BER Case No. 63-5
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/105#BER_Case_No._63-5
Properties
Instance of
Confidence
0.97
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Document title
NSPE Board of Ethical Review Case No. 63-5
Importance
high
Used by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review as analogical precedent for the instant case
Used in context
Cited as foundational precedent establishing that a part-time city engineer may ethically prepare plans and specifications for the same community, subject to scrupulous care against divided loyalties, and that the client may waive its right to independent review
Version
1963
Source Evidence
Source text
in an earlier case, BER Case No. 63-5, a small community retained a professional engineer, Engineer B, on a part-time basis to serve as city engineer
Text references
The Board ruled that it is ethical for a professional engineer retained by a community on a part-time basis as a city engineer to prepare plans and specifications for a project for the same community
in an earlier case, BER Case No. 63-5, a small community retained a professional engineer, Engineer B, on a part-time basis to serve as city engineer
it is axiomatic that a professional person may not take action or make decisions which would divide his loyalties or interests from those of his employer or client
TTL
@prefix case105: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/105#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case105:BER_Case_No._63-5 a proeth:BERCasePrecedent,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "BER Case No. 63-5" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Resource" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:createdby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "105" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:documenttitle "NSPE Board of Ethical Review Case No. 63-5" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T08:29:55.919600+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "105" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T08:29:55.919600+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:resourceclass "BER Case Precedent" ;
proeth:sourcetext "in an earlier case, BER Case No. 63-5, a small community retained a professional engineer, Engineer B, on a part-time basis to serve as city engineer" ;
proeth:textreferences "The Board ruled that it is ethical for a professional engineer retained by a community on a part-time basis as a city engineer to prepare plans and specifications for a project for the same community",
"in an earlier case, BER Case No. 63-5, a small community retained a professional engineer, Engineer B, on a part-time basis to serve as city engineer",
"it is axiomatic that a professional person may not take action or make decisions which would divide his loyalties or interests from those of his employer or client" ;
proeth:usedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review as analogical precedent for the instant case" ;
proeth:usedincontext "Cited as foundational precedent establishing that a part-time city engineer may ethically prepare plans and specifications for the same community, subject to scrupulous care against divided loyalties, and that the client may waive its right to independent review" ;
proeth:version "1963" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 105 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T08:46:32.084024"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 105 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
105
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T08:29:55.919600+00:00
First case
105
Generated
2026-02-28T08:29:55.919600+00:00
Attributed to
Case 105 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T08:46:32.084024
Generated by
ProEthica Case 105 Extraction