PASS 1: Contextual Framework Facts Section
Case 92: Whistleblowing - City Engineer
R Roles
S States
Rs Resources
Extracted Ontology Entities
R Roles
Roles Classes
2"Technician B answers to Engineer A."
"a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C"
"Technician B asks for a clarification and is again instructed via memo by City Administrator C that he, Technician B, is completely responsible and is to report any interference by a third party to Ci..."
- Performs technical operational work under a reporting line rather than professional engineering practice
- May be placed in responsible charge of a system by management directive despite lacking professional engineering standing
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Technician B answers to Engineer A.; a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C; Technician B asks for a clarification and is again instructed via memo by City Administrator C that he, Technician B, is completely responsible and is to report any interference by a third party to City Administrator CroleCategorycontent: employer_relationshiproleKindcontent: participantdistinguishingFeaturescontent: Performs technical operational work under a reporting line rather than professional engineering practice; May be placed in responsible charge of a system by management directive despite lacking professional engineering standingconfidenceassessment: 0.85
"Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C."
"City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys."
"City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command"
- Holds administrative authority over city staff including the city engineer
- Controls reporting lines and internal communication and imposes personnel discipline
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C.; City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys.; City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of commandroleKindcontent: participantdistinguishingFeaturescontent: Holds administrative authority over city staff including the city engineer; Controls reporting lines and internal communication and imposes personnel disciplineconfidenceassessment: 0.85
Roles Individuals
7Engineer A City Engineer
Municipal Engineer Role"Engineer A is employed as the City Engineer/Director of Public Works for a medium sized city and is the only licensed professional engineer in a position of responsibility in the city government."
"Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C."
"Engineer A notifies Administrator C of the in adequate capacity of the plant and beds to handle the potential overflow during the rainy season and offers possible solutions"
"Engineer A continues in her capacity as City Engineer/Director of Public Works, assumes no responsibility for the disposal plant and beds, but continues to advise Technician B without the knowledge of..."
- {'type': 'advises', 'target': 'Technician B', 'quote': 'continues to advise Technician B without the knowledge of City Administrator C'}
- {'type': 'privately raised problem with', 'target': 'City Council Members', 'quote': 'Engineer A has also discussed the problem privately with certain members of the city council without the permission of City Administrator C.'}
"Engineer A is employed as the City Engineer/Director of Public Works for a medium sized city"
"Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C."
"Technician B answers to Engineer A."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
actor: Engineer Aattributes: {'position': 'City Engineer/Director of Public Works', 'licensure_context': 'Only licensed professional engineer in a position of responsibility in the city government', 'employment_status': 'Placed on probation and ordered not to discuss this matter further'}relationships: {'type': 'employedBy', 'target': 'City', 'quote': 'Engineer A is employed as the City Engineer/Director of Public Works for a medium sized city'}; {'type': 'relatedTo', 'target': 'City Administrator C', 'quote': 'Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C.'}; {'type': 'relatedTo', 'target': 'Technician B', 'quote': 'Technician B answers to Engineer A.'}
textReferencescontent: Engineer A is employed as the City Engineer/Director of Public Works for a medium sized city and is the only licensed professional engineer in a position of responsibility in the city government.; Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C.; Engineer A notifies Administrator C of the in adequate capacity of the plant and beds to handle the potential overflow during the rainy season and offers possible solutions; Engineer A continues in her capacity as City Engineer/Director of Public Works, assumes no responsibility for the disposal plant and beds, but continues to advise Technician B without the knowledge of City Administrator C.roleClasscontent: Municipal Engineer RoleroleCategorycontent: employer_relationshiproleKindcontent: professionallicensecontent: Licensed professional engineerspecialtycontent: Public works and sanitary system oversightemployercontent: City governmentadditionalRelationshipscontent: {'type': 'advises', 'target': 'Technician B', 'quote': 'continues to advise Technician B without the knowledge of City Administrator C'}; {'type': 'privately raised problem with', 'target': 'City Council Members', 'quote': 'Engineer A has also discussed the problem privately with certain members of the city council without the permission of City Administrator C.'}caseInvolvementcontent: City Engineer who notified Administrator C of the inadequate capacity of the disposal plant and beds, offered possible solutions, raised the problem privately with city council members and other officials against orders, was removed from responsibility for the sanitary system, placed on probation, and threatened with termination, while continuing to advise Technician B without the administrator's knowledge.confidenceassessment: 0.95
Technician B Technician
TechnicianRole"Technician B answers to Engineer A."
