Client-Directed Scope-Limitation Safety Finding Suppression State
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Client-DirectedScope-LimitationSafetyFindingSuppressionState
Definition
State in which a client or prime contractor instructs a subconsultant engineer to exclude from a final professional report a safety-relevant finding that was discovered incidentally during a limited-scope engagement, on the grounds that the finding falls outside the contracted scope of work — creating direct tension between the engineer's public safety obligations and the client's authority to define deliverable content.
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State in which a client or prime contractor instructs a subconsultant engineer to exclude from a final professional report a safety-relevant finding that was discovered incidentally during a limited-scope engagement, on the grounds that the finding falls outside the contracted scope of work — creating direct tension between the engineer's public safety obligations and the client's authority to define deliverable content.
Source Evidence
Source Text
The public agency contacts VWX Architects and Engineers which then contacts Engineer A and asks Engineer A not to include this additional information in his final report since it was not part of his scope of work.
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rdfs:label "Client-Directed Scope-Limitation Safety Finding Suppression State" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a client or prime contractor instructs a subconsultant engineer to exclude from a final professional report a safety-relevant finding that was discovered incidentally during a limited-scope engagement, on the grounds that the finding falls outside the contracted scope of work — creating direct tension between the engineer's public safety obligations and the client's authority to define deliverable content." ;
rdfs:subClassOf <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#State> .
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Content Hash
5beed5c517e24451...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
100
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T08:22:25.556503+00:00
First Discovered In Case
100
Generated
2026-03-01T08:22:25.556503+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 100 Extraction