Engineer A Institutional Role Non-Expansion Recognition Instance
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/109#Engineer_A_Institutional_Role_Non-Expansion_Recognition_Instance
Properties
Instance of
PublicSectorOut-of-CompetenceAppointmentAcceptanceProhibitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PublicSectorOut-of-CompetenceAppointmentAcceptanceProhibitionObligation
Case context
Engineer A's assignment as Civilian Building and Grounds Division Chief at a military installation created institutional expectations that Engineer A would certify compliance with Army regulations, but the role title did not confer the requisite domain-specific competence.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (civilian PE, Building and Grounds Division Chief)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the title and responsibilities of Building and Grounds Division Chief did not expand Engineer A's technical competence into the specialized domain of Army physical security, arms, ammunition, and explosives regulations, and to decline to certify compliance in that domain regardless of the institutional expectations of the role.
Temporal scope
Throughout the duration of Engineer A's assignment as Division Chief
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Army Certification Request Triggering Competence Boundary
Source Evidence
Source text
Making certain that a military hardware storage facility is designed and built safely involves keen awareness of many complex and detailed procedures, rules, and regulations that are unique to this field of endeavor
Text references
Making certain that a military hardware storage facility is designed and built safely involves keen awareness of many complex and detailed procedures, rules, and regulations that are unique to this field of endeavor
While Engineer A may be a very competent engineer, Engineer A is clearly not knowledgeable in this very technical and complicated area
TTL
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case109:Engineer_A_Institutional_Role_Non-Expansion_Recognition_Instance a proeth:PublicSectorOut-of-CompetenceAppointmentAcceptanceProhibitionObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Institutional Role Non-Expansion Recognition Instance" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case109:Engineer_A_Military_Arms_Storage_Certification_Refusal_Competence_Obligation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case109:Army_Certification_Request_Triggering_Competence_Boundary ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case109:Engineer_A_Military_Authority_Certification_Direction_Resistance ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A's assignment as Civilian Building and Grounds Division Chief at a military installation created institutional expectations that Engineer A would certify compliance with Army regulations, but the role title did not confer the requisite domain-specific competence." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case109:Institutional_Role_Non-Expansion_of_Competence_Invoked_for_Division_Chief_Assignment,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/109#Institutional_Role_Non-Expansion_—_Building_and_Grounds_Division_Chief> ;
proeth:discoveredincase "109" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T07:48:34.367018+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "109" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T07:48:34.367018+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (civilian PE, Building and Grounds Division Chief)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Public Sector Out-of-Competence Appointment Acceptance Prohibition Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the title and responsibilities of Building and Grounds Division Chief did not expand Engineer A's technical competence into the specialized domain of Army physical security, arms, ammunition, and explosives regulations, and to decline to certify compliance in that domain regardless of the institutional expectations of the role." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Making certain that a military hardware storage facility is designed and built safely involves keen awareness of many complex and detailed procedures, rules, and regulations that are unique to this field of endeavor" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the duration of Engineer A's assignment as Division Chief" ;
proeth:textreferences "Making certain that a military hardware storage facility is designed and built safely involves keen awareness of many complex and detailed procedures, rules, and regulations that are unique to this field of endeavor",
"While Engineer A may be a very competent engineer, Engineer A is clearly not knowledgeable in this very technical and complicated area" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 109 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T07:59:20.018750"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 109 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
109
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T07:48:34.367018+00:00
First case
109
Generated
2026-03-01T07:48:34.367018+00:00
Attributed to
Case 109 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T07:59:20.018750
Generated by
ProEthica Case 109 Extraction