DP6
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/146#DP6
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP6
Decision question
Should the NSPE Board of Ethical Review use Engineer A's case as the basis for issuing broader guidance that establishes a generalizable materiality-and-legal-protection test distinguishing ADA-protected personal medical conditions from professionally material omissions subject to the Code's deception provision?
Focus
Whether the NSPE Board of Ethical Review should issue broader prospective guidance establishing a principled boundary between ADA-protected personal medical privacy and the Code's deception provision, applicable to all engineers with undisclosed health conditions
Option1
Issue broader prospective BER guidance adopting a two-part materiality-and-legal-protection test, explicitly establishing that the Code's deception provision does not reach ADA-protected medical conditions absent a formal adjudication of professional incapacity, and applying this framework prospectively to all engineers with undisclosed health conditions
Option2
Resolve Engineer A's specific case on its facts without issuing broader guidance, treating the three-tier allegation-adjudication-protected-condition hierarchy as implicit in the reasoning but declining to codify it as a generalizable rule pending further cases that test the framework's boundaries
Option3
Issue narrower guidance limited to autism spectrum conditions specifically, deferring the question of other ADA-protected conditions such as depression, ADHD, and physical disabilities to future cases where the specific factual and legal context of each condition can be evaluated on its own terms
Role
Engineering Firm Hiring Authority BER 03-6
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP6" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP6" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "Should the NSPE Board of Ethical Review use Engineer A's case as the basis for issuing broader guidance that establishes a generalizable materiality-and-legal-protection test distinguishing ADA-protected personal medical conditions from professionally material omissions subject to the Code's deception provision?" ;
proeth:focus "Whether the NSPE Board of Ethical Review should issue broader prospective guidance establishing a principled boundary between ADA-protected personal medical privacy and the Code's deception provision, applicable to all engineers with undisclosed health conditions" ;
proeth:option1 "Issue broader prospective BER guidance adopting a two-part materiality-and-legal-protection test, explicitly establishing that the Code's deception provision does not reach ADA-protected medical conditions absent a formal adjudication of professional incapacity, and applying this framework prospectively to all engineers with undisclosed health conditions" ;
proeth:option2 "Resolve Engineer A's specific case on its facts without issuing broader guidance, treating the three-tier allegation-adjudication-protected-condition hierarchy as implicit in the reasoning but declining to codify it as a generalizable rule pending further cases that test the framework's boundaries" ;
proeth:option3 "Issue narrower guidance limited to autism spectrum conditions specifically, deferring the question of other ADA-protected conditions such as depression, ADHD, and physical disabilities to future cases where the specific factual and legal context of each condition can be evaluated on its own terms" ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineering Firm Hiring Authority BER 03-6" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T17:18:22.284003"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 146 Extraction" .
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2026-02-27T17:18:22.284003
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ProEthica Case 146 Extraction