Engineer B Detailed Review Sealing Subordinate Work
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/120#Engineer_B_Detailed_Review_Sealing_Subordinate_Work
Definition
Engineer B was obligated to check and review in some detail the engineering documents prepared by subordinates using the CADD system before affixing the seal, and could not ethically seal documents that had not been reviewed in some detail even if Engineer B had general confidence in the subordinates' abilities.
Properties
Instance of
DetailedReviewSealingObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DetailedReviewSealingObligation
Case context
Engineer B signs and seals engineering documents produced by others working under Engineer B's direction and control using a CADD system. The prior BER Case 86-2 scenario involved a chief engineer who believed general supervision without detailed review was sufficient.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.9
Obligation statement
Engineer B was obligated to check and review in some detail the engineering documents prepared by subordinates using the CADD system before affixing the seal, and could not ethically seal documents that had not been reviewed in some detail even if Engineer B had general confidence in the subordinates' abilities.
Temporal scope
Before affixing the professional seal to documents prepared by subordinates
Match Confidence
0.87
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Detailed Review Sealing Obligation': This obligation is a close match to the existing Responsible Charge Seal Obligation, which requires a licensed engineer to apply their seal only to work products they have personally reviewed with sufficient depth and competence. The present obligation adds the clarification that personal preparation is not required but detailed review is, which is a refinement of the same core duty rather than a distinct new concept.
Matched Ontology Label
Responsible Charge Seal Obligation
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
complianceStatus
confidence
obligationClass
obligationStatement
temporalScope
textReferences
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer B Responsible Charge Supervisory Seal
defeasibleUnder
Engineer CADD Document Sealing Review Adequacy
obligatedParty
Agent Engineer B
derivedFromPrinciple
Engineer B Responsible Charge Subordinate Work
Source Evidence
Text references
In deciding that it was unethical for him to seal plans that had not been prepared by him, or which he had not checked and reviewed in detail, the Board read the language in Section II.2.b. quite literally.
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.
We would conclude that it was not unethical for the engineer in that instance to seal plans that were not personally prepared by him as long as those plans were checked and reviewed by the engineer in some detail.
Source text
We would conclude that it was not unethical for the engineer in that instance to seal plans that were not personally prepared by him as long as those plans were checked and reviewed by the engineer in some detail.
TTL
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case120:Engineer_B_Detailed_Review_Sealing_Subordinate_Work a proeth:DetailedReviewSealingObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Detailed Review Sealing Subordinate Work" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case120:Engineer_B_Responsible_Charge_Supervisory_Seal ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case120:Engineer_CADD_Document_Sealing_Review_Adequacy ;
proeth-core:obligatedParty case120:Agent_Engineer_B ;
proeth:caseContext "Engineer B signs and seals engineering documents produced by others working under Engineer B's direction and control using a CADD system. The prior BER Case 86-2 scenario involved a chief engineer who believed general supervision without detailed review was sufficient." ;
proeth:complianceStatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case120:Engineer_B_Responsible_Charge_Subordinate_Work ;
proeth:obligatedParty "Engineer B" ;
proeth:obligationClass "Detailed Review Sealing Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationStatement "Engineer B was obligated to check and review in some detail the engineering documents prepared by subordinates using the CADD system before affixing the seal, and could not ethically seal documents that had not been reviewed in some detail even if Engineer B had general confidence in the subordinates' abilities." ;
proeth:temporalScope "Before affixing the professional seal to documents prepared by subordinates" ;
proeth:textReferences "In deciding that it was unethical for him to seal plans that had not been prepared by him, or which he had not checked and reviewed in detail, the Board read the language in Section II.2.b. quite literally.",
"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.",
"We would conclude that it was not unethical for the engineer in that instance to seal plans that were not personally prepared by him as long as those plans were checked and reviewed by the engineer in some detail." ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 120 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T18:11:22.208486+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 120 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.87 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Via class 'Detailed Review Sealing Obligation': This obligation is a close match to the existing Responsible Charge Seal Obligation, which requires a licensed engineer to apply their seal only to work products they have personally reviewed with sufficient depth and competence. The present obligation adds the clarification that personal preparation is not required but detailed review is, which is a refinement of the same core duty rather than a distinct new concept." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:ResponsibleChargeSealObligation ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Responsible Charge Seal Obligation" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "We would conclude that it was not unethical for the engineer in that instance to seal plans that were not personally prepared by him as long as those plans were checked and reviewed by the engineer in some detail." ;
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"complianceStatus",
"confidence",
"obligationClass",
"obligationStatement",
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"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer B was obligated to check and review in some detail the engineering documents prepared by subordinates using the CADD system before affixing the seal, and could not ethically seal documents that had not been reviewed in some detail even if Engineer B had general confidence in the subordinates' abilities." ;
skos:definition "Engineer B was obligated to check and review in some detail the engineering documents prepared by subordinates using the CADD system before affixing the seal, and could not ethically seal documents that had not been reviewed in some detail even if Engineer B had general confidence in the subordinates' abilities." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T18:11:22.208486+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 120 Extraction",
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prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 120 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
120
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T18:11:22.208486+00:00
First case
120
Generated
2026-06-04T18:11:22.208486+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 120 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 120 Extraction