Engineer B Responsible Charge Sealing
Cs · Constraint
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/120#Engineer_B_Responsible_Charge_Sealing
Definition
Engineer B was constrained to affix a professional seal only to documents prepared by subordinates using CADD over which Engineer B had exercised genuine responsible charge, meaning substantive direction and control throughout preparation combined with detailed review before sealing, not merely general supervision.
Properties
Instance of
ResponsibleChargeSealConstraint
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ResponsibleChargeSealConstraint
Case context
BER case clarifying that general supervision without detailed review is insufficient for responsible charge, and that an engineer may seal subordinate-prepared documents only when genuine direction, control, and detailed review have been exercised.
Confidence
0.93
Constraint statement
Engineer B was constrained to affix a professional seal only to documents prepared by subordinates using CADD over which Engineer B had exercised genuine responsible charge, meaning substantive direction and control throughout preparation combined with detailed review before sealing, not merely general supervision.
Severity
high
Source
NSPE Code of Ethics Section II.2.b, BER analysis
Temporal scope
At the time of sealing any document prepared by subordinates
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 B
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.
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
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_B_Responsible_Charge_Sealing a proeth:ResponsibleChargeSealConstraint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Responsible Charge Sealing" ;
proeth-core:constrainedEntity case120:Agent_Engineer_B ;
proeth:caseContext "BER case clarifying that general supervision without detailed review is insufficient for responsible charge, and that an engineer may seal subordinate-prepared documents only when genuine direction, control, and detailed review have been exercised." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Constraint" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:constrainedEntity "Engineer B" ;
proeth:constraintClass "Responsible Charge Seal Constraint" ;
proeth:constraintStatement "Engineer B was constrained to affix a professional seal only to documents prepared by subordinates using CADD over which Engineer B had exercised genuine responsible charge, meaning substantive direction and control throughout preparation combined with detailed review before sealing, not merely general supervision." ;
proeth:severity "high" ;
proeth:source "NSPE Code of Ethics Section II.2.b, BER analysis" ;
proeth:temporalScope "At the time of sealing any document prepared by subordinates" ;
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.",
"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 "2026-06-04T18:13:02.665367+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 B was constrained to affix a professional seal only to documents prepared by subordinates using CADD over which Engineer B had exercised genuine responsible charge, meaning substantive direction and control throughout preparation combined with detailed review before sealing, not merely general supervision." ;
skos:definition "Engineer B was constrained to affix a professional seal only to documents prepared by subordinates using CADD over which Engineer B had exercised genuine responsible charge, meaning substantive direction and control throughout preparation combined with detailed review before sealing, not merely general supervision." ;
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