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Overview
Provenance Draft

PASS 3: Temporal Dynamics

Case 111: Misrepresentation - Changes Made to Engineer’s Report

31 entities 6 actions 4 events 8 causal chains 12 temporal relations
Timeline Overview
Action Event 12 sequenced markers
Hurricane Damage Before the case begins, a recent hurricane
Inspection and Assessment After the hurricane, during initial engagement for the insurance company
Report Signing and Sealing Following the inspections and structural assessments
Report Change Request After reviewing Engineer A's signed and sealed reports
Refusal to Alter Reports Immediately following Supervisor B's request
Report Transmission After Engineer A's refusal
Unauthorized Report Alteration Between Engineer A's refusal and the insurance claim denials
Precedent case, cited in discussion
Insurance Claim Denial After Supervisor B sends the reports to the insurance client
Alteration Discovery Later, after claims were denied
Sealing Process Compromised After the reports were altered and sent to the client
OWL-Time Temporal Structure 12 relations time: = w3.org/2006/time
signing and sealing of engineering documents time:intervalBefore unauthorized modification of documents
hurricane damage to residential properties time:intervalBefore insurance company hires XYZ Engineering
Engineer A's inspection and structural assessment time:intervalBefore preparation of reports
preparation of reports time:intervalMeets signing and sealing of reports
signing and sealing of reports time:intervalBefore Supervisor B's review and request for changes
Supervisor B's request for changes time:intervalBefore Engineer A's refusal
Engineer A's refusal time:intervalBefore Supervisor B sends reports to insurance client
apparent alteration of Engineer A's reports time:intervalAfter Engineer A's refusal to make changes
sending of altered reports to insurance company time:intervalBefore denial of property owners' insurance claims
denial of insurance claims time:intervalBefore property owners inform Engineer A
BER precedent cases (86-2 and 09-6) time:intervalBefore present case analysis
Engineer A's discovery of the alteration time:intervalBefore Engineer A's obligation to investigate and demand correction
Extracted Actions (6)
Volitional professional decisions with intentions and ethical context

Description: Engineer A visits the hurricane-damaged residential properties and conducts inspections and structural assessments to determine whether damage was hurricane-related or due to pre-existing structural conditions.

Temporal Marker: After the hurricane, during initial engagement for the insurance company interval

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Technical Findings Established

Mental State: deliberate professional judgment

Intended Outcome: Determine accurately whether residential property damage was hurricane-related or due to a pre-existing structural condition

Obligation Engagement:
Fulfills (1)
  • Obligation to Report Accurate Technical Findings
Guided By Principles:
  • Objectivity and Truthfulness
Required Capabilities:
Structural assessment expertise Damage causation analysis
Within Competence: Yes
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • fulfillsObligation: Obligation to Report Accurate Technical Findings
  • guidedByPrinciple: Objectivity and Truthfulness
  • requiresCapability: Structural assessment expertise; Damage causation analysis
  • initiates: Technical Findings Established
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
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  • hasAgent content: Engineer A
  • temporalMarker content: After the hurricane, during initial engagement for the insurance company
  • eventRoleContext content: Licensed Professional Engineer, employee of XYZ Engineering
  • hasMentalState content: deliberate professional judgment
  • intendedOutcome content: Determine accurately whether residential property damage was hurricane-related or due to a pre-existing structural condition
  • textReferences content: Engineer A visits the residential properties and, following his inspection and structural assessment, prepares a series of reports for XYZ Engineering.
  • temporalExtent content: interval
  • temporalSequence content: 2
  • withinCompetence assessment: True
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Description: Engineer A prepares a series of reports, the majority indicating that the damage was hurricane-related, and signs and seals those reports, taking professional responsibility for their contents.