"a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C"
"he, Technician B, is completely responsible and is to report any interference by a third party to City Administrator C"
"Technician B answers to Engineer A."
"he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C"
"City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he ..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
actor: Technician Battributes: {'assigned_responsibility': 'Instructed to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C'}relationships: {'type': 'relatedTo', 'target': 'Engineer A', 'quote': 'Technician B answers to Engineer A.'}; {'type': 'relatedTo', 'target': 'City Administrator C', 'quote': 'he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C'}; {'type': 'employedBy', 'target': 'City', 'quote': 'City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C.'}
textReferencescontent: Technician B answers to Engineer A.; a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C; he, Technician B, is completely responsible and is to report any interference by a third party to City Administrator CroleClasscontent: Technician RoleroleCategorycontent: employer_relationshiproleKindcontent: participantspecialtycontent: Sanitary system operationsemployercontent: City governmentadditionalRelationshipscontent: {'type': 'advisedBy', 'target': 'Engineer A', 'quote': 'continues to advise Technician B without the knowledge of City Administrator C'}caseInvolvementcontent: Technician who originally answered to Engineer A, was instructed by City Administrator C to take complete responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to him, asked for clarification of the instruction, and continued to receive advice from Engineer A without the administrator's knowledge.confidenceassessment: 0.9
Food Processing Plants Dischargers
Participant Role"The city has several large food processing plants that discharge very large amounts of vegetable wastes into the city's sanitary system during the canning season."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
actor: Food Processing Plantsattributes: {'discharge_pattern': "Discharge very large amounts of vegetable wastes into the city's sanitary system during the canning season"}
textReferencescontent: The city has several large food processing plants that discharge very large amounts of vegetable wastes into the city's sanitary system during the canning season.roleClasscontent: Participant RoleroleKindcontent: participantadditionalRelationshipscontent: {'type': 'discharges wastes into system of', 'target': 'City', 'quote': "The city has several large food processing plants that discharge very large amounts of vegetable wastes into the city's sanitary system during the canning season."}caseInvolvementcontent: Several large food processing plants whose vegetable waste discharges into the city's sanitary system during the canning season, coinciding in part with the rainy season, strain the capacity of the disposal plant and beds.confidenceassessment: 0.75
City Employer
Employer Role"Engineer A is employed as the City Engineer/Director of Public Works for a medium sized city"
"the only licensed professional engineer in a position of responsibility in the city government"
Field classification (triples vs literals)
actor: Cityattributes: {'size': 'Medium sized city', 'infrastructure_context': "Several large food processing plants discharge very large amounts of vegetable wastes into the city's sanitary system during the canning season"}
textReferencescontent: Engineer A is employed as the City Engineer/Director of Public Works for a medium sized city; the only licensed professional engineer in a position of responsibility in the city governmentroleClasscontent: Employer RoleroleKindcontent: participantcaseInvolvementcontent: Medium sized city whose government employs Engineer A as City Engineer/Director of Public Works and whose sanitary system, disposal plant, and beds face potential overflow during the rainy canning season.confidenceassessment: 0.85
City Council Members Officials
Municipal Official Role"Engineer A has also discussed the problem privately with certain members of the city council without the permission of City Administrator C."
"Engineer A again privately brings the problem up to other city officials."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
actor: City Council Members
textReferencescontent: Engineer A has also discussed the problem privately with certain members of the city council without the permission of City Administrator C.; Engineer A again privately brings the problem up to other city officials.roleClasscontent: Municipal Official RoleroleKindcontent: participantemployercontent: City governmentadditionalRelationshipscontent: {'type': 'received private warnings from', 'target': 'Engineer A', 'quote': 'Engineer A has also discussed the problem privately with certain members of the city council without the permission of City Administrator C.'}caseInvolvementcontent: City council members and other city officials with whom Engineer A privately discussed the inadequate capacity of the plant and beds without City Administrator C's permission.confidenceassessment: 0.8
State Water Pollution Control Authority
Regulatory Authority Role"Under state law, this condition is required to be reported to the state water pollution control authority, the agency responsible for monitoring and overseeing water quality in state streams and river..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
actor: State Water Pollution Control Authorityattributes: {'statutory_function': 'Agency responsible for monitoring and overseeing water quality in state streams and rivers'}
textReferencescontent: Under state law, this condition is required to be reported to the state water pollution control authority, the agency responsible for monitoring and overseeing water quality in state streams and rivers.roleClasscontent: Regulatory Authority RoleroleKindcontent: participantspecialtycontent: Water quality monitoring and oversightadditionalRelationshipscontent: {'type': 'is required by state law to receive report of', 'target': 'City', 'quote': 'Under state law, this condition is required to be reported to the state water pollution control authority'}caseInvolvementcontent: State agency to which, under state law, the impending overflow condition threatening to dump waste into the river is required to be reported.confidenceassessment: 0.9
City Administrator C Administrator
Municipal Official Role"Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C."
