Engineer_Public_Safety_Escalation_Standard_Instance
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/92#Engineer_Public_Safety_Escalation_Standard_Instance
Properties
Instance of
EngineerPublicSafetyEscalationStandard
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineerPublicSafetyEscalationStandard
Confidence
0.92
Created by
NSPE / BER interpretive practice
Document title
Engineer Public Safety Escalation Standard (NSPE Code-derived)
Importance
high
Used by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Used in context
Applied to determine that Engineer A's reporting to City Administrator C and city council members did not constitute reporting to 'proper authorities,' and that she had an obligation to escalate to state water pollution control authorities once it was clear local officials would not act
Version
Current at time of case
Source Evidence
Source text
where an engineer determines that a case may involve a danger to the public safety, the engineer has not merely an 'ethical right' but has an 'ethical obligation' to report the matter to the proper authorities and withdraw from further service on the project
Text references
After several attempts to modify the views of her superiors, it is our view that Engineer A knew or should have known that the 'proper authorities' were not the city officials, but more probably state officials (i.e., state water pollution control authority).
Engineer A's inaction permitted a serious violation of the law to continue and appeared to make Engineer A an 'accessory' to the actions of City Administrator C and the others.
where an engineer determines that a case may involve a danger to the public safety, the engineer has not merely an 'ethical right' but has an 'ethical obligation' to report the matter to the proper authorities and withdraw from further service on the project
TTL
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case92:Engineer_Public_Safety_Escalation_Standard_Instance a proeth:EngineerPublicSafetyEscalationStandard,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer_Public_Safety_Escalation_Standard_Instance" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Resource" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:createdby "NSPE / BER interpretive practice" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "92" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:documenttitle "Engineer Public Safety Escalation Standard (NSPE Code-derived)" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:33:18.056663+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "92" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:33:18.056663+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:resourceclass "Engineer Public Safety Escalation Standard" ;
proeth:sourcetext "where an engineer determines that a case may involve a danger to the public safety, the engineer has not merely an 'ethical right' but has an 'ethical obligation' to report the matter to the proper authorities and withdraw from further service on the project" ;
proeth:textreferences "After several attempts to modify the views of her superiors, it is our view that Engineer A knew or should have known that the 'proper authorities' were not the city officials, but more probably state officials (i.e., state water pollution control authority).",
"Engineer A's inaction permitted a serious violation of the law to continue and appeared to make Engineer A an 'accessory' to the actions of City Administrator C and the others.",
"where an engineer determines that a case may involve a danger to the public safety, the engineer has not merely an 'ethical right' but has an 'ethical obligation' to report the matter to the proper authorities and withdraw from further service on the project" ;
proeth:usedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:usedincontext "Applied to determine that Engineer A's reporting to City Administrator C and city council members did not constitute reporting to 'proper authorities,' and that she had an obligation to escalate to state water pollution control authorities once it was clear local officials would not act" ;
proeth:version "Current at time of case" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 92 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T14:00:16.256398"^^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
2026-03-01T13:33:18.056663+00:00
First case
92
Generated
2026-03-01T13:33:18.056663+00:00
Attributed to
Case 92 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:00:16.256398
Generated by
ProEthica Case 92 Extraction