Scope Limitation Justification State
Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ScopeLimitationJustificationState
Definition
State in which a professional invokes a contractually defined scope of work as justification for failing to investigate or report on material technical findings that bear on safety or accuracy, creating a tension between contractual scope compliance and the professional's independent duty of completeness and objectivity.
Properties
Subclass of
Action Constraints
Professional must not present conclusions as complete when scope prevented full investigation
Professional must not use scope limitation as a shield against reporting known material findings
Activation Conditions
Material information exists outside the literal scope
Professional declines to investigate or report that information citing scope limitations
Professional is retained under a defined scope of work
Confidence
0.85
Obligation Activation
Duty to assess whether scope limitations prevent fulfillment of independent professional obligations
Duty to disclose scope limitations that affect completeness of conclusions
Duty to seek scope expansion when material safety or accuracy issues are identified
Persistence Type
inertial
Principle Transformation
Transforms the contractual faithful-agent duty into a bounded obligation that cannot override the independent professional duty of objectivity and completeness when material findings are at stake.
State Category
conflict
Termination Conditions
Engagement concludes
Professional voluntarily addresses the material information despite scope limitation
Scope is expanded to cover the material information
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Source Evidence
Text references
Previously, Engineer B had said, 'We didn't look at the pile driving records because it was not in our scope of work.'
Source text
Previously, Engineer B had said, 'We didn't look at the pile driving records because it was not in our scope of work.'
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 71TTL
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proeth:ScopeLimitationJustificationState a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Scope Limitation Justification State" ;
proeth:actionConstraints "Professional must not present conclusions as complete when scope prevented full investigation",
"Professional must not use scope limitation as a shield against reporting known material findings" ;
proeth:activationConditions "Material information exists outside the literal scope",
"Professional declines to investigate or report that information citing scope limitations",
"Professional is retained under a defined scope of work" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:obligationActivation "Duty to assess whether scope limitations prevent fulfillment of independent professional obligations",
"Duty to disclose scope limitations that affect completeness of conclusions",
"Duty to seek scope expansion when material safety or accuracy issues are identified" ;
proeth:persistenceType "inertial" ;
proeth:principleTransformation "Transforms the contractual faithful-agent duty into a bounded obligation that cannot override the independent professional duty of objectivity and completeness when material findings are at stake." ;
proeth:stateCategory "conflict" ;
proeth:terminationConditions "Engagement concludes",
"Professional voluntarily addresses the material information despite scope limitation",
"Scope is expanded to cover the material information" ;
proeth:textReferences "Previously, Engineer B had said, 'We didn't look at the pile driving records because it was not in our scope of work.'" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 71 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T14:26:51.674939+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 71 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.0 ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Previously, Engineer B had said, 'We didn't look at the pile driving records because it was not in our scope of work.'" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a professional invokes a contractually defined scope of work as justification for failing to investigate or report on material technical findings that bear on safety or accuracy, creating a tension between contractual scope compliance and the professional's independent duty of completeness and objectivity." ;
rdfs:subClassOf proeth:ConflictState ;
skos:definition "State in which a professional invokes a contractually defined scope of work as justification for failing to investigate or report on material technical findings that bear on safety or accuracy, creating a tension between contractual scope compliance and the professional's independent duty of completeness and objectivity." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T14:26:51.674939+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 71 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
71
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T14:26:51.674939+00:00
First case
71
Generated
2026-06-04T14:26:51.674939+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 71 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']