"City Administrator C has told Engineer A that "we will face the problem when it comes.""
"City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys."
"City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the san..."
"Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C."
"he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C"
Field classification (triples vs literals)
actor: City Administrator Cattributes: {'position': 'City Administrator'}relationships: {'type': 'relatedTo', 'target': 'Engineer A', 'quote': 'Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C.'}; {'type': 'relatedTo', 'target': 'Technician B', 'quote': 'he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C'}
textReferencescontent: Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C.; City Administrator C has told Engineer A that "we will face the problem when it comes."; City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys.; City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C.roleClasscontent: City Administrator RoleroleKindcontent: participantemployercontent: City governmentadditionalRelationshipscontent: {'type': 'disciplined', 'target': 'Engineer A', 'quote': 'Engineer A is placed on probation and ordered not to discuss this matter further and that if she does she will be terminated'}caseInvolvementcontent: City administrator to whom Engineer A reports; deferred the overflow problem, ordered Engineer A to discuss it only with him, removed her from responsibility for the sanitary system, placed Technician B in responsible charge reporting directly to him, and put Engineer A on probation under threat of termination.confidenceassessment: 0.9
S States
States Classes
9"City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys.stateCategorycontent: riskpersistenceTypecontent: inertialprincipleTransformationcontent: The threat to livelihood makes concrete the tension between self-preservation and the professional's duty to press the safety concern.confidenceassessment: 0.9
activationConditions: Employer warns the professional that her job is in danger if she disobeys the directiveterminationConditions: The warning is withdrawn or the employment relationship ends
"Engineer A continues in her capacity as City Engineer/Director of Public Works, assumes no responsibility for the disposal plant and beds, but continues to advise Technician B without the knowledge of..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Engineer A continues in her capacity as City Engineer/Director of Public Works, assumes no responsibility for the disposal plant and beds, but continues to advise Technician B without the knowledge of City Administrator C.stateCategorycontent: disclosurepersistenceTypecontent: inertialprincipleTransformationcontent: The covert advising places the honesty owed the employer in tension with the professional's continued concern for the sanitary system.confidenceassessment: 0.8
activationConditions: Professional begins advising the person in responsible charge without informing the administrator who ordered the reassignmentterminationConditions: The advising ceases or City Administrator C learns of it
"Engineer A notifies Administrator C of the in adequate capacity of the plant and beds to handle the potential overflow during the rainy season and offers possible solutions."
