Engineer A Responsible Charge Sealing
Cs · Constraint
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/120#Engineer_A_Responsible_Charge_Sealing
Definition
Engineer A was constrained to affix a professional seal only to CADD-prepared documents over which Engineer A had exercised genuine responsible charge, meaning active direction and control throughout preparation combined with detailed review before sealing.
Properties
Instance of
ResponsibleChargeSealConstraint
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ResponsibleChargeSealConstraint
Case context
BER case clarifying that an engineer may seal documents not personally drafted if the engineer has exercised genuine direction and control and conducted a detailed review, but may not seal documents where responsible charge was absent.
Confidence
0.93
Constraint statement
Engineer A was constrained to affix a professional seal only to CADD-prepared documents over which Engineer A had exercised genuine responsible charge, meaning active direction and control throughout preparation combined with detailed review before sealing.
Severity
high
Source
NSPE Code of Ethics Section II.2.b, BER analysis
Temporal scope
At the time of sealing any CADD-prepared document
Match Confidence
0.97
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Responsible Charge Seal Constraint': The existing Responsible Charge Seal Constraint is an exact match. The case text directly addresses the conditions under which an engineer may ethically affix a professional seal, which is precisely the concept encoded in the existing class.
Matched Ontology Label
Responsible Charge Seal Constraint
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
confidence
constraintClass
constraintStatement
severity
source
temporalScope
textReferences
Relationships
constrainedEntity
Agent Engineer A
Source Evidence
Text references
The Code clearly indicates that engineers must not affix their signatures to any plans or documents dealing with subject matter which they lack competence, nor to any plan or document not prepared under their direction and control.
The key requirement is that an engineer possesses sufficient competence, assumes full responsibility for the work product and carefully directs, controls and reviews the material prepared under the engineer's responsible charge.
Source text
The Code clearly indicates that engineers must not affix their signatures to any plans or documents dealing with subject matter which they lack competence, nor to any plan or document not prepared under their direction and control.
TTL
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case120:Engineer_A_Responsible_Charge_Sealing a proeth:ResponsibleChargeSealConstraint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Responsible Charge Sealing" ;
proeth-core:constrainedEntity case120:Agent_Engineer_A ;
proeth:caseContext "BER case clarifying that an engineer may seal documents not personally drafted if the engineer has exercised genuine direction and control and conducted a detailed review, but may not seal documents where responsible charge was absent." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Constraint" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:constrainedEntity "Engineer A" ;
proeth:constraintClass "Responsible Charge Seal Constraint" ;
proeth:constraintStatement "Engineer A was constrained to affix a professional seal only to CADD-prepared documents over which Engineer A had exercised genuine responsible charge, meaning active direction and control throughout preparation combined with detailed review before sealing." ;
proeth:severity "high" ;
proeth:source "NSPE Code of Ethics Section II.2.b, BER analysis" ;
proeth:temporalScope "At the time of sealing any CADD-prepared document" ;
proeth:textReferences "The Code clearly indicates that engineers must not affix their signatures to any plans or documents dealing with subject matter which they lack competence, nor to any plan or document not prepared under their direction and control.",
"The key requirement is that an engineer possesses sufficient competence, assumes full responsibility for the work product and carefully directs, controls and reviews the material prepared under the engineer's responsible charge." ;
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 'Responsible Charge Seal Constraint': The existing Responsible Charge Seal Constraint is an exact match. The case text directly addresses the conditions under which an engineer may ethically affix a professional seal, which is precisely the concept encoded in the existing class." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:ResponsibleChargeSealConstraint ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Responsible Charge Seal Constraint" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "The Code clearly indicates that engineers must not affix their signatures to any plans or documents dealing with subject matter which they lack competence, nor to any plan or document not prepared under their direction and control." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "caseContext",
"confidence",
"constraintClass",
"constraintStatement",
"severity",
"source",
"temporalScope",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A was constrained to affix a professional seal only to CADD-prepared documents over which Engineer A had exercised genuine responsible charge, meaning active direction and control throughout preparation combined with detailed review before sealing." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A was constrained to affix a professional seal only to CADD-prepared documents over which Engineer A had exercised genuine responsible charge, meaning active direction and control throughout preparation combined with detailed review before sealing." ;
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