Engineer A CADD Substitution Prohibition
Cs · Constraint
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/120#Engineer_A_CADD_Substitution_Prohibition
Definition
Engineer A was prohibited from incorporating CADD-generated solutions that Engineer A had neither prepared nor fully understood, and was required to treat the CADD system as a production tool under personal professional direction rather than as a substitute for engineering judgment.
Properties
Instance of
TechnologySubstitutionConstraint
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#TechnologySubstitutionConstraint
Case context
BER case addressing the ethical limits of CADD use, with the Board warning that CADD used beyond its proper role as a tool has a propensity to become a crutch or substitute for judgment.
Confidence
0.92
Constraint statement
Engineer A was prohibited from incorporating CADD-generated solutions that Engineer A had neither prepared nor fully understood, and was required to treat the CADD system as a production tool under personal professional direction rather than as a substitute for engineering judgment.
Severity
high
Source
NSPE Code of Ethics, BER analysis of CADD use in professional practice
Temporal scope
Throughout any engagement in which Engineer A used CADD to prepare documents for sealing
Match Confidence
0.97
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Technology Substitution Constraint': The existing Technology Substitution Constraint is an exact match. The case text directly articulates the prohibition on using CADD as a crutch or substitute for judgment, which is precisely the concept encoded in the existing class.
Matched Ontology Label
Technology Substitution Constraint
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
confidence
constraintClass
constraintStatement
severity
source
temporalScope
textReferences
Relationships
constrainedEntity
Agent Engineer A
Source Evidence
Text references
CADD utilized beyond its ability to serve as a valuable tool has a propensity to be utilized as a crutch or substitute for judgement.
In some instances, there may be a temptation for the engineer to incorporate a solution provided by the system which the engineer has neither prepared nor fully understands.
Source text
CADD utilized beyond its ability to serve as a valuable tool has a propensity to be utilized as a crutch or substitute for judgement.
TTL
@prefix case120: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/120#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> .
@prefix proeth-prov: <http://proethica.org/provenance#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case120:Engineer_A_CADD_Substitution_Prohibition a proeth:TechnologySubstitutionConstraint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A CADD Substitution Prohibition" ;
proeth-core:constrainedEntity case120:Agent_Engineer_A ;
proeth:caseContext "BER case addressing the ethical limits of CADD use, with the Board warning that CADD used beyond its proper role as a tool has a propensity to become a crutch or substitute for judgment." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Constraint" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:constrainedEntity "Engineer A" ;
proeth:constraintClass "Technology Substitution Constraint" ;
proeth:constraintStatement "Engineer A was prohibited from incorporating CADD-generated solutions that Engineer A had neither prepared nor fully understood, and was required to treat the CADD system as a production tool under personal professional direction rather than as a substitute for engineering judgment." ;
proeth:severity "high" ;
proeth:source "NSPE Code of Ethics, BER analysis of CADD use in professional practice" ;
proeth:temporalScope "Throughout any engagement in which Engineer A used CADD to prepare documents for sealing" ;
proeth:textReferences "CADD utilized beyond its ability to serve as a valuable tool has a propensity to be utilized as a crutch or substitute for judgement.",
"In some instances, there may be a temptation for the engineer to incorporate a solution provided by the system which the engineer has neither prepared nor fully understands." ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 120 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T18:13:02.665367+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 120 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.97 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Via class 'Technology Substitution Constraint': The existing Technology Substitution Constraint is an exact match. The case text directly articulates the prohibition on using CADD as a crutch or substitute for judgment, which is precisely the concept encoded in the existing class." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:TechnologySubstitutionConstraint ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Technology Substitution Constraint" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "CADD utilized beyond its ability to serve as a valuable tool has a propensity to be utilized as a crutch or substitute for judgement." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "caseContext",
"confidence",
"constraintClass",
"constraintStatement",
"severity",
"source",
"temporalScope",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A was prohibited from incorporating CADD-generated solutions that Engineer A had neither prepared nor fully understood, and was required to treat the CADD system as a production tool under personal professional direction rather than as a substitute for engineering judgment." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A was prohibited from incorporating CADD-generated solutions that Engineer A had neither prepared nor fully understood, and was required to treat the CADD system as a production tool under personal professional direction rather than as a substitute for engineering judgment." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T18:13:02.665367+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 120 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 120 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
120
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T18:13:02.665367+00:00
First case
120
Generated
2026-06-04T18:13:02.665367+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 120 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 120 Extraction