Covert Advisory Continuation Under Termination Threat State
Class
7599c9c3
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CovertAdvisoryContinuationUnderTerminationThreatState
Definition
State in which a licensed professional engineer, having been formally removed from engineering responsibility and placed under threat of termination for further communication, continues to provide technical guidance to the unlicensed person now nominally in charge — covertly and without the administrator's knowledge — creating tension between the engineer's obligation to protect public safety through available means and the ethical constraints on deception and insubordination.
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Definition
State in which a licensed professional engineer, having been formally removed from engineering responsibility and placed under threat of termination for further communication, continues to provide technical guidance to the unlicensed person now nominally in charge — covertly and without the administrator's knowledge — creating tension between the engineer's obligation to protect public safety through available means and the ethical constraints on deception and insubordination.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A continues in her capacity as City Engineer/Director of Public Works, assumes no responsibility for the disposal plant and beds, but continues to advise Technician B without the knowledge of City Administrator C
TTL
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rdfs:comment "State in which a licensed professional engineer, having been formally removed from engineering responsibility and placed under threat of termination for further communication, continues to provide technical guidance to the unlicensed person now nominally in charge — covertly and without the administrator's knowledge — creating tension between the engineer's obligation to protect public safety through available means and the ethical constraints on deception and insubordination." ;
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
7599c9c3f79b604a...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
92
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T13:32:25.641417+00:00
First Discovered In Case
92
Generated
2026-03-01T13:32:25.641417+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 92 Extraction