BER-Case-88-6
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/139#BER-Case-88-6
Properties
Instance of
Confidence
0.98
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Document title
NSPE Board of Ethical Review Case No. 88-6
Importance
high
Used by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review for analogical reasoning about Engineer A's obligations
Used in context
Cited as precedent establishing that an engineer who is aware of ongoing disregard for law by supervisors must escalate to proper authorities (including state officials when local officials are complicit), and that inaction can make the engineer an accessory to violations
Source Evidence
Source text
In BER Case No. 88-6, an engineer was employed as the city engineer/director of public works...
Text references
In BER Case No. 88-6, an engineer was employed as the city engineer/director of public works...
the engineer's inaction permitted a serious violation of the law to continue and made the engineer an 'accessory' to the actions of the city administrator and others
TTL
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
139
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T10:39:12.406108+00:00
First case
139
Generated
2026-02-28T10:39:12.406108+00:00
Attributed to
Case 139 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T11:01:04.755315
Generated by
ProEthica Case 139 Extraction