Public Safety Paramount Constraint
Class
166ed77c
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PublicSafetyParamountConstraint
Definition
Ethical constraint arising from the foundational engineering canon that public safety, health, and welfare must be held paramount over client interests, prohibiting engineers from proceeding with work that creates unmitigated risks to public welfare even under client direction.
Properties
Subclass of
Definition
Ethical constraint arising from the foundational engineering canon that public safety, health, and welfare must be held paramount over client interests, prohibiting engineers from proceeding with work that creates unmitigated risks to public welfare even under client direction.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate] Professional ethical boundaries beyond legal requirements (Benzmüller et al. 2020)
Source Evidence
Source Text
Part of Engineer L's scope of work for Client X includes ensuring that stormwater from the new development will not impact this primary drinking water source for the community.
TTL
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@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
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<http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PublicSafetyParamountConstraint> a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Public Safety Paramount Constraint" ;
rdfs:comment "Ethical constraint arising from the foundational engineering canon that public safety, health, and welfare must be held paramount over client interests, prohibiting engineers from proceeding with work that creates unmitigated risks to public welfare even under client direction." ;
rdfs:subClassOf <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EthicalConstraint> .
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Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
166ed77cbce2ba63...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
8
Discovered In Pass
2
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-24T02:26:42.472954+00:00
First Discovered In Case
8
Generated
2026-02-24T02:26:42.472954+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 8 Extraction