Engineer A Progressive Ethics Code Broadening Retroactive Non-Application Acknowledgment
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/135#Engineer_A_Progressive_Ethics_Code_Broadening_Retroactive_Non-Application_Acknowledgment
Properties
Instance of
ProgressiveEthicsCodeBroadeningRetroactiveNon-ApplicationAcknowledgmentObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProgressiveEthicsCodeBroadeningRetroactiveNon-ApplicationAcknowledgmentObligation
Case context
The Board distinguished Engineer A's conduct from the permissible emphasis in Case 72-11 by noting that the Code has been progressively amended to restrict further the representations engineers may make, with new Section II.5.a. specifically addressing professional qualification misrepresentation.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.85
Importance
medium
Obligated party
Engineer A (and ethics adjudicators evaluating Engineer A's conduct)
Obligation statement
The Board was obligated to apply the current, more restrictive NSPE Code Section II.5.a. to Engineer A's conduct rather than the narrower code language under which Case 72-11 was decided, recognizing that the progressive broadening of the code's prohibition on misrepresentation means that conduct permissible under older code language may be prohibited under the current formulation.
Temporal scope
At the time of ethics adjudication of Engineer A's resume conduct
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Doe Resume Selective Emphasis State
Source Evidence
Source text
Since our decision in Case 79-5, the NSPE Code of Ethics has again been modified. The Code language appears to restrict even further the representations which engineers may make in resumes, brochures, correspondence, etc.
Text references
In the context of the present case, we interpret Section II.5.a. to prohibit Engineer A to imply on his resume that he was personally responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through the joint efforts of the members of the design team.
New Section II.5.a. specifically addresses the issue of professional qualification misrepresentation.
Since our decision in Case 79-5, the NSPE Code of Ethics has again been modified. The Code language appears to restrict even further the representations which engineers may make in resumes, brochures, correspondence, etc.
TTL
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proeth-core:competesWith case135:John_Doe_Case_72-11_Selective_Emphasis_Competence-Deception_Boundary_Compliance ;
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proeth-core:prevailsOver case135:John_Doe_Case_72-11_Selective_Emphasis_Competence-Deception_Boundary_Compliance ;
proeth:casecontext "The Board distinguished Engineer A's conduct from the permissible emphasis in Case 72-11 by noting that the Code has been progressively amended to restrict further the representations engineers may make, with new Section II.5.a. specifically addressing professional qualification misrepresentation." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
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proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (and ethics adjudicators evaluating Engineer A's conduct)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Progressive Ethics Code Broadening Retroactive Non-Application Acknowledgment Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The Board was obligated to apply the current, more restrictive NSPE Code Section II.5.a. to Engineer A's conduct rather than the narrower code language under which Case 72-11 was decided, recognizing that the progressive broadening of the code's prohibition on misrepresentation means that conduct permissible under older code language may be prohibited under the current formulation." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Since our decision in Case 79-5, the NSPE Code of Ethics has again been modified. The Code language appears to restrict even further the representations which engineers may make in resumes, brochures, correspondence, etc." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of ethics adjudication of Engineer A's resume conduct" ;
proeth:textreferences "In the context of the present case, we interpret Section II.5.a. to prohibit Engineer A to imply on his resume that he was personally responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through the joint efforts of the members of the design team.",
"New Section II.5.a. specifically addresses the issue of professional qualification misrepresentation.",
"Since our decision in Case 79-5, the NSPE Code of Ethics has again been modified. The Code language appears to restrict even further the representations which engineers may make in resumes, brochures, correspondence, etc." ;
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
135
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T15:48:54.714289+00:00
First case
135
Generated
2026-03-01T15:48:54.714289+00:00
Attributed to
Case 135 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T15:57:44.751707
Generated by
ProEthica Case 135 Extraction