"The city has several large food processing plants that discharge very large amounts of vegetable wastes into the city's sanitary system during the canning season."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Engineer A notifies Administrator C of the in adequate capacity of the plant and beds to handle the potential overflow during the rainy season and offers possible solutions.; The city has several large food processing plants that discharge very large amounts of vegetable wastes into the city's sanitary system during the canning season.stateCategorycontent: resourcepersistenceTypecontent: inertialprincipleTransformationcontent: The paramount public welfare principle becomes a concrete duty to notify the administrator of the inadequate capacity and offer possible solutions.confidenceassessment: 0.9
activationConditions: Waste discharge demand from food processing plants exceeds the capacity of the disposal plant and beds during the rainy seasonterminationConditions: Capacity of the plant and beds is expanded or the waste load is reducedobligationActivation: Duty to notify the responsible authority of the inadequate capacity
"Engineer A notifies Administrator C of the in adequate capacity of the plant and beds to handle the potential overflow during the rainy season and offers possible solutions."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Engineer A notifies Administrator C of the in adequate capacity of the plant and beds to handle the potential overflow during the rainy season and offers possible solutions.stateCategorycontent: epistemicpersistenceTypecontent: inertialprincipleTransformationcontent: Knowledge of the overflow risk transforms the general duty of public protection into a concrete duty to notify Administrator C and offer solutions.confidenceassessment: 0.88
activationConditions: Professional concludes from her responsibility over the system that the capacity is inadequate to handle the potential overflowterminationConditions: The identified risk is remediated or shown not to existobligationActivation: Duty to notify the employer of the identified risk
"City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys.stateCategorycontent: regulatorypersistenceTypecontent: inertialprincipleTransformationcontent: The faithful agent principle is placed in tension with public welfare because obeying the directive confines the safety concern to a single official.confidenceassessment: 0.82
activationConditions: Employer issues a specific order restricting the professional's communications about the problemterminationConditions: The order is rescinded or the employment relationship endsactionConstraints: Restriction confining discussion of the overflow problem to City Administrator C
"Engineer A is placed on probation and ordered not to discuss this matter further and that if she does she will be terminated."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Engineer A is placed on probation and ordered not to discuss this matter further and that if she does she will be terminated.stateCategorycontent: riskpersistenceTypecontent: inertialprincipleTransformationcontent: The retaliatory probation converts the abstract cost of professional integrity into a concrete threat of termination that conditions every further disclosure choice.confidenceassessment: 0.92
activationConditions: Professional again raises the problem after being ordered not to, and the employer imposes probation with a termination threatterminationConditions: Probation ends or employment is terminatedactionConstraints: Prohibition on discussing the matter further on pain of termination
"City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the san..."
"Engineer A is employed as the City Engineer/Director of Public Works for a medium sized city and is the only licensed professional engineer in a position of responsibility in the city government."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C.; Engineer A is employed as the City Engineer/Director of Public Works for a medium sized city and is the only licensed professional engineer in a position of responsibility in the city government.stateCategorycontent: competencepersistenceTypecontent: inertialprincipleTransformationcontent: Placing an unlicensed technician in responsible charge makes the general competence and licensure principle concretely at issue for the operation of the sanitary system.confidenceassessment: 0.85
activationConditions: Employer reassigns responsible charge of the engineering system from the licensed engineer to an unlicensed technicianterminationConditions: Responsible charge is returned to a licensed professional engineer
"It becomes obvious to those involved that if waste water from the ponds containing the domestic waste is not released to the local river, the ponds will over flow the levees and dump all waste into th..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: It becomes obvious to those involved that if waste water from the ponds containing the domestic waste is not released to the local river, the ponds will over flow the levees and dump all waste into the river.stateCategorycontent: emergencypersistenceTypecontent: inertialprincipleTransformationcontent: The imminent overflow converts the paramount public welfare principle into an immediate concrete duty to act on and report the condition.confidenceassessment: 0.9
activationConditions: Particularly heavy storms during the canning season raise pond levels to the point that overflow of the levees is imminentterminationConditions: Waste water is released to the river, the ponds overflow, or storm conditions abateobligationActivation: Duty to report the condition to the state water pollution control authority as required by state law
"Under state law, this condition is required to be reported to the state water pollution control authority, the agency responsible for monitoring and overseeing water quality in state streams and river..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Under state law, this condition is required to be reported to the state water pollution control authority, the agency responsible for monitoring and overseeing water quality in state streams and rivers.stateCategorycontent: regulatorypersistenceTypecontent: inertialprincipleTransformationcontent: The statute transforms the general duty of lawful practice into a specific reporting duty to the state water pollution control authority once the overflow condition exists.confidenceassessment: 0.92
activationConditions: The overflow condition described by the statute comes to existterminationConditions: The condition is reported to the state water pollution control authority or the condition ceasesobligationActivation: Duty to report the condition to the state water pollution control authority
States Individuals
9"Engineer A notifies Administrator C of the in adequate capacity of the plant and beds to handle the potential overflow during the rainy season and offers possible solutions."