Temporal Marker: Following the inspections and structural assessments instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Reports Signed and Sealed

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Certify with his professional signature and seal that the findings were his own accurate conclusions prepared under his responsible charge

Obligation Engagement:
Fulfills (2)
  • Responsible Charge over Signed and Sealed Documents
  • Obligation to Report Accurate Technical Findings
Guided By Principles:
  • Integrity of the Signing and Sealing Process
Required Capabilities:
Professional engineering licensure Structural assessment expertise
Within Competence: Yes
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
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  • initiates: Reports Signed and Sealed
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  • eventRoleContext content: Licensed Professional Engineer
  • hasMentalState content: deliberate
  • intendedOutcome content: Certify with his professional signature and seal that the findings were his own accurate conclusions prepared under his responsible charge
  • textReferences content: The majority indicate that the damage was in fact hurricane-related. He then signs and seals the reports.
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 3
  • withinCompetence assessment: True
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Description: Supervisor B, a non-engineer principal of XYZ Engineering, reviews the reports and asks Engineer A to change some of them to indicate the damage was not hurricane-related but due to a pre-existing structural condition.

Temporal Marker: After reviewing Engineer A's signed and sealed reports instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Pressure to Alter Findings

Mental State: deliberate, motives not stated in the case

Intended Outcome: Have the reports reclassify the damage as a pre-existing structural condition not covered by insurance

Foreseen Unintended Effects:

  • Denial of property owners' insurance claims
Obligation Engagement:
At stake (1)
  • Integrity of the Signing and Sealing Process
Within Competence: No
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • initiates: Pressure to Alter Findings
  • raisesObligation: Integrity of the Signing and Sealing Process
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  • hasAgent content: Supervisor B
  • temporalMarker content: After reviewing Engineer A's signed and sealed reports
  • eventRoleContext content: Principal of XYZ Engineering, not a professional engineer
  • hasMentalState content: deliberate, motives not stated in the case
  • intendedOutcome content: Have the reports reclassify the damage as a pre-existing structural condition not covered by insurance
  • foreseenUnintendedEffects content: Denial of property owners' insurance claims
  • textReferences content: Supervisor B, one of the principals of XYZ Engineering and not a professional engineer, reviews the reports and asks Engineer A to make changes to some of the reports to indicate that the residential property damage was not hurricane-related but due to a pre-existing structural condition.
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 4
  • withinCompetence assessment: False
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Description: Engineer A refuses Supervisor B's request to change the reports, finding no factual or technical basis for the requested changes.

Temporal Marker: Immediately following Supervisor B's request instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Employer Engineer Disagreement

Mental State: deliberate, grounded in the absence of any factual or technical basis

Intended Outcome: Preserve the accuracy and integrity of his signed and sealed findings

Foreseen Unintended Effects:

  • Conflict with a principal of his employing firm
Obligation Engagement:
Fulfills (2)
  • Obligation to Report Accurate Technical Findings
  • Obligation to Resist Improper Demands
Guided By Principles:
  • Objectivity and Truthfulness
  • Integrity of the Signing and Sealing Process
Required Capabilities:
Professional engineering judgment
Within Competence: Yes
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • fulfillsObligation: Obligation to Report Accurate Technical Findings; Obligation to Resist Improper Demands
  • guidedByPrinciple: Objectivity and Truthfulness; Integrity of the Signing and Sealing Process
  • requiresCapability: Professional engineering judgment
  • initiates: Employer Engineer Disagreement
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: Engineer A refuses Supervisor B's request to change the reports, finding no factual or technical basis for the requested changes.
  • hasAgent content: Engineer A
  • temporalMarker content: Immediately following Supervisor B's request
  • eventRoleContext content: Licensed Professional Engineer
  • hasMentalState content: deliberate, grounded in the absence of any factual or technical basis
  • intendedOutcome content: Preserve the accuracy and integrity of his signed and sealed findings
  • foreseenUnintendedEffects content: Conflict with a principal of his employing firm
  • textReferences content: Finding no factual or technical basis for the requested change, Engineer A refuses to make the changes.
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 5
  • withinCompetence assessment: True
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Description: An unidentified party, apparently within XYZ Engineering, alters Engineer A's signed and sealed reports so that they indicate pre-existing structural damage rather than hurricane damage, with no supplemental technical basis for the change.

