Situation 4 Social Context Card Distribution — No Violation
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/128#Situation_4_Social_Context_Card_Distribution_—_No_Violation
Properties
Instance of
SocialContextPETitleDisplayNon-ViolationPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SocialContextPETitleDisplayNon-ViolationPrinciple
Applied to
Engineer A Situation 4 Multi-Jurisdiction Business Card Presenter
Friend X Social Context Business Card Recipient
Balancing with
PE Title Omission of Licensure Jurisdiction Disclosure Obligation
Concrete expression
Engineer A distributes his State B business card during a social visit to State C to a non-engineer friend; the Board finds no ethics violation because the distribution was social, not intended as a representation of licensure in State C
Confidence
0.92
Importance
medium
Interpretation
The social context and non-engineer recipient eliminate the professional reliance concern that underlies the licensure disclosure obligation; no member of the public is being misled into relying on the engineer's State C licensure status
Invoked by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Tension resolution
The Board resolves the tension in favor of no violation by emphasizing the absence of professional purpose and the non-engineer character of the recipient
Source Evidence
Source text
Clearly Engineer A's distribution of his business card during a social occasion was entirely proper and was not intended as a representation that Engineer A was licensed in State C.
Text references
Clearly Engineer A's distribution of his business card during a social occasion was entirely proper and was not intended as a representation that Engineer A was licensed in State C.
the Board can see no violation of the NSPE Code.
TTL
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<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/128#Situation_4_Social_Context_Card_Distribution_—_No_Violation> a proeth:SocialContextPETitleDisplayNon-ViolationPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Situation 4 Social Context Card Distribution — No Violation" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A Situation 4 Multi-Jurisdiction Business Card Presenter",
"Friend X Social Context Business Card Recipient" ;
proeth:balancingwith "PE Title Omission of Licensure Jurisdiction Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A distributes his State B business card during a social visit to State C to a non-engineer friend; the Board finds no ethics violation because the distribution was social, not intended as a representation of licensure in State C" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
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 "The social context and non-engineer recipient eliminate the professional reliance concern that underlies the licensure disclosure obligation; no member of the public is being misled into relying on the engineer's State C licensure status" ;
proeth:invokedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:principleclass "Social Context PE Title Display Non-Violation Principle" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Clearly Engineer A's distribution of his business card during a social occasion was entirely proper and was not intended as a representation that Engineer A was licensed in State C." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The Board resolves the tension in favor of no violation by emphasizing the absence of professional purpose and the non-engineer character of the recipient" ;
proeth:textreferences "Clearly Engineer A's distribution of his business card during a social occasion was entirely proper and was not intended as a representation that Engineer A was licensed in State C.",
"the Board can see no violation of the NSPE Code." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 128 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T22:14:48.659320"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 128 Extraction" .
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
2026-02-28T22:14:48.659320
Generated by
ProEthica Case 128 Extraction