Cross-License Disciplinary Disclosure Scope Invoked by Engineer F Application

P · Principle Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/148#Cross-License_Disciplinary_Disclosure_Scope_Invoked_by_Engineer_F_Application
Properties
Instance of
Cross-LicenseDisciplinaryHistoryDisclosureScopePrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Cross-LicenseDisciplinaryHistoryDisclosureScopePrinciple
Applied to
Contractor license revocation for license lending
Engineering firm employment application disciplinary history question
Balancing with
Omission Materiality Threshold in Professional Disclosure
Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure
Technically True But Misleading Statement Prohibition
Concrete expression
The employment application question was limited to discipline 'in the practice of professional engineering' and PE license revocation/suspension; Engineer F's contractor license revocation was technically outside this literal scope, raising the question of whether Engineer F had a disclosure obligation beyond the literal question
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Interpretation
The scope of the question as written ('professional engineering' discipline, PE license) determines the literal disclosure obligation; the contractor license revocation falls outside this scope, but the underlying conduct — enabling unlicensed practice — may be sufficiently connected to professional character to trigger a broader honesty obligation
Invoked by
Engineer F Contractor License Revocation Omitting Engineer
Tension resolution
The question's explicit limitation to PE practice and PE license actions means Engineer F's negative answer was literally within scope; however, the ethical analysis must also assess whether the overall impression was materially misleading given that the contractor license revocation arose from conduct (enabling unlicensed practice) directly relevant to professional integrity
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer F's engineering license was never revoked or suspended, Engineer F's contractor's license was revoked because he allowed an unlicensed individual who was unrelated to his contracting firm to use the contractor license number on another project.

Text references
Engineer F's engineering license was never revoked or suspended, Engineer F's contractor's license was revoked because he allowed an unlicensed individual who was unrelated to his contracting firm to use the contractor license number on another project.
On the engineering firm employment application, there is a question asking whether the engineer 'has ever been disciplined in the practice of professional engineering or had his license suspended or revoked?'
TTL
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Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:27
Discovered in case
148
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T22:54:16.754277+00:00
First case
148
Generated
2026-02-28T22:54:16.754277+00:00
Attributed to
Case 148 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T23:11:08.570938
Generated by
ProEthica Case 148 Extraction