Temporal Marker: Between Engineer A's refusal and the insurance claim denials instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Misrepresented Engineering Findings
Terminates (1)
  • Reports Signed and Sealed

Mental State: deliberate, motives and intentions unknown per the case

Intended Outcome: Reverse Engineer A's findings so the damage claims would not be covered by insurance

Foreseen Unintended Effects:

  • Denial of legitimate property insurance claims
  • Misattribution of altered conclusions to Engineer A's signature and seal
Obligation Engagement:
Violates (2)
  • Responsible Charge over Signed and Sealed Documents
  • Integrity of the Signing and Sealing Process
Within Competence: No
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • violatesObligation: Responsible Charge over Signed and Sealed Documents; Integrity of the Signing and Sealing Process
  • initiates: Misrepresented Engineering Findings
  • terminates: Reports Signed and Sealed
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: An unidentified party, apparently within XYZ Engineering, alters Engineer A's signed and sealed reports so that they indicate pre-existing structural damage rather than hurricane damage, with no supplemental technical basis for the change.
  • hasAgent content: Unknown party
  • temporalMarker content: Between Engineer A's refusal and the insurance claim denials
  • eventRoleContext content: Engineer A did not make the changes; Supervisor B handled the reports
  • hasMentalState content: deliberate, motives and intentions unknown per the case
  • intendedOutcome content: Reverse Engineer A's findings so the damage claims would not be covered by insurance
  • foreseenUnintendedEffects content: Denial of legitimate property insurance claims; Misattribution of altered conclusions to Engineer A's signature and seal
  • textReferences content: There is no supplemental technical or other information to indicate any basis for the apparent alteration of Engineer A’s report.; this engineering document signing and sealing process appears to have been comprom ised and undermined for unknown motives and intentions
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 6
  • withinCompetence assessment: False
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Description: Despite Engineer A's refusal, Supervisor B takes the reports and sends them to the client, the property insurance company. The reports as received by the client indicated pre-existing structural damage, contrary to Engineer A's sealed findings.

Temporal Marker: After Engineer A's refusal instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Altered Reports in Client Hands

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Deliver reports to the property insurance company client

Foreseen Unintended Effects:

  • Insurance claim denials based on the reports
Obligation Engagement:
Violates (1)
  • Integrity of the Signing and Sealing Process
Within Competence: No
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • violatesObligation: Integrity of the Signing and Sealing Process
  • initiates: Altered Reports in Client Hands
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: Despite Engineer A's refusal, Supervisor B takes the reports and sends them to the client, the property insurance company. The reports as received by the client indicated pre-existing structural damage, contrary to Engineer A's sealed findings.
  • hasAgent content: Supervisor B
  • temporalMarker content: After Engineer A's refusal
  • eventRoleContext content: Principal of XYZ Engineering, not a professional engineer
  • hasMentalState content: deliberate
  • intendedOutcome content: Deliver reports to the property insurance company client
  • foreseenUnintendedEffects content: Insurance claim denials based on the reports
  • textReferences content: Supervisor B takes the reports and thereafter sends them to the client, the property insurance company.
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 7
  • withinCompetence assessment: False
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Extracted Events (4)
Occurrences that trigger ethical considerations and state changes

Description: A hurricane strikes and damages residential properties, creating the need for structural assessments to determine insurance coverage.

Temporal Marker: Before the case begins, a recent hurricane interval

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (2)
  • Residential Property Damage
  • Need for Structural Assessment
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • initiates: Residential Property Damage; Need for Structural Assessment
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: A hurricane strikes and damages residential properties, creating the need for structural assessments to determine insurance coverage.
  • temporalMarker content: Before the case begins, a recent hurricane
  • textReferences content: residential properties damaged by a recent hurricane
  • eventType content: exogenous
  • temporalExtent content: interval
  • temporalSequence content: 1
  • confidence assessment: 0.95
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Description: The integrity of the engineering document signing and sealing process is undermined because the reports were modified by a party who neither drafted them nor exercised responsible charge over their preparation.

Temporal Marker: After the reports were altered and sent to the client interval

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Compromised Signing and Sealing Process

Caused By Action: Action_Unauthorized_Report_Alteration

Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • causedByAction: http://proethica.org/ontology/case/111#Action_Unauthorized_Report_Alteration
  • initiates: Compromised Signing and Sealing Process
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: The integrity of the engineering document signing and sealing process is undermined because the reports were modified by a party who neither drafted them nor exercised responsible charge over their preparation.
  • temporalMarker content: After the reports were altered and sent to the client
  • textReferences content: this engineering document signing and sealing process appears to have been comprom ised and undermined for unknown motives and intentions
  • eventType content: outcome
  • temporalExtent content: interval
  • temporalSequence content: 8
  • confidence assessment: 0.85
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Description: Property owners' hurricane damage claims are denied by the insurance company because the altered signed and sealed reports attributed the damage to a pre-existing structural condition, which is not covered.

