Ongoing Marketing Material Accuracy Obligation State
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/128#Ongoing_Marketing_Material_Accuracy_Obligation_State
Properties
Instance of
Active period
Continuous — persists as long as any marketing materials are in circulation
Affected parties
All engineers
Clients and public receiving marketing materials
Engineering firms
Confidence
0.82
Importance
medium
Subject
Engineers' and firms' ongoing obligation to maintain accurate, truthful, and current marketing materials including business cards, brochures, and websites
Terminated by
Cessation of all marketing activity (not a realistic termination condition for active practitioners)
Triggering event
Engineer or firm maintains any public-facing marketing or communication materials
Urgency level
low
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
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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case128:Ongoing_Marketing_Material_Accuracy_Obligation_State a proeth:RegulatoryComplianceState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Ongoing Marketing Material Accuracy Obligation State" ;
proeth:activeperiod "Continuous — persists as long as any marketing materials are in circulation" ;
proeth:affectedparties "All engineers",
"Clients and public receiving marketing materials",
"Engineering firms" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.82" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "128" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T21:52:58.966138+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "128" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T21:52:58.966138+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
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:stateclass "Regulatory Compliance State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineers' and firms' ongoing obligation to maintain accurate, truthful, and current marketing materials including business cards, brochures, and websites" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Cessation of all marketing activity (not a realistic termination condition for active practitioners)" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineers and their firms should strive to keep this information as accurate and current as possible",
"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:triggeringevent "Engineer or firm maintains any public-facing marketing or communication materials" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "low" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 128 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T22:14:48.648685"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 128 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
128
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T21:52:58.966138+00:00
First case
128
Generated
2026-02-28T21:52:58.966138+00:00
Attributed to
Case 128 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T22:14:48.648685
Generated by
ProEthica Case 128 Extraction