BER 90-4 Firm Principal Credential-Misrepresenting Firm Principal Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/131#BER_90-4_Firm_Principal_Credential-Misrepresenting_Firm_Principal_Engineer
Definition
In BER Case 90-4, this principal continued to list a departing engineer in firm brochures and resumes, but without intent to misrepresent or highlight the engineer as a key resource. The Board found this an oversight without malice, though still cautioned firms to correct inaccuracies expeditiously.
Properties
Instance of
Credential-MisrepresentingFirmPrincipalEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Credential-MisrepresentingFirmPrincipalEngineer
Attributes
| intent | Oversight without malice — no intent to enhance qualifications |
| case_reference | BER Case 90-4 |
| finding | Not unethical under the specific facts, but cautioned to correct promptly |
Confidence
0.87
Importance
medium
Relationships
| type | listed |
| target | BER 90-4 Departing Hydrology Engineer Brochure-Misrepresented Departing Engineer |
Role category
provider_client
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Pertinent Fact Misrepresentation Intent-and-Purpose Test Applied in BER 90-4
Source Evidence
Source text
In finding it was not unethical for the principal to continue to represent the engineer as an employee of the firm under the circumstances described
Text references
In finding it was not unethical for the principal to continue to represent the engineer as an employee of the firm under the circumstances described
the action by the firm and engineer appear more in the manner of an oversight without malice or intent
TTL
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case131:BER_90-4_Firm_Principal_Credential-Misrepresenting_Firm_Principal_Engineer a proeth:Credential-MisrepresentingFirmPrincipalEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "BER 90-4 Firm Principal Credential-Misrepresenting Firm Principal Engineer" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case131:Pertinent_Fact_Misrepresentation_Intent-and-Purpose_Test_Applied_in_BER_90-4 ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case131:BER_90-4_Firm_Marketing_Currency_Correction_Obligation_Despite_Non-Violation_Finding,
case131:BER_90-4_Firm_Principal_Non-Key-Employee_Brochure_Listing_Permissibility_Assessment,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/131#Firm_Pertinent_Fact_Dual-Element_Test_—_BER_90-4_Neither_Element_Clearly_Satisfied> ;
proeth:attributes "{'intent': 'Oversight without malice — no intent to enhance qualifications', 'case_reference': 'BER Case 90-4', 'finding': 'Not unethical under the specific facts, but cautioned to correct promptly'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "In BER Case 90-4, this principal continued to list a departing engineer in firm brochures and resumes, but without intent to misrepresent or highlight the engineer as a key resource. The Board found this an oversight without malice, though still cautioned firms to correct inaccuracies expeditiously." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "131" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T11:30:00.205379+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "131" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T11:30:00.205379+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'listed', 'target': 'BER 90-4 Departing Hydrology Engineer Brochure-Misrepresented Departing Engineer'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ;
proeth:roleclass "Credential-Misrepresenting Firm Principal Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "In finding it was not unethical for the principal to continue to represent the engineer as an employee of the firm under the circumstances described" ;
proeth:textreferences "In finding it was not unethical for the principal to continue to represent the engineer as an employee of the firm under the circumstances described",
"the action by the firm and engineer appear more in the manner of an oversight without malice or intent" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 131 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T11:50:23.658616"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 131 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
131
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T11:30:00.205379+00:00
First case
131
Generated
2026-03-01T11:30:00.205379+00:00
Attributed to
Case 131 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T11:50:23.658616
Generated by
ProEthica Case 131 Extraction