality management or lessons-learned systems, framed as a forward-looking design improvement insight, independently of the error determination and legal proceedings
Role Label
Engineer T
TTL
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Ontology
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Individual
Content Hash
36c2aa4b68191822...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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2026-02-24T22:57:43.806344
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ProEthica Case 9 Extraction