Engineering-Factual-Basis-Requirement-Standard-Instance
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/114#Engineering-Factual-Basis-Requirement-Standard-Instance
Properties
Instance of
EngineeringFactualBasisRequirementStandard
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineeringFactualBasisRequirementStandard
Confidence
0.85
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review (interpretive)
Document title
Factual and Empirical Grounding Requirement for Engineering Opinion
Importance
medium
Used by
Board of Ethical Review in analyzing the legitimacy of differing engineering conclusions on the same factual record
Used in context
Canon 7's requirement that engineers refrain from publicly expressing opinion unless informed as to the facts is cited to establish that engineering opinion must be grounded in factual knowledge — water flow, soil conditions, rainfall, runoff, etc. — even when those facts admit of differing interpretations
Version
Derived from Canon 7 interpretation
Source Evidence
Source text
Canon 7—'He will refrain from expressing publicly an opinion on an engineering subject unless he is informed as to the facts relating thereto.'
Text references
Assuming complete factual agreement on such factors as water flow, soil conditions, rate of evaporation, past rainfall, runoff, etc., engineers can and do arrive at different conclusions based on their best understanding of the application of those facts.
Canon 7—'He will refrain from expressing publicly an opinion on an engineering subject unless he is informed as to the facts relating thereto.'
TTL
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proeth:sourcetext "Canon 7—'He will refrain from expressing publicly an opinion on an engineering subject unless he is informed as to the facts relating thereto.'" ;
proeth:textreferences "Assuming complete factual agreement on such factors as water flow, soil conditions, rate of evaporation, past rainfall, runoff, etc., engineers can and do arrive at different conclusions based on their best understanding of the application of those facts.",
"Canon 7—'He will refrain from expressing publicly an opinion on an engineering subject unless he is informed as to the facts relating thereto.'" ;
proeth:usedby "Board of Ethical Review in analyzing the legitimacy of differing engineering conclusions on the same factual record" ;
proeth:usedincontext "Canon 7's requirement that engineers refrain from publicly expressing opinion unless informed as to the facts is cited to establish that engineering opinion must be grounded in factual knowledge — water flow, soil conditions, rainfall, runoff, etc. — even when those facts admit of differing interpretations" ;
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
114
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T15:16:29.880807+00:00
First case
114
Generated
2026-03-02T15:16:29.880807+00:00
Attributed to
Case 114 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T15:38:37.732781
Generated by
ProEthica Case 114 Extraction