Responsible Charge Engagement Violated By Engineer B
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/16#Responsible_Charge_Engagement_Violated_By_Engineer_B
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Engineer B's signing and sealing of drawings prepared by Engineer Intern C
Balancing with
Impaired Practice Cessation Obligation
Professional Competence
Concrete expression
Engineer B signed and sealed structural drawings prepared entirely by Engineer Intern C without involvement in design development and with little to no review, failing to satisfy the responsible charge standard requiring active engagement from conception to completion
Confidence
0.98
Importance
high
Interpretation
Responsible charge requires genuine involvement in design development, not merely post-hoc review; Engineer B's arrangement with Engineer Intern C constituted a complete abdication of responsible charge
Invoked by
Engineer B Impaired Engineer Delegating Unsealed Work
Tension resolution
Responsible charge cannot be satisfied by nominal review; Engineer B's arrangement violated the standard regardless of financial pressures
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer Intern C would perform the structural design and develop the construction drawings, and Engineer B would sign and seal the drawings with little to no review.
Text references
Engineer B would sign and seal the drawings with little to no review.
Reviewing drawings or documents after preparation without involvement in the design and development process does not satisfy the definition of Responsible Charge.
The professional engineer in Responsible Charge is actively engaged in the engineering process, from conception to completion.
TTL
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case16:Responsible_Charge_Engagement_Violated_By_Engineer_B a proeth:ResponsibleChargeEngagement,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Responsible Charge Engagement Violated By Engineer B" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer B's signing and sealing of drawings prepared by Engineer Intern C" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Impaired Practice Cessation Obligation",
"Professional Competence" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer B signed and sealed structural drawings prepared entirely by Engineer Intern C without involvement in design development and with little to no review, failing to satisfy the responsible charge standard requiring active engagement from conception to completion" ;
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 "Responsible charge requires genuine involvement in design development, not merely post-hoc review; Engineer B's arrangement with Engineer Intern C constituted a complete abdication of responsible charge" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer B Impaired Engineer Delegating Unsealed Work" ;
proeth:principleclass "Responsible Charge Engagement" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer Intern C would perform the structural design and develop the construction drawings, and Engineer B would sign and seal the drawings with little to no review." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Responsible charge cannot be satisfied by nominal review; Engineer B's arrangement violated the standard regardless of financial pressures" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B would sign and seal the drawings with little to no review.",
"Reviewing drawings or documents after preparation without involvement in the design and development process does not satisfy the definition of Responsible Charge.",
"The professional engineer in Responsible Charge is actively engaged in the engineering process, from conception to completion." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 16 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T12:12:21.727018"^^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
2026-02-25T12:12:21.727018
Generated by
ProEthica Case 16 Extraction