DP2
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/151#DP2
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP2
Decision question
Should Engineer A have disclosed his criminal conviction and probationary status to his new engineering employer before accepting employment, or was he permitted to accept employment without such disclosure on the ground that no explicit Code provision required pre-employment criminal disclosure?
Focus
Whether Engineer A was obligated to disclose his criminal conviction for theft and his supervised probationary status to his new engineering employer before accepting employment, and whether silent acceptance of that employment constitutes an independent ethics violation beyond the underlying criminal conduct.
Option1
Proactively inform the prospective engineering employer of the theft conviction and supervised probationary status before accepting the employment offer, treating this information as material to the employer's hiring decision and required by the Code's affirmative honesty obligations.
Option2
Accept employment without volunteering the conviction, but answer truthfully and completely if the employer directly asks about criminal history or legal encumbrances — treating the Code's honesty obligation as prohibiting active misrepresentation rather than imposing an affirmative duty of unsolicited disclosure.
Option3
Refrain from accepting engineering employment during the probationary period entirely, recognizing that the combination of legal supervision and professional trust creates an irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved by disclosure alone, and that the most honest course is to defer professional employment until legal obligations are discharged.
Role
Engineer A
TTL
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@prefix proeth-cases: <http://proethica.org/ontology/cases#> .
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@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case151:DP2 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP2" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP2" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "Should Engineer A have disclosed his criminal conviction and probationary status to his new engineering employer before accepting employment, or was he permitted to accept employment without such disclosure on the ground that no explicit Code provision required pre-employment criminal disclosure?" ;
proeth:focus "Whether Engineer A was obligated to disclose his criminal conviction for theft and his supervised probationary status to his new engineering employer before accepting employment, and whether silent acceptance of that employment constitutes an independent ethics violation beyond the underlying criminal conduct." ;
proeth:option1 "Proactively inform the prospective engineering employer of the theft conviction and supervised probationary status before accepting the employment offer, treating this information as material to the employer's hiring decision and required by the Code's affirmative honesty obligations." ;
proeth:option2 "Accept employment without volunteering the conviction, but answer truthfully and completely if the employer directly asks about criminal history or legal encumbrances — treating the Code's honesty obligation as prohibiting active misrepresentation rather than imposing an affirmative duty of unsolicited disclosure." ;
proeth:option3 "Refrain from accepting engineering employment during the probationary period entirely, recognizing that the combination of legal supervision and professional trust creates an irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved by disclosure alone, and that the most honest course is to defer professional employment until legal obligations are discharged." ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer A" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T10:39:05.796591"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 151 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
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2026-03-02T10:39:05.796591
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ProEthica Case 151 Extraction