Peer Review Safety Violation Discovering Engineer
Class
6a398a66
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PeerReviewSafetyViolationDiscoveringEngineer
Definition
A licensed professional engineer participating in an organized peer review program who, in the course of reviewing a colleague's technical documentation, discovers work that may violate state and local safety code requirements and could endanger public health, safety, and welfare, bearing obligations to first discuss findings collegially with the reviewed engineer, seek clarification and early resolution, and — if resolution fails — notify appropriate authorities, notwithstanding any confidentiality agreement signed as part of the peer review program.
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Definition
A licensed professional engineer participating in an organized peer review program who, in the course of reviewing a colleague's technical documentation, discovers work that may violate state and local safety code requirements and could endanger public health, safety, and welfare, bearing obligations to first discuss findings collegially with the reviewed engineer, seek clarification and early resolution, and — if resolution fails — notify appropriate authorities, notwithstanding any confidentiality agreement signed as part of the peer review program.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] A licensed professional engineering role in which an engineer conducts a peer review of another engineer's design work under a contractual confidentiality agreement, bearing obligations to maintain confidentiality of review findings while retaining overriding obligations to notify the original design engineer of the review, discuss concerns directly with that engineer, and report public safety violations to appropriate authorities when collegial resolution fails.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Review Engineer A served as a peer reviewer as part of an organized peer review program developed to assist engineers in improving their professional practice
TTL
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rdfs:comment "A licensed professional engineer participating in an organized peer review program who, in the course of reviewing a colleague's technical documentation, discovers work that may violate state and local safety code requirements and could endanger public health, safety, and welfare, bearing obligations to first discuss findings collegially with the reviewed engineer, seek clarification and early resolution, and — if resolution fails — notify appropriate authorities, notwithstanding any confidentiality agreement signed as part of the peer review program." ;
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
6a398a66a79fb05d...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
93
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-28T15:08:20.848465+00:00
First Discovered In Case
93
Generated
2026-02-28T15:08:20.848465+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 93 Extraction