Engineer A Competence Boundary Facilities Design
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/121#Engineer_A_Competence_Boundary_Facilities_Design
Definition
Engineer A, as a licensed chemical engineer with no facilities design and construction experience, was obligated to refrain from offering facilities design and construction services, regardless of the availability of a CD-ROM design tool.
Properties
Instance of
CompetenceBoundaryObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompetenceBoundaryObligation
Case context
Engineer A received a commercial solicitation promoting a CD-ROM that claimed to enable any engineer to design any construction project regardless of experience. Engineer A ordered the tool and began offering facilities design and construction services outside the engineer's domain of competence.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.95
Obligation statement
Engineer A, as a licensed chemical engineer with no facilities design and construction experience, was obligated to refrain from offering facilities design and construction services, regardless of the availability of a CD-ROM design tool.
Temporal scope
At the point of deciding whether to order the CD-ROM and offer new services
Match Confidence
0.9
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Competence Boundary Obligation': This is a direct instantiation of the canonical Competence Obligation, which requires engineers to perform services only in areas of competence per NSPE II.2. The case presents a clear violation of that obligation. The existing CADD Proficiency Competence Obligation and Technology Non-Substitution Obligation are related but address tool-specific competence rather than the threshold duty to refrain from offering out-of-domain services entirely.
Matched Ontology Label
Competence Obligation
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
complianceStatus
confidence
obligationClass
obligationStatement
temporalScope
textReferences
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Tool Substitution CD-ROM Design
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Tool Substitution for Competence
obligatedParty
Agent Engineer A
prevailsOver
Engineer A Tool Substitution CD-ROM Design
derivedFromPrinciple
Engineer A Competence Boundary Overreach
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A orders the CD-ROM and begins to offer facilities design and construction services.
Engineer A, a chemical engineer with no facilities design and construction experience, receives a solicitation in the mail
Source text
Engineer A, a chemical engineer with no facilities design and construction experience, receives a solicitation in the mail
TTL
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case121:Engineer_A_Competence_Boundary_Facilities_Design a proeth:CompetenceBoundaryObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Competence Boundary Facilities Design" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case121:Engineer_A_Tool_Substitution_CD-ROM_Design ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case121:Engineer_A_Tool_Substitution_for_Competence ;
proeth-core:obligatedParty case121:Agent_Engineer_A ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case121:Engineer_A_Tool_Substitution_CD-ROM_Design ;
proeth:caseContext "Engineer A received a commercial solicitation promoting a CD-ROM that claimed to enable any engineer to design any construction project regardless of experience. Engineer A ordered the tool and began offering facilities design and construction services outside the engineer's domain of competence." ;
proeth:complianceStatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case121:Engineer_A_Competence_Boundary_Overreach ;
proeth:obligatedParty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationClass "Competence Boundary Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationStatement "Engineer A, as a licensed chemical engineer with no facilities design and construction experience, was obligated to refrain from offering facilities design and construction services, regardless of the availability of a CD-ROM design tool." ;
proeth:temporalScope "At the point of deciding whether to order the CD-ROM and offer new services" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A orders the CD-ROM and begins to offer facilities design and construction services.",
"Engineer A, a chemical engineer with no facilities design and construction experience, receives a solicitation in the mail" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 121 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T18:45:48.212115+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 121 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.9 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Via class 'Competence Boundary Obligation': This is a direct instantiation of the canonical Competence Obligation, which requires engineers to perform services only in areas of competence per NSPE II.2. The case presents a clear violation of that obligation. The existing CADD Proficiency Competence Obligation and Technology Non-Substitution Obligation are related but address tool-specific competence rather than the threshold duty to refrain from offering out-of-domain services entirely." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:CompetenceObligation ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Competence Obligation" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer A, a chemical engineer with no facilities design and construction experience, receives a solicitation in the mail" ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "caseContext",
"complianceStatus",
"confidence",
"obligationClass",
"obligationStatement",
"temporalScope",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A, as a licensed chemical engineer with no facilities design and construction experience, was obligated to refrain from offering facilities design and construction services, regardless of the availability of a CD-ROM design tool." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A, as a licensed chemical engineer with no facilities design and construction experience, was obligated to refrain from offering facilities design and construction services, regardless of the availability of a CD-ROM design tool." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T18:45:48.212115+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 121 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 121 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
121
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T18:45:48.212115+00:00
First case
121
Generated
2026-06-04T18:45:48.212115+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 121 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 121 Extraction