Temporal Marker: After Supervisor B sends the reports to the insurance client instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (2)
  • Claims Denied
  • Misrepresentation of Engineering Findings

Caused By Action: Action_Unauthorized_Report_Alteration

Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • causedByAction: http://proethica.org/ontology/case/111#Action_Unauthorized_Report_Alteration
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Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: Property owners' hurricane damage claims are denied by the insurance company because the altered signed and sealed reports attributed the damage to a pre-existing structural condition, which is not covered.
  • temporalMarker content: After Supervisor B sends the reports to the insurance client
  • textReferences content: their property insurance damage claims were denied because the signed and sealed report by Engineer A indicated that the residential property damage was due to a pre-existing structural condition
  • eventType content: automatic
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 9
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
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Description: Engineer A learns from property owners that his signed and sealed reports were apparently altered to reverse his findings, since owners whose homes he found hurricane-damaged report claim denials citing pre-existing conditions.

Temporal Marker: Later, after claims were denied instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Engineer A Aware of Apparent Alteration

Caused By Action: Action_Unauthorized_Report_Alteration

Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • causedByAction: http://proethica.org/ontology/case/111#Action_Unauthorized_Report_Alteration
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Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: Engineer A learns from property owners that his signed and sealed reports were apparently altered to reverse his findings, since owners whose homes he found hurricane-damaged report claim denials citing pre-existing conditions.
  • temporalMarker content: Later, after claims were denied
  • textReferences content: Later Engineer A hears from residential property owners whose homes he had inspected and noted in his signed and sealed report to be damaged by hurricanes.; Those residential property owners advise Engineer A that their property insurance damage claims were denied
  • eventType content: outcome
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 10
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
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Causal Chains (8)
NESS test analysis: Necessary Element of Sufficient Set

Causal Language: The firm was hired by a property insurance company to inspect and conduct structural assessments of residential properties damaged by a recent hurricane and to determine whether the damage was hurricane-related (a claim covered by insurance) or due to a pre-existing structural condition (a claim not covered by insurance).

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Hurricane striking and damaging residential properties
  • Insurance company's need to distinguish covered from uncovered damage
  • XYZ Engineering being retained to perform assessments
Sufficient Factors:
  • Hurricane damage + insurance company hiring XYZ Engineering + Engineer A's assignment to the inspections
Counterfactual Test: Without the hurricane damage, there would have been no insurance claims to evaluate and no inspections would have been commissioned
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: None (natural event); insurance company initiated the engagement
Type: indirect
Within Agent Control: No

