Prospective Client Brochure-Relying Engineering Services Consumer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/131#Prospective_Client_Brochure-Relying_Engineering_Services_Consumer
Definition
Prospective clients and current clients who rely on the firm's marketing brochures to assess personnel qualifications and availability, and who may be misled by inaccurate listings of departed or terminated engineers.
Properties
Instance of
Brochure-RelyingEngineeringServicesConsumer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Brochure-RelyingEngineeringServicesConsumer
Attributes
| harm_type | Potential deception regarding firm personnel and expertise |
| reliance | On firm brochures and resumes for qualification assessment |
Confidence
0.88
Importance
medium
Relationships
| type | potentially_misled_by |
| target | Firm Principal Inaction-Perpetuating Firm Principal Engineer |
| type | potentially_misled_by |
| target | Marketing Director Credential-Misrepresenting Marketing Director Engineer |
Role category
public_responsibility
Source Evidence
Source text
the firm's marketing brochure contains inaccurate information that could mislead and deceive a client or potential client
Text references
engineering firms that use printed material as part of their marketing efforts should take reasonable steps to assure that such written material is as accurate and up-to-date as possible
the firm's marketing brochure contains inaccurate information that could mislead and deceive a client or potential client
the marketing director, a professional engineer, has an ethical obligation both to the clients and potential clients
TTL
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case131:Prospective_Client_Brochure-Relying_Engineering_Services_Consumer a proeth:Brochure-RelyingEngineeringServicesConsumer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Prospective Client Brochure-Relying Engineering Services Consumer" ;
proeth:attributes "{'harm_type': 'Potential deception regarding firm personnel and expertise', 'reliance': 'On firm brochures and resumes for qualification assessment'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Prospective clients and current clients who rely on the firm's marketing brochures to assess personnel qualifications and availability, and who may be misled by inaccurate listings of departed or terminated engineers." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
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': 'potentially_misled_by', 'target': 'Firm Principal Inaction-Perpetuating Firm Principal Engineer'}",
"{'type': 'potentially_misled_by', 'target': 'Marketing Director Credential-Misrepresenting Marketing Director Engineer'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Brochure-Relying Engineering Services Consumer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the firm's marketing brochure contains inaccurate information that could mislead and deceive a client or potential client" ;
proeth:textreferences "engineering firms that use printed material as part of their marketing efforts should take reasonable steps to assure that such written material is as accurate and up-to-date as possible",
"the firm's marketing brochure contains inaccurate information that could mislead and deceive a client or potential client",
"the marketing director, a professional engineer, has an ethical obligation both to the clients and potential clients" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 131 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T11:50:23.658771"^^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
2026-03-01T11:50:23.658771
Generated by
ProEthica Case 131 Extraction