Engineer A Situation 1 Physical Address Omission Ethics Violation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/128#Engineer_A_Situation_1_Physical_Address_Omission_Ethics_Violation
Properties
Instance of
BusinessCardPhysicalAddressInclusionLicensureClarityObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#BusinessCardPhysicalAddressInclusionLicensureClarityObligation
Case context
Engineer A distributes a business card at a business meeting in State E bearing the PE designation but omitting both a physical address and the states of licensure; Engineer A is licensed in States B, C, and D but not State E.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (Situation 1)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to include a physical address on the business card distributed at the business meeting in State E, and to identify the states (B, C, D) in which licensure is held, so that recipients would not be misled about the geographic scope of the PE designation.
Temporal scope
At the time of distributing the business card at the State E business meeting
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Situation 1 Physical Address Omission Ethical Violation
Source Evidence
Source text
The business card in Situation (1) does not identify a physical address, and for this reason the scenario is not acceptable
Text references
The business card in Situation (1) does not identify a physical address, and for this reason the scenario is not acceptable
to avoid confusion or any appearance of deception about licensure, business cards should identify a physical address for the engineer
TTL
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case128:Engineer_A_Situation_1_Physical_Address_Omission_Ethics_Violation a proeth:BusinessCardPhysicalAddressInclusionLicensureClarityObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Situation 1 Physical Address Omission Ethics Violation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case128:Engineer_A_Situation_1_Qualifications_Non-Misrepresentation_Business_Card ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case128:Engineer_A_Situation_1_Mailing_Address_Omission_Business_Card ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A distributes a business card at a business meeting in State E bearing the PE designation but omitting both a physical address and the states of licensure; Engineer A is licensed in States B, C, and D but not State E." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case128:Situation_1_Physical_Address_Omission_Ethical_Violation ;
proeth:discoveredincase "128" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T22:04:35.546107+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "128" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T22:04:35.546107+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (Situation 1)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Business Card Physical Address Inclusion Licensure Clarity Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to include a physical address on the business card distributed at the business meeting in State E, and to identify the states (B, C, D) in which licensure is held, so that recipients would not be misled about the geographic scope of the PE designation." ;
proeth:sourcetext "The business card in Situation (1) does not identify a physical address, and for this reason the scenario is not acceptable" ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of distributing the business card at the State E business meeting" ;
proeth:textreferences "The business card in Situation (1) does not identify a physical address, and for this reason the scenario is not acceptable",
"to avoid confusion or any appearance of deception about licensure, business cards should identify a physical address for the engineer" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 128 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T22:14:48.660522"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 128 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
128
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T22:04:35.546107+00:00
First case
128
Generated
2026-02-28T22:04:35.546107+00:00
Attributed to
Case 128 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T22:14:48.660522
Generated by
ProEthica Case 128 Extraction