Personal Misconduct Ethics Standard

Class d4f9a91b
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PersonalMisconductEthicsStandard
Definition

Professional norms establishing that personal misconduct unrelated to the direct practice of engineering may nonetheless fall within the scope of a professional code of ethics, because the fundamental purpose of a code of ethics is to maintain public confidence in the integrity, honesty, and decorous behavior of professional practitioners.

Properties
Subclass of
ProfessionalCode
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProfessionalCode
Definition
Professional norms establishing that personal misconduct unrelated to the direct practice of engineering may nonetheless fall within the scope of a professional code of ethics, because the fundamental purpose of a code of ethics is to maintain public confidence in the integrity, honesty, and decorous behavior of professional practitioners.
Source Evidence
Source Text
personal misconduct unrelated to the practice of engineering was a violation of the NSPE Code of Ethics
TTL
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proethica_intermediate_extended: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate-extended> . <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PersonalMisconductEthicsStandard> a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Personal Misconduct Ethics Standard" ; rdfs:comment "Professional norms establishing that personal misconduct unrelated to the direct practice of engineering may nonetheless fall within the scope of a professional code of ethics, because the fundamental purpose of a code of ethics is to maintain public confidence in the integrity, honesty, and decorous behavior of professional practitioners." ; rdfs:subClassOf <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProfessionalCode> .
Metadata
Type
Class
Content Hash
d4f9a91b6cc06773...
Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
146
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-27T07:39:11.128242+00:00
First Discovered In Case
146
Generated
2026-02-27T07:39:11.128242+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 146 Extraction