Principal Engineer R Professional Accountability Directed Stormwater Design
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/11#Principal_Engineer_R_Professional_Accountability_Directed_Stormwater_Design
Properties
Instance of
ProfessionalAccountabilityAcceptanceforDirectedWorkObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProfessionalAccountabilityAcceptanceforDirectedWorkObligation
Case context
Principal Engineer R directed the development of subdivision plans for Developer G, including the stormwater management design. The BER invoked NSPE III.8 to affirm that professionals are responsible for their professional activities, and cited the basic tenet that engineers must accept responsibility for professional services they render.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Principal Engineer R
Obligation statement
Principal Engineer R was obligated to accept full professional accountability for the stormwater design prepared under R's direction, including accountability for the design's failure to comply with City C's regulatory requirements, recognizing that R's role as directing principal engineer does not permit deflection of responsibility to subordinate preparers.
Temporal scope
Upon and following discovery of the design error; throughout the remediation process
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Professional Accountability Invoked By Principal Engineer R
Source Evidence
Source text
professional obligation III.8 affirms that professionals are responsible for their professional activities
Text references
A basic tenet of ethical conduct relates to the obligation of the engineer to accept responsibility for professional services that the engineer renders.
Principal Engineer R bears professional accountability for the stormwater design prepared under R's direction
professional obligation III.8 affirms that professionals are responsible for their professional activities
TTL
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proeth:casecontext "Principal Engineer R directed the development of subdivision plans for Developer G, including the stormwater management design. The BER invoked NSPE III.8 to affirm that professionals are responsible for their professional activities, and cited the basic tenet that engineers must accept responsibility for professional services they render." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
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proeth:discoveredincase "11" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T20:45:45.413800+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "11" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T20:45:45.413800+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Principal Engineer R" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Professional Accountability Acceptance for Directed Work Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Principal Engineer R was obligated to accept full professional accountability for the stormwater design prepared under R's direction, including accountability for the design's failure to comply with City C's regulatory requirements, recognizing that R's role as directing principal engineer does not permit deflection of responsibility to subordinate preparers." ;
proeth:sourcetext "professional obligation III.8 affirms that professionals are responsible for their professional activities" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon and following discovery of the design error; throughout the remediation process" ;
proeth:textreferences "A basic tenet of ethical conduct relates to the obligation of the engineer to accept responsibility for professional services that the engineer renders.",
"Principal Engineer R bears professional accountability for the stormwater design prepared under R's direction",
"professional obligation III.8 affirms that professionals are responsible for their professional activities" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 11 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T20:54:41.760562"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
11
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-24T20:45:45.413800+00:00
First case
11
Generated
2026-02-24T20:45:45.413800+00:00
Attributed to
Case 11 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T20:54:41.760562
Generated by
ProEthica Case 11 Extraction