Engineer T Ethical Dilemma Error Acknowledgment vs Legal Counsel Direction
Individual
5718eaaf
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/9#Engineer_T_Ethical_Dilemma_Error_Acknowledgment_vs_Legal_Counsel_Direction
Properties
Parent
Activeperiod
From deposition preparation through completion of deposition
Affectedparties
Engineer T
Injured construction worker
XYZ Consulting Engineers
XYZ's attorneys
Concept Category
State
Confidence
0.85
Importance
high
Stateclass
Ethical Dilemma
Subject
Engineer T's tension between personal professional obligation to acknowledge a possible error and legal counsel's direction not to volunteer error characterizations
Terminatedby
Engineer T's decision to respond factually without volunteering error acknowledgment, consistent with legal counsel's direction
Triggeringevent
Legal counsel directed Engineer T not to volunteer error characterizations while Engineer T believed the NSPE Code required error acknowledgment
Urgencylevel
high
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer T expressed a belief that a design error – i.e., not exploring alternative, safer design concepts – had been made and the NSPE Code of Ethics required that the error be acknowledged
Text References
Engineer T expressed a belief that a design error – i.e., not exploring alternative, safer design concepts – had been made and the NSPE Code of Ethics required that the error be acknowledged
Engineer T responded factually to all questions regarding the design and the design process
Engineer T was not asked if an error had been made and did not offer an acknowledgement of a possible error
The attorneys indicated that the legal process would determine whether, based on the facts, an error had been made, and that Engineer T should clearly report the facts, but should not voluntarily characterize the design work as an error
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
5718eaafb42a94f1...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
9
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-02-24T22:30:58.950003+00:00
First Case
9
Generated
2026-02-24T22:30:58.950003+00:00
Attributed To
Case 9 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T22:41:24.549469
Generated By
ProEthica Case 9 Extraction