DP1
Individual
5773389b
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/120#DP1
Properties
Parent
Decision Point Id
DP1
Decision Question
Should Engineer A sign and seal engineering documents that Engineer A personally prepared using a CADD system, treating CADD as a production tool equivalent to hand-drafting, or should Engineer A refrain from sealing CADD-produced documents absent additional verification steps specific to the technology?
Focus
Engineer A, a registered professional engineer, personally prepares engineering documents using a CADD system and then signs and seals those documents. The core question is whether the use of CADD as the production medium — rather than hand-drafting — alters the ethical validity of the seal, and whether Engineer A's personal authorship of the CADD-produced work satisfies the responsible charge requirement.
Option1
Sign and seal CADD-produced documents that Engineer A personally prepared, treating CADD as a production tool equivalent to hand-drafting, provided Engineer A possesses sufficient competence in the CADD system to critically evaluate its outputs and detect tool-specific errors.
Option2
Treat CADD-generated documents as requiring a separate independent technical verification step — beyond personal preparation — before sealing, on the grounds that automated drafting tools may introduce systematic errors that the preparing engineer cannot self-detect.
Option3
Condition the ethical validity of sealing on Engineer A obtaining formal or employer-certified CADD proficiency documentation, treating tool-specific competence as a prerequisite that must be externally verified rather than self-assessed before any CADD-produced document may be sealed.
Role Label
Engineer A — Self-Authoring CADD Practitioner
TTL
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Ontology
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Individual
Content Hash
5773389b9b403bcc...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
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ProEthica Case 120 Extraction