Engineers and Firms Marketing Material Currency Maintenance Ongoing Obligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/128#Engineers_and_Firms_Marketing_Material_Currency_Maintenance_Ongoing_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
MarketingMaterialOngoingAccuracyandCurrencyMaintenanceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#MarketingMaterialOngoingAccuracyandCurrencyMaintenanceObligation
Case context
The Board closes its opinion by affirming a general ongoing obligation for all engineers and firms to keep marketing materials current and accurate, noting that electronic tools have reduced the burden of doing so.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineers and Engineering Firms (general)
Obligation statement
Engineers and engineering firms are obligated to continuously maintain and update all marketing and communication materials — including business cards, brochures, and websites — to ensure they remain accurate, truthful, and not deceptive about qualifications and licensure status.
Temporal scope
Ongoing; triggered whenever qualifications, licensure status, or personnel change
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Ongoing Marketing Material Accuracy Obligation State
derivedFromPrinciple
Marketing Communication Currency Obligation — Ongoing Maintenance
Source Evidence
Source text
engineers and engineering companies have an obligation to make sure that the information they use to market and communicate services to their clients and to the public (e.g., business cards, brochures, Web sites, etc.) are accurate, truthful and not deceptive
Text references
Engineers and their firms should strive to keep this information as accurate and current as possible
In today's electronic world, the time and cost associated with updating this material is markedly reduced
These items should be maintained and updated as necessary in order to avoid public misunderstanding about their, or their firm's qualifications
engineers and engineering companies have an obligation to make sure that the information they use to market and communicate services to their clients and to the public (e.g., business cards, brochures, Web sites, etc.) are accurate, truthful and not deceptive
TTL
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proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case128:Ongoing_Marketing_Material_Accuracy_Obligation_State ;
proeth:casecontext "The Board closes its opinion by affirming a general ongoing obligation for all engineers and firms to keep marketing materials current and accurate, noting that electronic tools have reduced the burden of doing so." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/128#Marketing_Communication_Currency_Obligation_—_Ongoing_Maintenance> ;
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 "Engineers and Engineering Firms (general)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Marketing Material Ongoing Accuracy and Currency Maintenance Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineers and engineering firms are obligated to continuously maintain and update all marketing and communication materials — including business cards, brochures, and websites — to ensure they remain accurate, truthful, and not deceptive about qualifications and licensure status." ;
proeth:sourcetext "engineers and engineering companies have an obligation to make sure that the information they use to market and communicate services to their clients and to the public (e.g., business cards, brochures, Web sites, etc.) are accurate, truthful and not deceptive" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Ongoing; triggered whenever qualifications, licensure status, or personnel change" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineers and their firms should strive to keep this information as accurate and current as possible",
"In today's electronic world, the time and cost associated with updating this material is markedly reduced",
"These items should be maintained and updated as necessary in order to avoid public misunderstanding about their, or their firm's qualifications",
"engineers and engineering companies have an obligation to make sure that the information they use to market and communicate services to their clients and to the public (e.g., business cards, brochures, Web sites, etc.) are accurate, truthful and not deceptive" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 128 Extraction" ;
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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
2026-02-28T22:14:48.662060
Generated by
ProEthica Case 128 Extraction