City Administrator C Non-Engineer Override of Engineer A's Authority
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/92#City_Administrator_C_Non-Engineer_Override_of_Engineer_As_Authority
Properties
Instance of
Non-EngineerAuthorityDirectingEngineeringSafetyDecisionState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Non-EngineerAuthorityDirectingEngineeringSafetyDecisionState
Active period
Throughout the period in which City Administrator C directed the course of action regarding the water supply contamination, overriding Engineer A's professional recommendations
Affected parties
City Administrator C
Engineer A
Public
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Subject
City Administrator C's exercise of authority over engineering safety matters within Engineer A's domain
Terminated by
Not terminated within the case facts
Triggering event
City Administrator C's rejection of Engineer A's safety recommendations and circumvention of her engineering authority
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A allowed her engineering authority to be circumvented and overruled by a non-engineer under circumstances involving the public safety
Text references
Engineer A allowed her engineering authority to be circumvented and overruled by a non-engineer under circumstances involving the public safety
It is clear that Engineer A had an ethical obligation to report this occurrence to the 'proper authorities'
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "City Administrator C Non-Engineer Override of Engineer A's Authority" ;
proeth:activeperiod "Throughout the period in which City Administrator C directed the course of action regarding the water supply contamination, overriding Engineer A's professional recommendations" ;
proeth:affectedparties "City Administrator C",
"Engineer A",
"Public" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "92" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:34:08.958899+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "92" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:34:08.958899+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A allowed her engineering authority to be circumvented and overruled by a non-engineer under circumstances involving the public safety" ;
proeth:stateclass "Non-Engineer Authority Directing Engineering Safety Decision State" ;
proeth:subject "City Administrator C's exercise of authority over engineering safety matters within Engineer A's domain" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Not terminated within the case facts" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A allowed her engineering authority to be circumvented and overruled by a non-engineer under circumstances involving the public safety",
"It is clear that Engineer A had an ethical obligation to report this occurrence to the 'proper authorities'" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "City Administrator C's rejection of Engineer A's safety recommendations and circumvention of her engineering authority" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 92 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T14:00:16.254682"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 92 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
92
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:34:08.958899+00:00
First case
92
Generated
2026-03-01T13:34:08.958899+00:00
Attributed to
Case 92 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:00:16.254682
Generated by
ProEthica Case 92 Extraction