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
Out-of-CompetenceEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Out-of-CompetenceEngineer
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
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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Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-06-05 09:56
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