Causal Sequence:
  1. Hurricane Damage
    A hurricane strikes and damages residential properties
  2. Insurance Engagement
    Property insurance company hires XYZ Engineering to assess whether damage is hurricane-related or pre-existing
  3. Inspection and Assessment
    Engineer A visits the properties and conducts inspections and structural assessments
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Hurricane Damage
  • effect: Inspection and Assessment
  • responsibleAgent: None (natural event); insurance company initiated the engagement
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • causalLanguage content: The firm was hired by a property insurance company to inspect and conduct structural assessments of residential properties damaged by a recent hurricane and to determine whether the damage was hurricane-related (a claim covered by insurance) or due to a pre-existing structural condition (a claim not covered by insurance).
  • necessaryFactors content: Hurricane striking and damaging residential properties; Insurance company's need to distinguish covered from uncovered damage; XYZ Engineering being retained to perform assessments
  • sufficientFactors content: Hurricane damage + insurance company hiring XYZ Engineering + Engineer A's assignment to the inspections
  • counterfactual content: Without the hurricane damage, there would have been no insurance claims to evaluate and no inspections would have been commissioned
  • agentKnowledge content: Insurance company knew it needed professional engineering assessments to adjudicate claims
  • interveningFactors content: Insurance company's decision to hire XYZ Engineering
  • causalSequence content: {'proeth:step': 1, 'proeth:element': 'Hurricane Damage', 'proeth:description': 'A hurricane strikes and damages residential properties'}; {'proeth:step': 2, 'proeth:element': 'Insurance Engagement', 'proeth:description': 'Property insurance company hires XYZ Engineering to assess whether damage is hurricane-related or pre-existing'}; {'proeth:step': 3, 'proeth:element': 'Inspection and Assessment', 'proeth:description': 'Engineer A visits the properties and conducts inspections and structural assessments'}
  • responsibilityType assessment: indirect
  • withinAgentControl assessment: False
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Causal Language: Engineer A visits the residential properties and, following his inspection and structural assessment, prepares a series of reports for XYZ Engineering. The majority indicate that the damage was in fact hurricane-related. He then signs and seals the reports.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Engineer A's personal inspection of the properties
  • Technical findings that the majority of damage was hurricane-related
  • Engineer A's licensure enabling signing and sealing
Sufficient Factors:
  • Completed inspection + professional findings + licensed status of Engineer A
Counterfactual Test: Without the inspection and assessment, Engineer A would have had no factual basis on which to prepare, sign, and seal the reports
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Engineer A
Type: direct
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Inspection and Assessment
    Engineer A conducts on-site inspections and structural assessments
  2. Report Preparation
    Engineer A prepares reports concluding the majority of damage was hurricane-related
  3. Report Signing and Sealing
    Engineer A signs and seals the reports, certifying they were prepared under his responsible charge
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Inspection and Assessment
  • effect: Report Signing and Sealing
  • responsibleAgent: Engineer A
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • causalLanguage content: Engineer A visits the residential properties and, following his inspection and structural assessment, prepares a series of reports for XYZ Engineering. The majority indicate that the damage was in fact hurricane-related. He then signs and seals the reports.
  • necessaryFactors content: Engineer A's personal inspection of the properties; Technical findings that the majority of damage was hurricane-related; Engineer A's licensure enabling signing and sealing
  • sufficientFactors content: Completed inspection + professional findings + licensed status of Engineer A
  • counterfactual content: Without the inspection and assessment, Engineer A would have had no factual basis on which to prepare, sign, and seal the reports
  • agentKnowledge content: Knew his findings were based on direct inspection; understood that signing and sealing signifies responsible charge
  • causalSequence content: {'proeth:step': 1, 'proeth:element': 'Inspection and Assessment', 'proeth:description': 'Engineer A conducts on-site inspections and structural assessments'}; {'proeth:step': 2, 'proeth:element': 'Report Preparation', 'proeth:description': 'Engineer A prepares reports concluding the majority of damage was hurricane-related'}; {'proeth:step': 3, 'proeth:element': 'Report Signing and Sealing', 'proeth:description': 'Engineer A signs and seals the reports, certifying they were prepared under his responsible charge'}
  • responsibilityType assessment: direct
  • withinAgentControl assessment: True
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Causal Language: Supervisor B, one of the principals of XYZ Engineering and not a professional engineer, reviews the reports and asks Engineer A to make changes to some of the reports to indicate that the residential property damage was not hurricane-related but due to a pre-existing structural condition.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Existence of signed and sealed reports concluding damage was hurricane-related
  • Supervisor B's review of the reports
  • Supervisor B's motive to change the coverage-determining conclusions
Sufficient Factors:
  • Reports with hurricane-related findings + Supervisor B's authority as principal + his desire to reverse the conclusions
Counterfactual Test: Without reports concluding the damage was hurricane-related, there would have been nothing for Supervisor B to ask Engineer A to change
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Supervisor B
Type: direct
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Report Signing and Sealing
    Engineer A signs and seals reports finding hurricane-related damage
  2. Supervisor Review
    Supervisor B, a non-engineer principal, reviews the reports
  3. Report Change Request
    Supervisor B asks Engineer A to change conclusions to pre-existing structural condition
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Report Signing and Sealing
  • effect: Report Change Request
  • responsibleAgent: Supervisor B
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • causalLanguage content: Supervisor B, one of the principals of XYZ Engineering and not a professional engineer, reviews the reports and asks Engineer A to make changes to some of the reports to indicate that the residential property damage was not hurricane-related but due to a pre-existing structural condition.
