Honesty Non-Violation Finding For Engineer A Autism Silence
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/146#Honesty_Non-Violation_Finding_For_Engineer_A_Autism_Silence
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
NSPE Code 'avoid deceptive acts' provision
Non-disclosure of autism diagnosis
Balancing with
Omission Materiality Threshold in Professional Disclosure
Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure
Concrete expression
Engineer A's silence about his autism does not violate the NSPE Code's prohibition on deceptive acts because he has not made any affirmative misrepresentation; the 'avoid deceptive acts' standard requires more than mere non-disclosure of a personal characteristic unrelated to demonstrated professional competence
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Interpretation
Honesty requires avoiding affirmative deception; it does not require volunteering all personal information. The relevant question is whether silence creates a false impression about professional qualification — here it does not, given 25 years of demonstrated competent practice
Invoked by
Engineer A Present Case Disability-Disclosing Licensed Engineer
Tension resolution
Honesty obligation is satisfied by the absence of affirmative misrepresentation; the materiality threshold for disclosure is not met because autism has not impaired demonstrated professional competence
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A considered the language in the NSPE Code of Ethics, which requires engineers to 'avoid deceptive acts.'
Text references
Engineer A considered the language in the NSPE Code of Ethics, which requires engineers to 'avoid deceptive acts.'
Engineer A has practiced professional engineering successfully for 25 years for multiple employers.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Honesty Non-Violation Finding For Engineer A Autism Silence" ;
proeth:appliedto "NSPE Code 'avoid deceptive acts' provision",
"Non-disclosure of autism diagnosis" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Omission Materiality Threshold in Professional Disclosure",
"Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's silence about his autism does not violate the NSPE Code's prohibition on deceptive acts because he has not made any affirmative misrepresentation; the 'avoid deceptive acts' standard requires more than mere non-disclosure of a personal characteristic unrelated to demonstrated professional competence" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "146" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T12:12:59.907210+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "146" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T12:12:59.907210+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Honesty requires avoiding affirmative deception; it does not require volunteering all personal information. The relevant question is whether silence creates a false impression about professional qualification — here it does not, given 25 years of demonstrated competent practice" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case Disability-Disclosing Licensed Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Honesty" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A considered the language in the NSPE Code of Ethics, which requires engineers to 'avoid deceptive acts.'" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Honesty obligation is satisfied by the absence of affirmative misrepresentation; the materiality threshold for disclosure is not met because autism has not impaired demonstrated professional competence" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A considered the language in the NSPE Code of Ethics, which requires engineers to 'avoid deceptive acts.'",
"Engineer A has practiced professional engineering successfully for 25 years for multiple employers." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 146 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T12:23:29.906380"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 146 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
146
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T12:12:59.907210+00:00
First case
146
Generated
2026-02-27T12:12:59.907210+00:00
Attributed to
Case 146 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T12:23:29.906380
Generated by
ProEthica Case 146 Extraction