Engineer A Tool Substitution CD-ROM Design
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/121#Engineer_A_Tool_Substitution_CD-ROM_Design
Definition
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from treating the CD-ROM design tool as a substitute for the domain knowledge, education, and professional experience required to competently perform facilities design and construction services.
Properties
Instance of
ToolSubstitutionRefusalObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ToolSubstitutionRefusalObligation
Case context
Engineer A used a commercially marketed CD-ROM as the sole basis for entering the facilities design field, relying on the tool's outputs rather than on genuine engineering judgment and experience in civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.92
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from treating the CD-ROM design tool as a substitute for the domain knowledge, education, and professional experience required to competently perform facilities design and construction services.
Temporal scope
Throughout the period of using the CD-ROM to perform facilities design services
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
complianceStatus
confidence
obligationClass
obligationStatement
temporalScope
textReferences
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Competence Boundary Facilities Design
obligatedParty
Agent Engineer A
derivedFromPrinciple
Engineer A Technology Substitution CD-ROM Design
Source Evidence
Text references
Professional engineering cannot be reduced to an activity whereby practitioners rely upon computers and technical information instead of time-tested professional experience and engineering judgment
Relying on a how to CD-ROM appears to show a general disregard for the fundamental role that professional engineers play in protecting the public health and safety
it is the Board's position that technology has an important place in the practice of engineering, but it must never be a replacement of a substitute for engineering judgment
Source text
Professional engineering cannot be reduced to an activity whereby practitioners rely upon computers and technical information instead of time-tested professional experience and engineering judgment
TTL
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proeth-core:obligatedParty case121:Agent_Engineer_A ;
proeth:caseContext "Engineer A used a commercially marketed CD-ROM as the sole basis for entering the facilities design field, relying on the tool's outputs rather than on genuine engineering judgment and experience in civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering." ;
proeth:complianceStatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case121:Engineer_A_Technology_Substitution_CD-ROM_Design ;
proeth:obligatedParty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationClass "Tool Substitution Refusal Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationStatement "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from treating the CD-ROM design tool as a substitute for the domain knowledge, education, and professional experience required to competently perform facilities design and construction services." ;
proeth:temporalScope "Throughout the period of using the CD-ROM to perform facilities design services" ;
proeth:textReferences "Professional engineering cannot be reduced to an activity whereby practitioners rely upon computers and technical information instead of time-tested professional experience and engineering judgment",
"Relying on a how to CD-ROM appears to show a general disregard for the fundamental role that professional engineers play in protecting the public health and safety",
"it is the Board's position that technology has an important place in the practice of engineering, but it must never be a replacement of a substitute for engineering judgment" ;
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proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
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rdfs:comment "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from treating the CD-ROM design tool as a substitute for the domain knowledge, education, and professional experience required to competently perform facilities design and construction services." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from treating the CD-ROM design tool as a substitute for the domain knowledge, education, and professional experience required to competently perform facilities design and construction services." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
121
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T18:49:10.142160+00:00
First case
121
Generated
2026-06-04T18:49:10.142160+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 121 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 121 Extraction