Disability-Disclosure-Employment-Standard-Instance
Individual
6ab8151e
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/146#Disability-Disclosure-Employment-Standard-Instance
Properties
Parent
DisabilityDisclosureEmploymentStandard
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DisabilityDisclosureEmploymentStandard
Concept Category
Resource
Confidence
0.82
Createdby
Derived from NSPE Code of Ethics and professional engineering ethics practice
Documenttitle
Professional Standard on Disability Non-Disclosure in Engineering Employment
Importance
high
Resourceclass
Disability Disclosure Employment Standard
Usedby
Engineer A and ethics reviewers evaluating the disclosure dilemma
Usedincontext
The operative professional standard at issue in this case: whether an engineer's non-disclosure of a personal disability (Asperger's Syndrome) to employers — when the engineer has performed competently and the condition was never solicited — constitutes a deceptive act under the NSPE Code.
Version
Implicit standard derived from NSPE Code deceptive acts provision
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A has kept this fact not only from his current employer (which he has worked for 5 years) but also previous employers.
Text References
Engineer A considered the language in the NSPE Code of Ethics, which requires engineers to 'avoid deceptive acts.'
Engineer A has kept this fact not only from his current employer (which he has worked for 5 years) but also previous employers.
Engineer A would like to be open about his autism, but because Engineer A obtained his employment without disclosing his autism, Engineer A is concerned that doing so might place his career in jeopardy.
TTL
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rdfs:label "Disability-Disclosure-Employment-Standard-Instance" ;
rdfs:subClassOf <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DisabilityDisclosureEmploymentStandard> .
Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
6ab8151ea1b1b825...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
146
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-02-27T07:36:55.476659+00:00
First Case
146
Generated
2026-02-27T07:36:55.476659+00:00
Attributed To
Case 146 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T12:23:29.907260
Generated By
ProEthica Case 146 Extraction