Present Case Self-Policing Profession Peer Reporting Duty
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/116#Present_Case_Self-Policing_Profession_Peer_Reporting_Duty
Properties
Instance of
Self-PolicingProfessionPeerReportingDutyActivationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Self-PolicingProfessionPeerReportingDutyActivationState
Active period
From Engineer A's awareness of Engineer B's violation through filing of complaint (or failure to do so)
Affected parties
Engineer A
Engineer B
Engineering profession
Public
State licensing board
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's foundational professional obligation as a licensed engineer in a self-regulating profession to report Engineer B's misconduct to appropriate public authorities
Terminated by
Filing of complaint with appropriate public authority
Triggering event
Engineer A's awareness that Engineer B has violated state licensing board rules of professional conduct
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
The duty of engineers to come forward with information on ethical violations by other engineers is a basic ethical obligation.
Text references
Engineer A clearly had a fundamental ethical obligation to cooperate with the state board as required by the plain language in the NSPE Code.
Engineering, like other profession, is a self-policing profession whereby licensed professional engineers have a fundamental obligation to report instances of unprofessional conduct to the appropriate public authorities.
The duty of engineers to come forward with information on ethical violations by other engineers is a basic ethical obligation.
TTL
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case116:Present_Case_Self-Policing_Profession_Peer_Reporting_Duty a proeth:Self-PolicingProfessionPeerReportingDutyActivationState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Present Case Self-Policing Profession Peer Reporting Duty" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From Engineer A's awareness of Engineer B's violation through filing of complaint (or failure to do so)" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Engineer A",
"Engineer B",
"Engineering profession",
"Public",
"State licensing board" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "116" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T23:37:19.651061+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "116" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T23:37:19.651061+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The duty of engineers to come forward with information on ethical violations by other engineers is a basic ethical obligation." ;
proeth:stateclass "Self-Policing Profession Peer Reporting Duty Activation State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's foundational professional obligation as a licensed engineer in a self-regulating profession to report Engineer B's misconduct to appropriate public authorities" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Filing of complaint with appropriate public authority" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A clearly had a fundamental ethical obligation to cooperate with the state board as required by the plain language in the NSPE Code.",
"Engineering, like other profession, is a self-policing profession whereby licensed professional engineers have a fundamental obligation to report instances of unprofessional conduct to the appropriate public authorities.",
"The duty of engineers to come forward with information on ethical violations by other engineers is a basic ethical obligation." ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer A's awareness that Engineer B has violated state licensing board rules of professional conduct" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 116 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T23:53:17.770840"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 116 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
116
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T23:37:19.651061+00:00
First case
116
Generated
2026-02-28T23:37:19.651061+00:00
Attributed to
Case 116 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T23:53:17.770840
Generated by
ProEthica Case 116 Extraction