  • necessaryFactors content: Existence of signed and sealed reports concluding damage was hurricane-related; Supervisor B's review of the reports; Supervisor B's motive to change the coverage-determining conclusions
  • sufficientFactors content: Reports with hurricane-related findings + Supervisor B's authority as principal + his desire to reverse the conclusions
  • counterfactual content: Without reports concluding the damage was hurricane-related, there would have been nothing for Supervisor B to ask Engineer A to change
  • agentKnowledge content: Knew the reports were signed and sealed by a licensed professional engineer and that the requested change had no supplemental technical basis
  • interveningFactors content: Supervisor B is not a professional engineer; Unknown motives and intentions
  • causalSequence content: {'proeth:step': 1, 'proeth:element': 'Report Signing and Sealing', 'proeth:description': 'Engineer A signs and seals reports finding hurricane-related damage'}; {'proeth:step': 2, 'proeth:element': 'Supervisor Review', 'proeth:description': 'Supervisor B, a non-engineer principal, reviews the reports'}; {'proeth:step': 3, 'proeth:element': 'Report Change Request', 'proeth:description': 'Supervisor B asks Engineer A to change conclusions to pre-existing structural condition'}
  • responsibilityType assessment: direct
  • withinAgentControl assessment: True
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Causal Language: Finding no factual or technical basis for the requested change, Engineer A refuses to make the changes.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Supervisor B's request to change the reports
  • Absence of any factual or technical basis for the change
  • Engineer A's professional ethical obligations
Sufficient Factors:
  • Unjustified change request + Engineer A's adherence to professional standards
Counterfactual Test: Without Supervisor B's request, there would have been no occasion for Engineer A to refuse; had a legitimate technical basis existed, Engineer A might have revised the reports himself
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Engineer A
Type: direct
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Report Change Request
    Supervisor B asks Engineer A to reverse the reports' conclusions
  2. Technical Evaluation
    Engineer A finds no factual or technical basis for the requested change
  3. Refusal to Alter Reports
    Engineer A refuses to make the changes
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Report Change Request
  • effect: Refusal to Alter Reports
  • responsibleAgent: Engineer A
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • causalLanguage content: Finding no factual or technical basis for the requested change, Engineer A refuses to make the changes.
  • necessaryFactors content: Supervisor B's request to change the reports; Absence of any factual or technical basis for the change; Engineer A's professional ethical obligations
  • sufficientFactors content: Unjustified change request + Engineer A's adherence to professional standards
  • counterfactual content: Without Supervisor B's request, there would have been no occasion for Engineer A to refuse; had a legitimate technical basis existed, Engineer A might have revised the reports himself
  • agentKnowledge content: Knew there was no factual or technical basis for the requested change
  • interveningFactors content: Employment pressure from a firm principal
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  • responsibilityType assessment: direct
  • withinAgentControl assessment: True
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Causal Language: Supervisor B takes the reports and thereafter sends them to the client, the property insurance company.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Engineer A's refusal, leaving Supervisor B unable to obtain changes through the engineer
  • Supervisor B's physical access to the signed and sealed reports
  • Supervisor B's authority within the firm to transmit reports to the client
Sufficient Factors:
  • Refusal by Engineer A + Supervisor B's custody of the reports + his decision to send them despite the dispute
Counterfactual Test: Had Engineer A agreed to the changes, Supervisor B would not have needed to take the reports; had the reports been secured, unauthorized handling and transmittal could have been prevented
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Supervisor B
Type: direct
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Refusal to Alter Reports
    Engineer A refuses the unjustified change request
  2. Report Taking
    Supervisor B takes possession of the signed and sealed reports
  3. Report Transmission
    Supervisor B sends the reports to the property insurance company
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Refusal to Alter Reports
  • effect: Report Transmission
  • responsibleAgent: Supervisor B
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
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  • necessaryFactors content: Engineer A's refusal, leaving Supervisor B unable to obtain changes through the engineer; Supervisor B's physical access to the signed and sealed reports; Supervisor B's authority within the firm to transmit reports to the client
  • sufficientFactors content: Refusal by Engineer A + Supervisor B's custody of the reports + his decision to send them despite the dispute
  • counterfactual content: Had Engineer A agreed to the changes, Supervisor B would not have needed to take the reports; had the reports been secured, unauthorized handling and transmittal could have been prevented
  • agentKnowledge content: Knew Engineer A had refused the changes and that the reports carried Engineer A's signature and seal
  • interveningFactors content: Lack of document control over signed and sealed reports within the firm
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  • responsibilityType assessment: direct
  • withinAgentControl assessment: True
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Causal Language: Those residential property owners advise Engineer A that their property insurance damage claims were denied because the signed and sealed report by Engineer A indicated that the residential property damage was due to a pre-existing structural condition.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Alteration of the reports to state pre-existing structural condition
  • Insurance company's reliance on the signed and sealed reports
  • Policy terms excluding pre-existing conditions from coverage
Sufficient Factors:
  • Altered reports bearing Engineer A's seal + insurer reliance on those reports + exclusion of pre-existing damage from coverage
Counterfactual Test: Had the reports remained as Engineer A signed and sealed them (hurricane-related damage), the claims would have been covered and not denied on this basis
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Unidentified party within XYZ Engineering (Supervisor B is the apparent actor given his prior request and custody of the reports)
Type: direct
Within Agent Control: Yes

