Engineer B BER 94-8 Out-of-Competence Structural Designer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/109#Engineer_B_BER_94-8_Out-of-Competence_Structural_Designer
Definition
A chemical engineer retained by a construction contractor to design structural footings for an industrial facility, a task outside their domain of competence. The Board determined it was unethical for Engineer B to perform this work.
Properties
Instance of
Out-of-CompetenceCertifyingEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Out-of-CompetenceCertifyingEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| specialty | Chemical Engineering |
| out_of_competence_domain | Structural footing design |
| case_reference | BER Case 94-8 |
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | client |
| target | Construction Contractor BER 94-8 |
| type | peer |
| target | Engineer A BER 94-8 Competency Challenger |
Role category
employer_relationship
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B, a professional engineer, to design structural footings as part of the facility
Text references
Engineer A had reservations concerning the competence of Engineer B to design the structural footings
Engineer B's degree and background were in chemical engineering
Engineer B, a professional engineer, to design structural footings as part of the facility
it would be unethical for Engineer B to perform the design of the structural footings
TTL
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case109:Engineer_B_BER_94-8_Out-of-Competence_Structural_Designer a proeth:Out-of-CompetenceCertifyingEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B BER 94-8 Out-of-Competence Structural Designer" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/109#Competence_Boundary_—_Engineer_B_Chemical_Engineer_Structural_Footing_Design_BER_94-8> ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case109:Consulting_Firm_Competence_Gap_Subconsultant_Engagement_BER_94-8_Instance,
case109:Engineer_B_BER_94-8_Structural_Footing_Out-of-Competence_Refusal_Instance ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'specialty': 'Chemical Engineering', 'out_of_competence_domain': 'Structural footing design', 'case_reference': 'BER Case 94-8'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "A chemical engineer retained by a construction contractor to design structural footings for an industrial facility, a task outside their domain of competence. The Board determined it was unethical for Engineer B to perform this work." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "109" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T07:34:44.655111+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "109" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T07:34:44.655111+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'client', 'target': 'Construction Contractor BER 94-8'}",
"{'type': 'peer', 'target': 'Engineer A BER 94-8 Competency Challenger'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "employer_relationship" ;
proeth:roleclass "Out-of-Competence Certifying Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B, a professional engineer, to design structural footings as part of the facility" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A had reservations concerning the competence of Engineer B to design the structural footings",
"Engineer B's degree and background were in chemical engineering",
"Engineer B, a professional engineer, to design structural footings as part of the facility",
"it would be unethical for Engineer B to perform the design of the structural footings" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 109 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T07:59:20.025172"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 109 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
109
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T07:34:44.655111+00:00
First case
109
Generated
2026-03-01T07:34:44.655111+00:00
Attributed to
Case 109 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T07:59:20.025172
Generated by
ProEthica Case 109 Extraction