- Engineer A
- City Administrator C
- The city and its residents
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Engineer A notifies Administrator C of the in adequate capacity of the plant and beds to handle the potential overflow during the rainy season and offers possible solutions.stateClasscontent: Risk Finding Statesubjectcontent: Engineer AactivePeriodcontent: From Engineer A's identification of the inadequate capacity onwardtriggeringEventcontent: Engineer A, in the course of her responsibility for the disposal plant and beds, identifies the inadequate capacity to handle the potential overflow during the rainy seasonterminatedBycontent: Not terminated in the case; the finding is later borne out by the heavy stormsaffectedPartiescontent: Engineer A; City Administrator C; The city and its residentsconfidenceassessment: 0.88urgencyLevelassessment: high
"Engineer A notifies Administrator C of the in adequate capacity of the plant and beds to handle the potential overflow during the rainy season and offers possible solutions."
"The city has several large food processing plants that discharge very large amounts of vegetable wastes into the city's sanitary system during the canning season. Part of the canning season coincides ..."
- Engineer A
- City Administrator C
- Technician B
- The city and its residents
- Users of the local river
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Engineer A notifies Administrator C of the in adequate capacity of the plant and beds to handle the potential overflow during the rainy season and offers possible solutions.; The city has several large food processing plants that discharge very large amounts of vegetable wastes into the city's sanitary system during the canning season. Part of the canning season coincides with the rainy season.stateClasscontent: Inadequate Infrastructure Capacity Statesubjectcontent: The city's waste disposal plant and bedsactivePeriodcontent: Throughout the case, from before Engineer A's notification through the heavy storms of the canning seasontriggeringEventcontent: Large food processing plants discharge very large amounts of vegetable wastes into the city's sanitary system during a canning season that partly coincides with the rainy seasonterminatedBycontent: No termination in the case; the capacity remains inadequate when the heavy storms occuraffectedPartiescontent: Engineer A; City Administrator C; Technician B; The city and its residents; Users of the local riverconfidenceassessment: 0.9urgencyLevelassessment: high
"City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys."
- Engineer A
- City Administrator C
- Members of the city council
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys.stateClasscontent: Client Directive Statesubjectcontent: Engineer A, under City Administrator C's orderactivePeriodcontent: From City Administrator C's order onward, reinforced when Engineer A is placed on probation and ordered not to discuss the matter furthertriggeringEventcontent: Engineer A discusses the problem privately with certain members of the city council without the permission of City Administrator CterminatedBycontent: Not terminated in the case; the order is reiterated with the probationaffectedPartiescontent: Engineer A; City Administrator C; Members of the city councilconfidenceassessment: 0.85urgencyLevelassessment: high
"City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys.stateClasscontent: Employment Jeopardy Statesubjectcontent: Engineer A's employment as City Engineer/Director of Public WorksactivePeriodcontent: From City Administrator C's warning until the probation escalates the threattriggeringEventcontent: City Administrator C warns Engineer A that her job is in danger if she disobeys his orderterminatedBycontent: Superseded by the probation with explicit termination threat after Engineer A again raises the problemaffectedPartiescontent: Engineer Aconfidenceassessment: 0.88urgencyLevelassessment: high
"City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the san..."
"Technician B asks for a clarification and is again instructed via memo by City Administrator C that he, Technician B, is completely responsible and is to report any interference by a third party to Ci..."
- Technician B
- Engineer A
- City Administrator C
- The city and its residents
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C.; Technician B asks for a clarification and is again instructed via memo by City Administrator C that he, Technician B, is completely responsible and is to report any interference by a third party to City Administrator C.stateClasscontent: Unlicensed Responsible Charge Statesubjectcontent: Technician B, in responsible charge of the city's sanitary systemactivePeriodcontent: From City Administrator C's letter and confirming memo through the winter canning season stormstriggeringEventcontent: City Administrator C issues a letter instructing Technician B to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to himterminatedBycontent: Not terminated in the case; Technician B remains completely responsible when the storms occuraffectedPartiescontent: Technician B; Engineer A; City Administrator C; The city and its residentsconfidenceassessment: 0.87urgencyLevelassessment: high
"Engineer A continues in her capacity as City Engineer/Director of Public Works, assumes no responsibility for the disposal plant and beds, but continues to advise Technician B without the knowledge of..."
