Engineer B Responsible Charge Supervisory Sealing
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/120#Engineer_B_Responsible_Charge_Supervisory_Sealing
Definition
Engineer B signs and seals engineering documents produced by others working under Engineer B's direction and control using a CADD system, satisfying the responsible charge requirement through substantive supervisory oversight rather than personal preparation.
Properties
Instance of
ResponsibleChargeIntegrityPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ResponsibleChargeIntegrityPrinciple
Applied to
CADD-produced engineering documents prepared by subordinates under Engineer B's direction and control
Balancing with
Efficiency pressures in document production
Concrete expression
Engineer B signs and seals engineering documents produced by others working under Engineer B's direction and control using a CADD system, satisfying the responsible charge requirement through substantive supervisory oversight rather than personal preparation.
Confidence
0.95
Interpretation
When an engineer seals documents prepared by others, responsible charge is satisfied only if the engineer exercised genuine direction and control over the work, not merely nominal supervisory title. The phrase 'direction and control' is the operative standard distinguishing legitimate sealing from rubber-stamping.
Tension resolution
The responsible charge standard is met when direction and control are genuine and substantive, resolving the tension between supervisory sealing and personal accountability.
Match Confidence
0.97
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Responsible Charge Integrity Principle': The existing ontology class 'Responsible Charge Integrity Principle' directly captures the concept of an engineer of record exercising genuine, substantive oversight of all work performed under their seal. The case presents exactly this scenario: Engineer A seals work they personally prepared, and Engineer B seals work produced by others under their direction and control. Both scenarios are canonical instantiations of responsible charge, which is precisely what the existing class defines.
Matched Ontology Label
Responsible Charge Integrity Principle
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
appliedTo
balancingWith
concreteExpression
confidence
interpretation
principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
invokedBy
Agent Engineer B
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer B, a registered professional engineer signs and seals documents which are the results of the efforts of others using a CADD system working under Engineer B's direction and control.
Source text
Engineer B, a registered professional engineer signs and seals documents which are the results of the efforts of others using a CADD system working under Engineer B's direction and control.
TTL
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case120:Engineer_B_Responsible_Charge_Supervisory_Sealing a proeth:ResponsibleChargeIntegrityPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Responsible Charge Supervisory Sealing" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case120:Agent_Engineer_B ;
proeth:appliedTo "CADD-produced engineering documents prepared by subordinates under Engineer B's direction and control" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Efficiency pressures in document production" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "Engineer B signs and seals engineering documents produced by others working under Engineer B's direction and control using a CADD system, satisfying the responsible charge requirement through substantive supervisory oversight rather than personal preparation." ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:interpretation "When an engineer seals documents prepared by others, responsible charge is satisfied only if the engineer exercised genuine direction and control over the work, not merely nominal supervisory title. The phrase 'direction and control' is the operative standard distinguishing legitimate sealing from rubber-stamping." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer B" ;
proeth:principleClass "Responsible Charge Integrity Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The responsible charge standard is met when direction and control are genuine and substantive, resolving the tension between supervisory sealing and personal accountability." ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer B, a registered professional engineer signs and seals documents which are the results of the efforts of others using a CADD system working under Engineer B's direction and control." ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 120 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T18:07:04.619436+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 120 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.97 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Via class 'Responsible Charge Integrity Principle': The existing ontology class 'Responsible Charge Integrity Principle' directly captures the concept of an engineer of record exercising genuine, substantive oversight of all work performed under their seal. The case presents exactly this scenario: Engineer A seals work they personally prepared, and Engineer B seals work produced by others under their direction and control. Both scenarios are canonical instantiations of responsible charge, which is precisely what the existing class defines." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:ResponsibleChargeIntegrityPrinciple ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Responsible Charge Integrity Principle" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer B, a registered professional engineer signs and seals documents which are the results of the efforts of others using a CADD system working under Engineer B's direction and control." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "appliedTo",
"balancingWith",
"concreteExpression",
"confidence",
"interpretation",
"principleClass",
"tensionResolution",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer B signs and seals engineering documents produced by others working under Engineer B's direction and control using a CADD system, satisfying the responsible charge requirement through substantive supervisory oversight rather than personal preparation." ;
skos:definition "Engineer B signs and seals engineering documents produced by others working under Engineer B's direction and control using a CADD system, satisfying the responsible charge requirement through substantive supervisory oversight rather than personal preparation." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T18:07:04.619436+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
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T18:07:04.619436+00:00
First case
120
Generated
2026-06-04T18:07:04.619436+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 120 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 120 Extraction