Post-Engagement Violation Discovery State
Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-EngagementViolationDiscoveryState
Definition
State in which a professional, after completing services for a client, independently discovers that the client has taken actions on the subject site or matter that constitute a legal or regulatory violation, creating an obligation to evaluate whether post-engagement duties, including reporting to authorities, apply even though the professional's contractual relationship has concluded.
Properties
Subclass of
Action Constraints
Professional may not ignore a substantial known violation simply because the engagement has ended
Professional must not certify or endorse the altered site condition without disclosing the violation
Activation Conditions
Professional independently observes or learns of client conduct constituting a violation
Professional's engagement with client has formally concluded
Violation relates to the subject matter of the prior professional engagement
Confidence
0.85
Obligation Activation
Duty to avoid using prior professional work to facilitate or conceal the violation
Duty to evaluate whether post-engagement reporting obligations are triggered
Obligation to assess whether the violation creates a public safety or environmental risk
Persistence Type
inertial
Principle Transformation
Transforms the general principle that professional obligations do not automatically terminate with a contract into a concrete duty to evaluate reporting and disclosure obligations when a post-engagement discovery reveals client misconduct related to the prior engagement.
State Category
information
Termination Conditions
Client remedies the violation
Professional determines no reporting obligation applies and documents that determination
Professional reports violation to appropriate authority
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Source Evidence
Text references
A few months after Engineer A completes the services, he drives by his client's property and notices that the client has installed a substantial amount of fill material
Source text
A few months after Engineer A completes the services, he drives by his client's property and notices that the client has installed a substantial amount of fill material
Used in cases 1
Case ontologies that instantiate this class. Computed from each individual's type, so the list stays current as cases are extracted. The originating case is shown under Extraction details.
Case 86TTL
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proeth:Post-EngagementViolationDiscoveryState a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Post-Engagement Violation Discovery State" ;
proeth:actionConstraints "Professional may not ignore a substantial known violation simply because the engagement has ended",
"Professional must not certify or endorse the altered site condition without disclosing the violation" ;
proeth:activationConditions "Professional independently observes or learns of client conduct constituting a violation",
"Professional's engagement with client has formally concluded",
"Violation relates to the subject matter of the prior professional engagement" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:obligationActivation "Duty to avoid using prior professional work to facilitate or conceal the violation",
"Duty to evaluate whether post-engagement reporting obligations are triggered",
"Obligation to assess whether the violation creates a public safety or environmental risk" ;
proeth:persistenceType "inertial" ;
proeth:principleTransformation "Transforms the general principle that professional obligations do not automatically terminate with a contract into a concrete duty to evaluate reporting and disclosure obligations when a post-engagement discovery reveals client misconduct related to the prior engagement." ;
proeth:stateCategory "information" ;
proeth:terminationConditions "Client remedies the violation",
"Professional determines no reporting obligation applies and documents that determination",
"Professional reports violation to appropriate authority" ;
proeth:textReferences "A few months after Engineer A completes the services, he drives by his client's property and notices that the client has installed a substantial amount of fill material" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 86 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T17:25:48.580472+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 86 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.0 ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "A few months after Engineer A completes the services, he drives by his client's property and notices that the client has installed a substantial amount of fill material" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a professional, after completing services for a client, independently discovers that the client has taken actions on the subject site or matter that constitute a legal or regulatory violation, creating an obligation to evaluate whether post-engagement duties, including reporting to authorities, apply even though the professional's contractual relationship has concluded." ;
rdfs:subClassOf proeth:InformationState ;
skos:definition "State in which a professional, after completing services for a client, independently discovers that the client has taken actions on the subject site or matter that constitute a legal or regulatory violation, creating an obligation to evaluate whether post-engagement duties, including reporting to authorities, apply even though the professional's contractual relationship has concluded." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T17:25:48.580472+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 86 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
86
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T17:25:48.580472+00:00
First case
86
Generated
2026-06-04T17:25:48.580472+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 86 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']