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  1. Unauthorized Report Alteration
    Reports are altered to indicate pre-existing structural condition despite Engineer A's refusal
  2. Report Transmission
    Altered reports bearing Engineer A's signature and seal are sent to the insurance company
  3. Insurer Reliance
    Insurance company treats the altered conclusions as the professional engineer's findings
  4. Insurance Claim Denial
    Property owners' hurricane damage claims are denied as pre-existing conditions not covered by insurance
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Unauthorized Report Alteration
  • effect: Insurance Claim Denial
  • responsibleAgent: Unidentified party within XYZ Engineering (Supervisor B is the apparent actor given his prior request and custody of the reports)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
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  • sufficientFactors content: Altered reports bearing Engineer A's seal + insurer reliance on those reports + exclusion of pre-existing damage from coverage
  • counterfactual content: Had the reports remained as Engineer A signed and sealed them (hurricane-related damage), the claims would have been covered and not denied on this basis
  • agentKnowledge content: The alterer knew Engineer A had refused the changes and that no supplemental technical information supported the alteration
  • interveningFactors content: Insurance company's reliance on the reports without independent verification
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  • withinAgentControl assessment: True
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Causal Language: Later Engineer A hears from residential property owners whose homes he had inspected and noted in his signed and sealed report to be damaged by hurricanes. Those residential property owners advise Engineer A that their property insurance damage claims were denied because the signed and sealed report by Engineer A indicated that the residential property damage was due to a pre-existing structural condition.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Denial of the property owners' claims citing the altered reports
  • Property owners contacting Engineer A
  • Engineer A's knowledge of his original findings enabling him to recognize the discrepancy
Sufficient Factors:
  • Claim denials attributed to Engineer A's report + owners' communication with Engineer A + contradiction with his actual findings
Counterfactual Test: Without the claim denials, the property owners would have had no reason to contact Engineer A, and the alteration might have remained undiscovered
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Residential property owners (informants); ultimately traceable to the unidentified alterer
Type: indirect
Within Agent Control: No

