Present Case Engineer A ADA Condition Non-Disclosure Ethics Code Deception Provision Non-Overextension
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/146#Present_Case_Engineer_A_ADA_Condition_Non-Disclosure_Ethics_Code_Deception_Provision_Non-Overextension
Properties
Instance of
EthicsCodeDeceptionProvisionNon-OverextensionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EthicsCodeDeceptionProvisionNon-OverextensionObligation
Case context
Engineer A has autism (Asperger's Syndrome), has practiced competently as a PE for 25 years, and has not disclosed his condition to employers. The question was whether non-disclosure constitutes a 'deceptive act' under the NSPE Code.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
NSPE Board of Ethical Review (present case)
Obligation statement
The Board was obligated to refrain from interpreting the NSPE Code's 'avoidance of deception' provision so broadly as to require Engineer A to disclose his autism diagnosis to his employer, recognizing that such an interpretation would give the Code an unintended and disproportionate reach into engineers' personal lives.
Temporal scope
At the time of the Board's ethical review of Engineer A's non-disclosure
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Ethics Code Deception Provision Scope Limitation Invoked in Present Case
Source Evidence
Source text
The extent of one's legitimate right to privacy cannot be measured by language in the NSPE Code of Ethics relating to the 'avoidance of deception.' To do so would give an unintended and far too broad meaning to the NSPE Code of Ethics.
Text references
The extent of one's legitimate right to privacy cannot be measured by language in the NSPE Code of Ethics relating to the 'avoidance of deception.' To do so would give an unintended and far too broad meaning to the NSPE Code of Ethics.
the facts of the present case demonstrate no effort to conceal any conduct relating to the practice of engineering or related fields.
TTL
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
146
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T12:20:54.797420+00:00
First case
146
Generated
2026-02-27T12:20:54.797420+00:00
Attributed to
Case 146 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T12:23:29.922334
Generated by
ProEthica Case 146 Extraction