Impaired Practice Cessation Obligation Violated By Engineer B
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/16#Impaired_Practice_Cessation_Obligation_Violated_By_Engineer_B
Properties
Instance of
ImpairedPracticeCessationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ImpairedPracticeCessationObligation
Applied to
Engineer B signing and sealing drawings without adequate review
Engineer B's continued practice after stroke
Balancing with
Financial survival of firm
Loyalty to firm employees
Concrete expression
Engineer B, having suffered a stroke that substantially diminished his cognitive capacity, continued to sign and seal structural engineering drawings with little to no review rather than suspending practice or arranging qualified substitute supervision
Confidence
0.98
Importance
high
Interpretation
The stroke created a medical impairment that triggered the cessation obligation; financial reasons do not constitute an ethical justification for continuing impaired practice
Invoked by
Engineer B Impaired Engineer Delegating Unsealed Work
Tension resolution
Impaired practice cessation obligation is not overridden by financial considerations; Engineer B was required to suspend practice or arrange qualified substitute supervision
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B divulged he had suffered a stroke a few months prior. Being the only licensed professional engineer in his firm, for financial and other reasons, Engineer B felt he could not afford to suspend work or close his office.
Text references
Engineer B chose to sign and seal design drawings without proper review while impaired by this stroke was a problem.
Engineer B would sign and seal the drawings with little to no review
for financial and other reasons, Engineer B felt he could not afford to suspend work or close his office
TTL
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case16:Impaired_Practice_Cessation_Obligation_Violated_By_Engineer_B a proeth:ImpairedPracticeCessationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Impaired Practice Cessation Obligation Violated By Engineer B" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer B signing and sealing drawings without adequate review",
"Engineer B's continued practice after stroke" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Financial survival of firm",
"Loyalty to firm employees" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer B, having suffered a stroke that substantially diminished his cognitive capacity, continued to sign and seal structural engineering drawings with little to no review rather than suspending practice or arranging qualified substitute supervision" ;
proeth:confidence "0.98" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "16" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T11:58:37.875161+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "16" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T11:58:37.875161+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The stroke created a medical impairment that triggered the cessation obligation; financial reasons do not constitute an ethical justification for continuing impaired practice" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer B Impaired Engineer Delegating Unsealed Work" ;
proeth:principleclass "Impaired Practice Cessation Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B divulged he had suffered a stroke a few months prior. Being the only licensed professional engineer in his firm, for financial and other reasons, Engineer B felt he could not afford to suspend work or close his office." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Impaired practice cessation obligation is not overridden by financial considerations; Engineer B was required to suspend practice or arrange qualified substitute supervision" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B chose to sign and seal design drawings without proper review while impaired by this stroke was a problem.",
"Engineer B would sign and seal the drawings with little to no review",
"for financial and other reasons, Engineer B felt he could not afford to suspend work or close his office" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 16 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T12:12:21.726838"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 16 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
16
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T11:58:37.875161+00:00
First case
16
Generated
2026-02-25T11:58:37.875161+00:00
Attributed to
Case 16 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T12:12:21.726838
Generated by
ProEthica Case 16 Extraction