Specialist Retention Obligation Multi-Discipline Project
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/121#Specialist_Retention_Obligation_Multi-Discipline_Project
Definition
In multi-discipline projects such as facilities design and construction, engineers who lack competence in required technical domains are obligated to retain or recommend qualified specialists rather than attempting to perform those tasks themselves or leaving them unaddressed.
Properties
Instance of
SpecialistRetentionObligationPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SpecialistRetentionObligationPrinciple
Applied to
Facilities design requiring civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering disciplines
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Duty Principle
Concrete expression
In multi-discipline projects such as facilities design and construction, engineers who lack competence in required technical domains are obligated to retain or recommend qualified specialists rather than attempting to perform those tasks themselves or leaving them unaddressed.
Confidence
0.88
Interpretation
The Board's references to BER Cases 71-2 and 78-5 establish that engineers must either possess the required competence or retain those who do. This applies both to prime professionals managing multi-discipline projects and to engineers who accept assignments in domains outside their background.
Tension resolution
The obligation to serve the client does not authorize accepting work in domains where competence is absent. The proper service to the client is to ensure qualified specialists are engaged, not to attempt the work without qualification.
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Synthesis Literal
appliedTo
balancingWith
concreteExpression
confidence
interpretation
principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
invokedBy
Agent Engineer A, Agent Engineer B
Source Evidence
Text references
engineers have an ethical obligation to seek work only in areas where they possess educational background and experience or to retain individuals who possess the necessary educational background and experience to perform the work
the Board recognized 'the propriety and value of the prime professional or client retaining the services of experts and specialists in the interests of the project'
Source text
engineers have an ethical obligation to seek work only in areas where they possess educational background and experience or to retain individuals who possess the necessary educational background and experience to perform the work.
TTL
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case121:Specialist_Retention_Obligation_Multi-Discipline_Project a proeth:SpecialistRetentionObligationPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Specialist Retention Obligation Multi-Discipline Project" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case121:Agent_Engineer_A,
case121:Agent_Engineer_B ;
proeth:appliedTo "Facilities design requiring civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering disciplines" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Faithful Agent Duty Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "In multi-discipline projects such as facilities design and construction, engineers who lack competence in required technical domains are obligated to retain or recommend qualified specialists rather than attempting to perform those tasks themselves or leaving them unaddressed." ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:interpretation "The Board's references to BER Cases 71-2 and 78-5 establish that engineers must either possess the required competence or retain those who do. This applies both to prime professionals managing multi-discipline projects and to engineers who accept assignments in domains outside their background." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer A",
"Engineer B" ;
proeth:principleClass "Specialist Retention Obligation Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The obligation to serve the client does not authorize accepting work in domains where competence is absent. The proper service to the client is to ensure qualified specialists are engaged, not to attempt the work without qualification." ;
proeth:textReferences "engineers have an ethical obligation to seek work only in areas where they possess educational background and experience or to retain individuals who possess the necessary educational background and experience to perform the work",
"the Board recognized 'the propriety and value of the prime professional or client retaining the services of experts and specialists in the interests of the project'" ;
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proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
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proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 121 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.0 ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "engineers have an ethical obligation to seek work only in areas where they possess educational background and experience or to retain individuals who possess the necessary educational background and experience to perform the work." ;
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rdfs:comment "In multi-discipline projects such as facilities design and construction, engineers who lack competence in required technical domains are obligated to retain or recommend qualified specialists rather than attempting to perform those tasks themselves or leaving them unaddressed." ;
skos:definition "In multi-discipline projects such as facilities design and construction, engineers who lack competence in required technical domains are obligated to retain or recommend qualified specialists rather than attempting to perform those tasks themselves or leaving them unaddressed." ;
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prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 121 Extraction",
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prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 121 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
121
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T18:48:00.517540+00:00
First case
121
Generated
2026-06-04T18:48:00.517540+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 121 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 121 Extraction