DP5
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/121#DP5
Properties
Parent
Decision Point Id
DP5
Decision Question
Should Engineer A treat the CD-ROM design library as a legitimate productivity tool that supplements engineering judgment, or recognize it as an impermissible competence surrogate that cannot substitute for the domain-specific education and experience required for facilities design?
Focus
Engineer A must determine whether the CD-ROM design library constitutes a legitimate engineering tool that supplements existing competence or an impermissible competence surrogate that papers over the absence of facilities design education and experience. This determination governs whether Engineer A may ethically rely on the tool as the primary technical basis for offering facilities design services.
Option1
Recognize that the CD-ROM standard design library constitutes an impermissible competence surrogate in the hands of an engineer without facilities design education and experience, because Engineer A cannot independently evaluate whether the tool's outputs are correct, applicable, or safe, and therefore decline to rely on it as the basis for offering facilities design services.
Option2
Treat the CD-ROM design library as equivalent to other standard engineering software tools — such as structural analysis programs or CAD applications — that engineers routinely use without requiring discipline-specific credentials, and rely on it as the primary technical basis for facilities design work.
Option3
Use the CD-ROM as a preliminary scoping and cost-estimation tool only, while requiring that all design outputs be independently reviewed and sealed by qualified facilities design engineers before any work product is delivered to clients, treating the tool as a starting point rather than a final design basis.
Role Label
Engineer
TTL
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Ontology
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Content Hash
932fc5d958744a91...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
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2026-03-01T06:43:45.719517
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ProEthica Case 121 Extraction