Engineer B CADD Substitution Prohibition
Cs · Constraint
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/120#Engineer_B_CADD_Substitution_Prohibition
Definition
Engineer B was prohibited from allowing subordinates' use of CADD to substitute for Engineer B's own professional direction and judgment, and was required to ensure that the CADD system served as a production tool under Engineer B's substantive oversight rather than as a replacement for competent supervisory review.
Properties
Instance of
TechnologySubstitutionConstraint
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#TechnologySubstitutionConstraint
Case context
BER case addressing the ethical limits of CADD use in a supervisory context, with the Board emphasizing that direction and control must be substantive and that CADD must not replace professional judgment.
Confidence
0.92
Constraint statement
Engineer B was prohibited from allowing subordinates' use of CADD to substitute for Engineer B's own professional direction and judgment, and was required to ensure that the CADD system served as a production tool under Engineer B's substantive oversight rather than as a replacement for competent supervisory review.
Severity
high
Source
NSPE Code of Ethics, BER analysis of CADD use in professional practice
Temporal scope
Throughout any engagement in which Engineer B directed subordinates using 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 B
Source Evidence
Text references
The key point is that the engineer must utilize such systems to assist the engineer in the performance of professional services and not employ such systems as a replacement for professional competence and expertise.
Source text
The key point is that the engineer must utilize such systems to assist the engineer in the performance of professional services and not employ such systems as a replacement for professional competence and expertise.
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_B_CADD_Substitution_Prohibition a proeth:TechnologySubstitutionConstraint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B CADD Substitution Prohibition" ;
proeth-core:constrainedEntity case120:Agent_Engineer_B ;
proeth:caseContext "BER case addressing the ethical limits of CADD use in a supervisory context, with the Board emphasizing that direction and control must be substantive and that CADD must not replace professional judgment." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Constraint" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:constrainedEntity "Engineer B" ;
proeth:constraintClass "Technology Substitution Constraint" ;
proeth:constraintStatement "Engineer B was prohibited from allowing subordinates' use of CADD to substitute for Engineer B's own professional direction and judgment, and was required to ensure that the CADD system served as a production tool under Engineer B's substantive oversight rather than as a replacement for competent supervisory review." ;
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 B directed subordinates using CADD to prepare documents for sealing" ;
proeth:textReferences "The key point is that the engineer must utilize such systems to assist the engineer in the performance of professional services and not employ such systems as a replacement for professional competence and expertise." ;
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 "The key point is that the engineer must utilize such systems to assist the engineer in the performance of professional services and not employ such systems as a replacement for professional competence and expertise." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "caseContext",
"confidence",
"constraintClass",
"constraintStatement",
"severity",
"source",
"temporalScope",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer B was prohibited from allowing subordinates' use of CADD to substitute for Engineer B's own professional direction and judgment, and was required to ensure that the CADD system served as a production tool under Engineer B's substantive oversight rather than as a replacement for competent supervisory review." ;
skos:definition "Engineer B was prohibited from allowing subordinates' use of CADD to substitute for Engineer B's own professional direction and judgment, and was required to ensure that the CADD system served as a production tool under Engineer B's substantive oversight rather than as a replacement for competent supervisory review." ;
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