Situation 3 Non-Engineering Consulting with Accurate Card — Ethical Compliance
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/128#Situation_3_Non-Engineering_Consulting_with_Accurate_Card_—_Ethical_Compliance
Properties
Instance of
SocialContextPETitleDisplayNon-ViolationPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SocialContextPETitleDisplayNon-ViolationPrinciple
Applied to
Engineer A Situation 3 Multi-Jurisdiction Business Card Presenter
Balancing with
Jurisdiction-Specific Ethics Compliance Obligation
Licensure Integrity and Public Protection Principle
Concrete expression
Engineer A in Situation 3 has offices in State B but is licensed only in State C; performs non-engineering consulting in State B; distributes a card in State C accurately reflecting licensure — the Board finds this ethically acceptable because the card is accurate and the work performed in State B is non-engineering
Confidence
0.87
Importance
medium
Interpretation
Where an engineer's card accurately reflects licensure and the work performed in the unlicensed state is non-engineering consulting, no deception occurs and no ethics violation is present
Invoked by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Tension resolution
The Board resolves any apparent tension by focusing on the accuracy of the card and the non-engineering character of the State B work, finding no deception and no violation of state registration laws
Source Evidence
Source text
this Board does not view the act of handing out a business card by an individual who is not licensed in a state as unethical as long as there is no deception and the engineer is conforming with state registration laws and rules and practice
Text references
By the same line of reasoning, Situation (3) also describes an ethically acceptable practice.
this Board does not view the act of handing out a business card by an individual who is not licensed in a state as unethical as long as there is no deception and the engineer is conforming with state registration laws and rules and practice
TTL
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rdfs:label "Situation 3 Non-Engineering Consulting with Accurate Card — Ethical Compliance" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A Situation 3 Multi-Jurisdiction Business Card Presenter" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Jurisdiction-Specific Ethics Compliance Obligation",
"Licensure Integrity and Public Protection Principle" ;
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proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A in Situation 3 has offices in State B but is licensed only in State C; performs non-engineering consulting in State B; distributes a card in State C accurately reflecting licensure — the Board finds this ethically acceptable because the card is accurate and the work performed in State B is non-engineering" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "128" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T22:02:21.234939+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "128" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T22:02:21.234939+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "Where an engineer's card accurately reflects licensure and the work performed in the unlicensed state is non-engineering consulting, no deception occurs and no ethics violation is present" ;
proeth:invokedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:principleclass "Social Context PE Title Display Non-Violation Principle" ;
proeth:sourcetext "this Board does not view the act of handing out a business card by an individual who is not licensed in a state as unethical as long as there is no deception and the engineer is conforming with state registration laws and rules and practice" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The Board resolves any apparent tension by focusing on the accuracy of the card and the non-engineering character of the State B work, finding no deception and no violation of state registration laws" ;
proeth:textreferences "By the same line of reasoning, Situation (3) also describes an ethically acceptable practice.",
"this Board does not view the act of handing out a business card by an individual who is not licensed in a state as unethical as long as there is no deception and the engineer is conforming with state registration laws and rules and practice" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 128 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T22:14:48.659091"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
128
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T22:02:21.234939+00:00
First case
128
Generated
2026-02-28T22:02:21.234939+00:00
Attributed to
Case 128 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T22:14:48.659091
Generated by
ProEthica Case 128 Extraction