BER Case 61-10
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/157#BER_Case_61-10
Properties
Instance of
Confidence
0.97
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Document title
NSPE Board of Ethical Review Case 61-10
Importance
high
Used by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review in analogical reasoning
Used in context
Cited as precedent distinguishing engineer objections to commercial product redesign not involving public health or safety, concluding such decisions are management prerogatives not subject to ethical challenge by engineers
Source Evidence
Source text
In Case 61-10 we distinguished a situation in which engineers had objected to the redesign of a commercial product, but which did not entail any question of public health or safety.
Text references
In Case 61-10 we distinguished a situation in which engineers had objected to the redesign of a commercial product, but which did not entail any question of public health or safety.
On that basis we concluded that this was a business decision for management and did not entitle the engineers to question the decision on ethical grounds.
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
157
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T19:19:34.118622+00:00
First case
157
Generated
2026-03-01T19:19:34.118622+00:00
Attributed to
Case 157 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T19:40:53.882855
Generated by
ProEthica Case 157 Extraction