by irishelk » Sat Jul 01, 2017 2:54 pm
WiZ
Robin = HAM? Yes.
Is he directly responsible for protecting/saving/upholding people's lives? DOYD of directly, I'll say noish. Does he work, broadly speaking, in the field of health? No. justice? Not quite, but related. policy? No.
Does he make this mistake in the course of his work? Yes. Does his mistake have any consequences? Yes. Is it conducted in a safe/test/somehow insular environment? No. Can the mistake be stopped or corrected before it has a chance to take effect? It probably could have been.
Is the mistake potentially life-threatening? Not in this case. Is it a clerical error of some kind? Yope. A physical action? Yes.
Is it hoped the mistake will be seen? As in, recognized as a mistake? No. Is there a potential advantage or common good that would come from the mistake being observed and copied/reported on/acted on? I'm thinking Ben Franklin and misspelling Philadelphia on a banknote, but there must be similar situations. No, but good thought. Incidentally, I read that story when I was young and still shaky on spelling, and to this day I'm never sure if I'm spelling it the right way or the Franklin way.
SurfingPikachu
When you say "mistake", do you just mean, it would be a mistake under normal circumstances? Yes.
Would a generally wise, knowledgeable and benevolent observer still consider the action to be a "mistake" under the circumstances in which Robin was to take the action? No. (Presumably there are some special circumstances causing the instruction to be given?) Correct. Or would it be deemed possibly the right thing to do, just an appropriate deviation from normal procedure? Yes. Or perhaps not appropriate, but an understandable judgement call (whether it turned out for better or for worse, whether for selfish or altruistic purposes) to deviate from the norm? Yes, although I imagine it would have been judged harshly had the outcome been bad.
Earnest
do lives depend on him in quite every situation he deal with? Not every one, but often. I mean...would the deliberate mistake jeopardize the lives of his clients/patient/others (if they could be called so)? Not in this case. Do lives depend on him directly or indirectly? I would lean more toward indirectly.
Is he a pilot of an airplane? A doctor? a judge? Was him a military? No to all.
Does he need to make important decisions while working? Yes. Do lives of other people depends on him? Yes. Or lives of animals for instance? Of plants? Possibly animals sometimes. I can't think of a situation with plants. =) Has Robin studied at university to do the job he was doing? Not necessarily.
Were his superiors present at the same place as the place where he found himself when taking the decision of doing the mistake? Irr.. Or did they communicate to him via radio?Via phone? Possibly, irr.
How many time passed from the instruction of his superior to the "deed" (I mean to the execution of the mistake)? Seconds? Minutes? Seconds or minutes. Hours? Days? Weeks? More? Would the mistake save some lives? Not immediately, but quite possibly.
If the "procedure" was rightly followed, would something bad happen? Noish. If so would many people die? Just one person?Two?More than 10?Between 2 and 10? Yope to noish for all. Something good? Yesish. Were there good reasons why Robin should do the mistake? Yes. Did Robin do the mistake at the end? Yes.
Was it an emergency situation? YES. A situation in which rapidity is vital? Yes. A situation in which precision is vital? In a sense, yes. Concentration?Calm? Yes to both. Or a normal situation?
To be sure...is the mistake referred completely to Robin's job? If I understand you right, yes. An operation he had to do? A particular action? A behavior he needed to take? Yes to all. A written rule he had to break? Yesish. A non-written rule he had to break? It might not be specifically written, but he certainly breaks procedure.
Something that he had studied in a way and he had to apply in another way? To take a direction instead of another? Do make something in a way it was not supposed do be done?Does the mistake mainly consist in writing something?Reading?Listening?Driving?Operating?Choosing a medicine? No to these.
making someone do something? Yesish. Like eating?Drinking? No.
Do the mistake concerns a part of his job that should be done in a way instead of another and Robin was suggested to do in a wrong way? Sort of. Do the mistake allow to take time? Not sure what you mean. To save lives? Possibly. To work in better conditions? Or would it take benefits directly to his superiors? No to rest.
If the mistake consisted of a physical action...would it last seconds?Minutes? This. Hours? Same question for the consequences (beneficial or not) of the mistake. The direct consequence would take several minutes, but there are other long-term consequences.