Engineer B BER 94-8 Structural Footing Out-of-Competence Refusal Instance
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/109#Engineer_B_BER_94-8_Structural_Footing_Out-of-Competence_Refusal_Instance
Properties
Instance of
Out-of-CompetenceAssignmentRefusalObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Out-of-CompetenceAssignmentRefusalObligation
Case context
In BER Case 94-8, a construction contractor separately retained Engineer B, a chemical engineer, to design structural footings. Engineer A had been unable to establish that Engineer B had any subsequent training in foundation design.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer B (chemical engineer, BER Case 94-8)
Obligation statement
Engineer B, a chemical engineer with no apparent training in foundation design, was obligated to refuse to design structural footings for an industrial facility, as this task fell outside Engineer B's domain of competence.
Temporal scope
At the time Engineer B accepted the engagement to design structural footings
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B's degree and background were in chemical engineering
Text references
Engineer A had been unable to establish that Engineer B had any apparent subsequent training in foundation design
Engineer B's degree and background were in chemical engineering
The Board determined that it would be unethical for Engineer B to perform the design of the structural footings as part of the facility
TTL
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proeth:casecontext "In BER Case 94-8, a construction contractor separately retained Engineer B, a chemical engineer, to design structural footings. Engineer A had been unable to establish that Engineer B had any subsequent training in foundation design." ;
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proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer B (chemical engineer, BER Case 94-8)" ;
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proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer B, a chemical engineer with no apparent training in foundation design, was obligated to refuse to design structural footings for an industrial facility, as this task fell outside Engineer B's domain of competence." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B's degree and background were in chemical engineering" ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time Engineer B accepted the engagement to design structural footings" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A had been unable to establish that Engineer B had any apparent subsequent training in foundation design",
"Engineer B's degree and background were in chemical engineering",
"The Board determined that it would be unethical for Engineer B to perform the design of the structural footings as part of the facility" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 109 Extraction" ;
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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
2026-03-01T07:59:20.018900
Generated by
ProEthica Case 109 Extraction