Causal Sequence:
  1. Insurance Claim Denial
    Claims are denied based on altered reports citing pre-existing conditions
  2. Owner Communication
    Property owners advise Engineer A of the denials and the reports' stated basis
  3. Alteration Discovery
    Engineer A learns his signed and sealed reports were apparently altered to reverse his findings
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
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  • effect: Alteration Discovery
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Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
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  • counterfactual content: Without the claim denials, the property owners would have had no reason to contact Engineer A, and the alteration might have remained undiscovered
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Causal Language: Any action to subsequently modify any aspect of the engineering documents by any party who did not actually draft the engineering documents or exercise “responsible charge” over the preparation of the engineering documents thoroughly compromises and undermines the integrity and the veracity that this preparation and approval process is intended to embody.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Modification of the reports by a party without responsible charge
  • The reports bearing Engineer A's signature and seal certifying his findings
  • Absence of any supplemental technical information justifying the change
Sufficient Factors:
  • Unauthorized modification of sealed documents + retention of Engineer A's signature and seal on the altered content
Counterfactual Test: Had no unauthorized party modified the sealed reports, the signing and sealing process would have retained its integrity and veracity
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Unidentified party within XYZ Engineering (apparently Supervisor B)
Type: direct
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Report Signing and Sealing
    Engineer A certifies his findings by signing and sealing the reports
  2. Refusal to Alter Reports
    Engineer A refuses the change request for lack of any factual or technical basis
  3. Unauthorized Report Alteration
    A party without responsible charge alters the sealed reports to reverse the findings
  4. Sealing Process Compromised
    The integrity and veracity of the signing and sealing process is thoroughly compromised and undermined
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
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  • effect: Sealing Process Compromised
  • responsibleAgent: Unidentified party within XYZ Engineering (apparently Supervisor B)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
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  • necessaryFactors content: Modification of the reports by a party without responsible charge; The reports bearing Engineer A's signature and seal certifying his findings; Absence of any supplemental technical information justifying the change
  • sufficientFactors content: Unauthorized modification of sealed documents + retention of Engineer A's signature and seal on the altered content
  • counterfactual content: Had no unauthorized party modified the sealed reports, the signing and sealing process would have retained its integrity and veracity
  • agentKnowledge content: Knew the documents were signed and sealed and that the responsible engineer had refused the changes
  • interveningFactors content: Unknown motives and intentions; Supervisor B's non-engineer status and lack of appreciation for the seal's legal significance
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  • withinAgentControl assessment: True
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Allen Temporal Relations (12)
Interval algebra relationships with OWL-Time standard properties
From Entity Allen Relation To Entity OWL-Time Property Evidence
signing and sealing of engineering documents before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		unauthorized modification of documents time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		Any action to subsequently modify any aspect of the engineering documents by any party who did not a... [more]
hurricane damage to residential properties before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		insurance company hires XYZ Engineering time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		The firm was hired by a property insurance company to inspect and conduct structural assessments of ... [more]
Engineer A's inspection and structural assessment before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		preparation of reports time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		Engineer A visits the residential properties and, following his inspection and structural assessment... [more]
preparation of reports meets
Entity1 ends exactly when Entity2 begins 		signing and sealing of reports time:intervalMeets
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalMeets 		prepares a series of reports for XYZ Engineering... He then signs and seals the reports
signing and sealing of reports before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		Supervisor B's review and request for changes time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		He then signs and seals the reports. Supervisor B... reviews the reports and asks Engineer A to make... [more]
Supervisor B's request for changes before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		Engineer A's refusal time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		asks Engineer A to make changes... Finding no factual or technical basis for the requested change, E... [more]
Engineer A's refusal before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		Supervisor B sends reports to insurance client time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		Engineer A refuses to make the changes. Supervisor B takes the reports and thereafter sends them to ... [more]
apparent alteration of Engineer A's reports after
Entity1 is after Entity2 		Engineer A's refusal to make changes time:intervalAfter
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalAfter 		There is no supplemental technical or other information to indicate any basis for the apparent alter... [more]
sending of altered reports to insurance company before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		denial of property owners' insurance claims time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		their property insurance damage claims were denied because the signed and sealed report by Engineer ... [more]
denial of insurance claims before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		property owners inform Engineer A time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		Later Engineer A hears from residential property owners... Those residential property owners advise ... [more]
BER precedent cases (86-2 and 09-6) before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		present case analysis time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		Turning to the facts in the present case, the Board thinks both cited cases are very instructive
Engineer A's discovery of the alteration before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		Engineer A's obligation to investigate and demand correction time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		Engineer A has an obligation to take necessary steps to seek understanding as to the apparent revers... [more]
About Allen Relations & OWL-Time

Allen's Interval Algebra provides 13 basic temporal relations between intervals. These relations are mapped to OWL-Time standard properties for interoperability with Semantic Web temporal reasoning systems and SPARQL queries.

Each relation includes both a ProEthica custom property and a time:* OWL-Time property for maximum compatibility.

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