Engineer B Out-of-Competence Footing Design
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/121#Engineer_B_Out-of-Competence_Footing_Design
Definition
Engineer B, a professional engineer with a chemical engineering background and no apparent training in foundation design, was retained by a construction contractor to design structural footings for an industrial facility, a domain outside Engineer B's established competence.
Engineer B, a professional engineer with a chemical engineering background and no apparent training in foundation design, was retained by a construction contractor to design structural footings for an industrial facility, a domain outside Engineer B's established competence.
Properties
Instance of
Actor
Engineer B
Confidence
0.9
Has License
Professional Engineer
Has Specialty
Chemical engineering; no apparent training in foundation or structural design
Role category
public_responsibility
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Synthesis Literal
caseInvolvement
confidence
roleCategory
roleClass
textReferences
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Engineer B Competence Boundary Footing Design
hasObligation
Engineer B Out-of-Competence Footing Design Obligation
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A had been unable to establish that Engineer B had any apparent subsequent training in foundation design
Engineer B's degree and background was in chemical engineering
it would be unethical for Engineer B to perform the design of the structural footings as part of the facility
Source text
Engineer B's degree and background was in chemical engineering
TTL
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proeth-core:hasObligation case121:Engineer_B_Out-of-Competence_Footing_Design_Obligation ;
proeth:actor "Engineer B" ;
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proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
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proeth:hasSpecialty "Chemical engineering; no apparent training in foundation or structural design" ;
proeth:roleCategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleClass "Out-of-Competence Engineer" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A had been unable to establish that Engineer B had any apparent subsequent training in foundation design",
"Engineer B's degree and background was in chemical engineering",
"it would be unethical for Engineer B to perform the design of the structural footings as part of the facility" ;
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rdfs:comment "Engineer B, a professional engineer with a chemical engineering background and no apparent training in foundation design, was retained by a construction contractor to design structural footings for an industrial facility, a domain outside Engineer B's established competence." ;
skos:definition "Engineer B, a professional engineer with a chemical engineering background and no apparent training in foundation design, was retained by a construction contractor to design structural footings for an industrial facility, a domain outside Engineer B's established competence." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
121
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T18:43:21.046484+00:00
First case
121
Generated
2026-06-04T18:43:21.046484+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 121 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 121 Extraction