Qualification Transparency Invoked By Engineer A Situation 1 Business Card
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/128#Qualification_Transparency_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Situation_1_Business_Card
Properties
Instance of
QualificationTransparencyinProfessionalTitleUse
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#QualificationTransparencyinProfessionalTitleUse
Applied to
Business card presented at business meeting in State E
Balancing with
Social Context PE Title Display Non-Violation Principle
Concrete expression
Engineer A's Situation 1 business card uses the PE designation without identifying the states of licensure or providing a mailing address, creating a potentially misleading impression that Engineer A is licensed to practice in State E where the card is presented at a business meeting.
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, the principle requires that PE designation on a business card used in a professional/business context be accompanied by sufficient information (states of licensure, mailing address) to prevent recipients from being misled about the geographic scope of licensure.
Invoked by
Engineer A Situation 1 Multi-Jurisdiction Business Card Presenter
Tension resolution
Because this is a business meeting context (not social), the qualification transparency obligation applies fully; the absence of licensure state identification and mailing address falls short of the transparency standard.
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A participates in a business meeting in State E and hands out a business card indicating that he is a P.E.
Text references
Engineer A participates in a business meeting in State E and hands out a business card indicating that he is a P.E. The business card lists Engineer A's name, phone, fax, and e-mail address but does not list a mailing address, nor does it identify the states in which Engineer A is licensed.
TTL
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case128:Qualification_Transparency_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Situation_1_Business_Card a proeth:QualificationTransparencyinProfessionalTitleUse,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Qualification Transparency Invoked By Engineer A Situation 1 Business Card" ;
proeth:appliedto "Business card presented at business meeting in State E" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Social Context PE Title Display Non-Violation Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's Situation 1 business card uses the PE designation without identifying the states of licensure or providing a mailing address, creating a potentially misleading impression that Engineer A is licensed to practice in State E where the card is presented at a business meeting." ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "128" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T21:55:27.009831+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "128" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T21:55:27.009831+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, the principle requires that PE designation on a business card used in a professional/business context be accompanied by sufficient information (states of licensure, mailing address) to prevent recipients from being misled about the geographic scope of licensure." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Situation 1 Multi-Jurisdiction Business Card Presenter" ;
proeth:principleclass "Qualification Transparency in Professional Title Use" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A participates in a business meeting in State E and hands out a business card indicating that he is a P.E." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Because this is a business meeting context (not social), the qualification transparency obligation applies fully; the absence of licensure state identification and mailing address falls short of the transparency standard." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A participates in a business meeting in State E and hands out a business card indicating that he is a P.E. The business card lists Engineer A's name, phone, fax, and e-mail address but does not list a mailing address, nor does it identify the states in which Engineer A is licensed." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 128 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T22:14:48.638069"^^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
2026-02-28T21:55:27.009831+00:00
First case
128
Generated
2026-02-28T21:55:27.009831+00:00
Attributed to
Case 128 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T22:14:48.638069
Generated by
ProEthica Case 128 Extraction