- Engineer A
- Technician B
- City Administrator C
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Engineer A continues in her capacity as City Engineer/Director of Public Works, assumes no responsibility for the disposal plant and beds, but continues to advise Technician B without the knowledge of City Administrator C.stateClasscontent: Undisclosed Advisory Statesubjectcontent: Engineer A's advisory relationship with Technician BactivePeriodcontent: From Engineer A's removal from responsibility for the sanitary system onwardtriggeringEventcontent: Engineer A, after removal from responsibility for the disposal plant and beds, continues to advise Technician B without the knowledge of City Administrator CterminatedBycontent: Not terminated in the caseaffectedPartiescontent: Engineer A; Technician B; City Administrator Cconfidenceassessment: 0.82urgencyLevelassessment: medium
"It becomes obvious to those involved that if waste water from the ponds containing the domestic waste is not released to the local river, the ponds will over flow the levees and dump all waste into th..."
"That winter during the canning season, particularly heavy storms occur in the city."
- The city and its residents
- Users of the local river
- Engineer A
- Technician B
- City Administrator C
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: It becomes obvious to those involved that if waste water from the ponds containing the domestic waste is not released to the local river, the ponds will over flow the levees and dump all waste into the river.; That winter during the canning season, particularly heavy storms occur in the city.stateClasscontent: Emergency Statesubjectcontent: The waste ponds and levees of the city's sanitary systemactivePeriodcontent: During the particularly heavy storms of the winter canning season, while overflow of the levees is imminenttriggeringEventcontent: Particularly heavy storms occur in the city during the canning season, raising the ponds toward overflowterminatedBycontent: Release of waste water from the ponds to the local river, or overflow of the levees dumping all waste into the riveraffectedPartiescontent: The city and its residents; Users of the local river; Engineer A; Technician B; City Administrator Cconfidenceassessment: 0.92urgencyLevelassessment: critical
"Under state law, this condition is required to be reported to the state water pollution control authority, the agency responsible for monitoring and overseeing water quality in state streams and river..."
- Engineer A
- Technician B
- City Administrator C
- State water pollution control authority
- The city and its residents
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Under state law, this condition is required to be reported to the state water pollution control authority, the agency responsible for monitoring and overseeing water quality in state streams and rivers.stateClasscontent: Statutory Requirement Statesubjectcontent: The imminent overflow condition of the waste ponds, subject to the state law reporting requirementactivePeriodcontent: While the overflow condition exists during the heavy storms and remains unreportedtriggeringEventcontent: The overflow condition described by state law comes to exist during the particularly heavy stormsterminatedBycontent: Reporting of the condition to the state water pollution control authority, or the condition ceasing to existaffectedPartiescontent: Engineer A; Technician B; City Administrator C; State water pollution control authority; The city and its residentsconfidenceassessment: 0.92urgencyLevelassessment: critical
"In addition, Engineer A is placed on probation and ordered not to discuss this matter further and that if she does she will be terminated."
- Engineer A
- City Administrator C
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: In addition, Engineer A is placed on probation and ordered not to discuss this matter further and that if she does she will be terminated.stateClasscontent: Retaliatory Action Exposure Statesubjectcontent: Engineer AactivePeriodcontent: From the imposition of probation through the events of the winter canning seasontriggeringEventcontent: Engineer A again privately brings the problem up to other city officials after being ordered to discuss it only with City Administrator CterminatedBycontent: Not terminated in the case; the probation and termination threat remain in forceaffectedPartiescontent: Engineer A; City Administrator Cconfidenceassessment: 0.92urgencyLevelassessment: high
Rs Resources
Resources Classes
1"Under state law, this condition is required to be reported to the state water pollution control authority, the agency responsible for monitoring and overseeing water quality in state streams and river..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Under state law, this condition is required to be reported to the state water pollution control authority, the agency responsible for monitoring and overseeing water quality in state streams and rivers.resourceCategorycontent: legal_resourceconfidenceassessment: 0.9
Resources Individuals
1State Water Pollution Reporting Law
Legal Resource"Under state law, this condition is required to be reported to the state water pollution control authority, the agency responsible for monitoring and overseeing water quality in state streams and river..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
textReferencescontent: Under state law, this condition is required to be reported to the state water pollution control authority, the agency responsible for monitoring and overseeing water quality in state streams and rivers.resourceClasscontent: Legal Resourcetopiccontent: reporting of waste water discharge conditions to the state water pollution control authorityconfidenceassessment: 0.85