Confirmed Risk Disclosure State
Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfirmedRiskDisclosureState
Definition
State in which a professional has identified and documented a concrete risk as a factual finding and has notified the client of that risk, creating an active obligation to ensure the client responds with adequate safeguards and triggering heightened duties if the client refuses to act.
Inherited from ConfirmedRiskWithoutAdequateSafeguardsState
State in which a professional has confirmed the existence of a concrete public-safety or environmental risk and adequate safeguards are known to be absent. Typical activator for post-termination reporting obligations and for defeating faithful-agent confidentiality (NSPE BER Case 72 pattern).
Properties
Subclass of
Action Constraints
Professional may not ethically acquiesce to client pressure to proceed without adequate safeguards
Professional may not suppress or omit the factual finding from written reports
Activation Conditions
Client has been informed but has not yet responded with adequate safeguards
Professional completes sufficient analysis to characterize a risk as a factual finding
Professional notifies the client of the identified risk
Confidence
0.85
Obligation Activation
Obligation to advise client that the project will not be successful without safeguards
Obligation to refuse to continue work if client insists on proceeding without safeguards
Potential obligation to report to relevant authorities if client refuses to act
Persistence Type
inertial
Principle Transformation
Transforms the general duty to hold public safety paramount into a concrete obligation to withhold professional services when a client refuses to implement identified safeguards, overriding the faithful-agent duty to the client.
State Category
risk
Termination Conditions
Client implements adequate protective measures
Project is terminated
Regulatory authority takes over management of the risk
Match Confidence
0.88
Match Reasoning
The existing Confirmed Risk Without Adequate Safeguards State directly captures this condition: a professional has confirmed a concrete risk and adequate safeguards are absent. Engineer L has confirmed the stormwater runoff risk as a factual finding, notified the client, and the client refuses to implement protective measures. This matches the existing class at high confidence.
Matched Ontology Label
Confirmed Risk Without Adequate Safeguards State
Matches Existing
true
Source Evidence
Text references
Client X's insistence on moving forward with the project without adequate safeguards creates an ethical dilemma for Engineer L
Engineer L notified Client X of this risk
Engineer L's identification of runoff risk is now fact
Source text
Engineer L's identification of runoff risk is now fact
Used in cases 2
TTL
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proeth:ConfirmedRiskDisclosureState a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Confirmed Risk Disclosure State" ;
proeth:actionConstraints "Professional may not ethically acquiesce to client pressure to proceed without adequate safeguards",
"Professional may not suppress or omit the factual finding from written reports" ;
proeth:activationConditions "Client has been informed but has not yet responded with adequate safeguards",
"Professional completes sufficient analysis to characterize a risk as a factual finding",
"Professional notifies the client of the identified risk" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:obligationActivation "Obligation to advise client that the project will not be successful without safeguards",
"Obligation to refuse to continue work if client insists on proceeding without safeguards",
"Potential obligation to report to relevant authorities if client refuses to act" ;
proeth:persistenceType "inertial" ;
proeth:principleTransformation "Transforms the general duty to hold public safety paramount into a concrete obligation to withhold professional services when a client refuses to implement identified safeguards, overriding the faithful-agent duty to the client." ;
proeth:stateCategory "risk" ;
proeth:terminationConditions "Client implements adequate protective measures",
"Project is terminated",
"Regulatory authority takes over management of the risk" ;
proeth:textReferences "Client X's insistence on moving forward with the project without adequate safeguards creates an ethical dilemma for Engineer L",
"Engineer L notified Client X of this risk",
"Engineer L's identification of runoff risk is now fact" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 8 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T09:59:35.891200+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 8 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.88 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "The existing Confirmed Risk Without Adequate Safeguards State directly captures this condition: a professional has confirmed a concrete risk and adequate safeguards are absent. Engineer L has confirmed the stormwater runoff risk as a factual finding, notified the client, and the client refuses to implement protective measures. This matches the existing class at high confidence." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:ConfirmedRiskWithoutAdequateSafeguardsState ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Confirmed Risk Without Adequate Safeguards State" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer L's identification of runoff risk is now fact" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a professional has identified and documented a concrete risk as a factual finding and has notified the client of that risk, creating an active obligation to ensure the client responds with adequate safeguards and triggering heightened duties if the client refuses to act." ;
rdfs:subClassOf proeth:RiskState ;
skos:definition "State in which a professional has identified and documented a concrete risk as a factual finding and has notified the client of that risk, creating an active obligation to ensure the client responds with adequate safeguards and triggering heightened duties if the client refuses to act." ;
skos:scopeNote "[ConfirmedRiskWithoutAdequateSafeguardsState] State in which a professional has confirmed the existence of a concrete public-safety or environmental risk and adequate safeguards are known to be absent. Typical activator for post-termination reporting obligations and for defeating faithful-agent confidentiality (NSPE BER Case 72 pattern)." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T09:59:35.891200+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 8 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
8
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T09:59:35.891200+00:00
First case
8
Generated
2026-06-04T09:59:35.891200+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 8 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']