Engineer B Covert Review Prohibition
Cs · Constraint
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/15#Engineer_B_Covert_Review_Prohibition
Definition
Engineer B was prohibited from conducting the peer review of Engineer A's second tower plans without first notifying Engineer A, regardless of the Owner's instruction to proceed covertly.
Properties
Instance of
CovertReviewProhibitionConstraint
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CovertReviewProhibitionConstraint
Case context
Owner instructed Engineer B to review Engineer A's second tower plans without Engineer A's knowledge. Engineer B objected, recognizing that covert review violates professional ethics obligations toward a fellow engineer.
Confidence
0.91
Constraint statement
Engineer B was prohibited from conducting the peer review of Engineer A's second tower plans without first notifying Engineer A, regardless of the Owner's instruction to proceed covertly.
Severity
high
Source
NSPE Code of Ethics, Section III.7.a; professional peer review practice standards
Temporal scope
Prior to and throughout the peer review engagement
Match Confidence
0.78
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Covert Review Prohibition Constraint': This constraint is a specific ethical boundary on permissible review conduct derived from professional ethics codes. It is a variant of the general Ethical Constraint class, with the distinguishing feature being the prohibition on covert peer review. It also has partial overlap with Non-Deception (Constraint) from the ontology, since conducting a covert review involves a form of professional deception toward the reviewed engineer. The best parent match is Ethical Constraint as the broader category, with Non-Deception (Constraint) as a closely related provision.
Matched Ontology Label
Ethical Constraint
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
confidence
constraintClass
constraintStatement
severity
source
temporalScope
textReferences
Relationships
constrainedEntity
Agent Engineer B
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer B objects to conducting the peer review without advising Engineer A.
Owner instructs Engineer B to conduct the peer review without letting Engineer A know.
Source text
Owner instructs Engineer B to conduct the peer review without letting Engineer A know.
TTL
@prefix case15: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/15#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> .
@prefix proeth-prov: <http://proethica.org/provenance#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case15:Engineer_B_Covert_Review_Prohibition a proeth:CovertReviewProhibitionConstraint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Covert Review Prohibition" ;
proeth-core:constrainedEntity case15:Agent_Engineer_B ;
proeth:caseContext "Owner instructed Engineer B to review Engineer A's second tower plans without Engineer A's knowledge. Engineer B objected, recognizing that covert review violates professional ethics obligations toward a fellow engineer." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Constraint" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:constrainedEntity "Engineer B" ;
proeth:constraintClass "Covert Review Prohibition Constraint" ;
proeth:constraintStatement "Engineer B was prohibited from conducting the peer review of Engineer A's second tower plans without first notifying Engineer A, regardless of the Owner's instruction to proceed covertly." ;
proeth:severity "high" ;
proeth:source "NSPE Code of Ethics, Section III.7.a; professional peer review practice standards" ;
proeth:temporalScope "Prior to and throughout the peer review engagement" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer B objects to conducting the peer review without advising Engineer A.",
"Owner instructs Engineer B to conduct the peer review without letting Engineer A know." ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 15 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-02T19:57:27.688172+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 15 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.78 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Via class 'Covert Review Prohibition Constraint': This constraint is a specific ethical boundary on permissible review conduct derived from professional ethics codes. It is a variant of the general Ethical Constraint class, with the distinguishing feature being the prohibition on covert peer review. It also has partial overlap with Non-Deception (Constraint) from the ontology, since conducting a covert review involves a form of professional deception toward the reviewed engineer. The best parent match is Ethical Constraint as the broader category, with Non-Deception (Constraint) as a closely related provision." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:EthicalConstraint ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Ethical Constraint" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Owner instructs Engineer B to conduct the peer review without letting Engineer A know." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "caseContext",
"confidence",
"constraintClass",
"constraintStatement",
"severity",
"source",
"temporalScope",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer B was prohibited from conducting the peer review of Engineer A's second tower plans without first notifying Engineer A, regardless of the Owner's instruction to proceed covertly." ;
skos:definition "Engineer B was prohibited from conducting the peer review of Engineer A's second tower plans without first notifying Engineer A, regardless of the Owner's instruction to proceed covertly." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-02T19:57:27.688172+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 15 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 15 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
15
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-02T19:57:27.688172+00:00
First case
15
Generated
2026-06-02T19:57:27.688172+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 15 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 15 Extraction