Discharge-Threatening Engineering Supervisor
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Discharge-ThreateningEngineeringSupervisor
Definition
A supervisory engineering role in which a senior engineer or manager, acting on behalf of an employer's commercial or reputational interests, warns a subordinate engineer that continued outside professional advocacy activities will result in termination, even when those activities do not directly identify or disparage the employer, generating an obligation conflict between the supervisor's duty to the employer and the subordinate's right to exercise professional public responsibility.
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Definition
A supervisory engineering role in which a senior engineer or manager, acting on behalf of an employer's commercial or reputational interests, warns a subordinate engineer that continued outside professional advocacy activities will result in termination, even when those activities do not directly identify or disparage the employer, generating an obligation conflict between the supervisor's duty to the employer and the subordinate's right to exercise professional public responsibility.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer B, the supervisor of Engineer A, warned him that if he continued in his activities, he would be discharged because he was putting his employer in an embarrassing position
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rdfs:comment "A supervisory engineering role in which a senior engineer or manager, acting on behalf of an employer's commercial or reputational interests, warns a subordinate engineer that continued outside professional advocacy activities will result in termination, even when those activities do not directly identify or disparage the employer, generating an obligation conflict between the supervisor's duty to the employer and the subordinate's right to exercise professional public responsibility." ;
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Ontology
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Content Hash
2edb083fd4abcb81...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
82
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-02T13:34:07.328126+00:00
First Discovered In Case
82
Generated
2026-03-02T13:34:07.328126+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 82 Extraction