Client Safety Recommendation Rejection Without Standards Basis State
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35dfb7e1
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClientSafetyRecommendationRejectionWithoutStandardsBasisState
Definition
State in which a company or client has explicitly rejected a professional engineer's recommendation for additional safety testing or investigation on the basis of cost and schedule considerations, where the rejection occurs in the absence of any applicable product-specific safety standards that would either mandate or preclude the additional testing — leaving the engineer's safety concern unresolved, the product proceeding toward market without the recommended investigation, and the engineer facing a decision about whether to escalate internally, externally, or through resignation.
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Definition
State in which a company or client has explicitly rejected a professional engineer's recommendation for additional safety testing or investigation on the basis of cost and schedule considerations, where the rejection occurs in the absence of any applicable product-specific safety standards that would either mandate or preclude the additional testing — leaving the engineer's safety concern unresolved, the product proceeding toward market without the recommended investigation, and the engineer facing a decision about whether to escalate internally, externally, or through resignation.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] State in which a developer or client has explicitly refused to adopt an engineer's technically grounded safety design standard — such as a 100-year storm surge elevation — on the basis of cost reduction objectives, where the rejected standard is supported by newly released technical data and algorithms, and where the consequence of the lower standard is foreseeable risk to future residents and the general public, triggering obligations to continue advocacy, consider withdrawal, and potentially engage local government to advance region-wide code reform.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Because of the potential cost and the delay that may result due to additional testing, Company X rejects Engineer A's recommendation that it perform additional safety testing
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rdfs:comment "State in which a company or client has explicitly rejected a professional engineer's recommendation for additional safety testing or investigation on the basis of cost and schedule considerations, where the rejection occurs in the absence of any applicable product-specific safety standards that would either mandate or preclude the additional testing — leaving the engineer's safety concern unresolved, the product proceeding toward market without the recommended investigation, and the engineer facing a decision about whether to escalate internally, externally, or through resignation." ;
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Content Hash
35dfb7e1cf636320...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
142
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-27T22:54:36.599466+00:00
First Discovered In Case
142
Generated
2026-02-27T22:54:36.599466+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 142 Extraction