Engineer D Situation 4 Improper Complaint Filing Prohibition
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/128#Engineer_D_Situation_4_Improper_Complaint_Filing_Prohibition
Properties
Instance of
SocialContextPEBusinessCardDistributionNon-ViolationRecognitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SocialContextPEBusinessCardDistributionNon-ViolationRecognitionObligation
Case context
Situation 4: Engineer D files a State C licensure board complaint against Engineer A for distributing a State B card to a non-engineer friend socially in State C — conduct that does not constitute a professional ethics violation under the applicable principles.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer D
Obligation statement
Engineer D was obligated to recognize that Engineer A's distribution of a technically accurate, State B-specific business card to a non-engineer friend in a social context in State C does not constitute a reportable ethics violation, and therefore to refrain from filing a licensure board complaint on that basis.
Temporal scope
At the time of deciding whether to file the licensure board complaint
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Engineer D Improper Complaint Filing Against Situation 4 Conduct
Source Evidence
Source text
On a social visit to State C, Engineer A provides his business card to a non-engineer Friend X.
Text references
Engineer D reports Engineer A to the State C engineering licensure board.
On a social visit to State C, Engineer A provides his business card to a non-engineer Friend X.
TTL
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case128:Engineer_D_Situation_4_Improper_Complaint_Filing_Prohibition a proeth:SocialContextPEBusinessCardDistributionNon-ViolationRecognitionObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer D Situation 4 Improper Complaint Filing Prohibition" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case128:Engineer_D_Improper_Complaint_Filing_Judgment_Failure ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case128:Engineer_D_Improper_Complaint_Filing_Judgment_Failure ;
proeth:casecontext "Situation 4: Engineer D files a State C licensure board complaint against Engineer A for distributing a State B card to a non-engineer friend socially in State C — conduct that does not constitute a professional ethics violation under the applicable principles." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case128:Engineer_D_Improper_Complaint_Filing_Against_Situation_4_Conduct ;
proeth:discoveredincase "128" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T21:57:17.572153+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "128" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T21:57:17.572153+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer D" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Social Context PE Business Card Distribution Non-Violation Recognition Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer D was obligated to recognize that Engineer A's distribution of a technically accurate, State B-specific business card to a non-engineer friend in a social context in State C does not constitute a reportable ethics violation, and therefore to refrain from filing a licensure board complaint on that basis." ;
proeth:sourcetext "On a social visit to State C, Engineer A provides his business card to a non-engineer Friend X." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of deciding whether to file the licensure board complaint" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer D reports Engineer A to the State C engineering licensure board.",
"On a social visit to State C, Engineer A provides his business card to a non-engineer Friend X." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 128 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T22:14:48.652012"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 128 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
128
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T21:57:17.572153+00:00
First case
128
Generated
2026-02-28T21:57:17.572153+00:00
Attributed to
Case 128 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T22:14:48.652012
Generated by
ProEthica Case 128 Extraction