Honesty Professional Virtue Violated by Engineer A Fraudulent Check Writing
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/151#Honesty_Professional_Virtue_Violated_by_Engineer_A_Fraudulent_Check_Writing
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Engineer A Probationary Status Employed Engineer
Balancing with
Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure
Concrete expression
Engineer A's writing and cashing of fraudulent checks while employed as an engineer directly violates the professional virtue of honesty, which requires engineers to refrain from deliberate deception in all dealings, not merely those directly related to engineering services
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
The honesty obligation of the engineering ethics code is not limited to technical representations; it encompasses the engineer's character in all dealings, including financial transactions conducted through the employment relationship
Invoked by
NSPE Ethics Committee Disciplinary Authority
Tension resolution
Honesty is a foundational professional virtue that admits no exception for personal financial dealings; fraudulent check-writing is a direct and unambiguous violation
Source Evidence
Source text
During his period of probation he was employed as an engineer by another firm and while so employed he engaged in the writing and cashing of fraudulent checks.
Text references
During his period of probation he was employed as an engineer by another firm and while so employed he engaged in the writing and cashing of fraudulent checks.
TTL
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proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's writing and cashing of fraudulent checks while employed as an engineer directly violates the professional virtue of honesty, which requires engineers to refrain from deliberate deception in all dealings, not merely those directly related to engineering services" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "151" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "151" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T10:08:47.424737+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The honesty obligation of the engineering ethics code is not limited to technical representations; it encompasses the engineer's character in all dealings, including financial transactions conducted through the employment relationship" ;
proeth:invokedby "NSPE Ethics Committee Disciplinary Authority" ;
proeth:principleclass "Honesty" ;
proeth:sourcetext "During his period of probation he was employed as an engineer by another firm and while so employed he engaged in the writing and cashing of fraudulent checks." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Honesty is a foundational professional virtue that admits no exception for personal financial dealings; fraudulent check-writing is a direct and unambiguous violation" ;
proeth:textreferences "During his period of probation he was employed as an engineer by another firm and while so employed he engaged in the writing and cashing of fraudulent checks." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
151
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T10:08:47.424737+00:00
First case
151
Generated
2026-03-02T10:08:47.424737+00:00
Attributed to
Case 151 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T10:26:02.461837
Generated by
ProEthica Case 151 Extraction