Subordinate Complicity Prohibition Violated By Engineer Intern C
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/16#Subordinate_Complicity_Prohibition_Violated_By_Engineer_Intern_C
Properties
Instance of
SubordinateComplicityProhibitioninUnlicensedorIncapacitatedSupervision
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SubordinateComplicityProhibitioninUnlicensedorIncapacitatedSupervision
Applied to
Engineer Intern C's performance of structural design under Engineer B's nominal seal
Balancing with
Employment loyalty to Engineer B
Financial dependence on continued employment
Concrete expression
Engineer Intern C, fully aware of Engineer B's impaired condition, cooperated in an arrangement to perform all substantive structural engineering design under the nominal seal of an engineer who could not provide genuine direction, review, or supervision
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Interpretation
Awareness of Engineer B's impairment created an independent ethical obligation for Engineer Intern C to refuse cooperation and report the arrangement; the intern status did not eliminate ethical culpability
Invoked by
Engineer Intern C Unsupervised Engineer Intern Performing Licensed Work
Tension resolution
Ethical culpability attaches to knowing participation in impaired supervisory arrangement regardless of subordinate status; intern must refuse and report
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer Intern C (who was fully aware of Engineer B's impaired condition) 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 Intern C (who was fully aware of Engineer B's impaired condition) would perform the structural design and develop the construction drawings
Engineer Intern C cooperated with Engineer B in their arrangement to continue to deliver engineering design services as soon as it was realized Engineer B was unable to provide guidance, direct supervision or review.
Engineer Intern C is ethically culpable through violation of Section II.1.e, Section II.1.f, and Section III.8.a of the Code of Ethics.
TTL
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case16:Subordinate_Complicity_Prohibition_Violated_By_Engineer_Intern_C a proeth:SubordinateComplicityProhibitioninUnlicensedorIncapacitatedSupervision,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Subordinate Complicity Prohibition Violated By Engineer Intern C" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer Intern C's performance of structural design under Engineer B's nominal seal" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Employment loyalty to Engineer B",
"Financial dependence on continued employment" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer Intern C, fully aware of Engineer B's impaired condition, cooperated in an arrangement to perform all substantive structural engineering design under the nominal seal of an engineer who could not provide genuine direction, review, or supervision" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
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 "Awareness of Engineer B's impairment created an independent ethical obligation for Engineer Intern C to refuse cooperation and report the arrangement; the intern status did not eliminate ethical culpability" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer Intern C Unsupervised Engineer Intern Performing Licensed Work" ;
proeth:principleclass "Subordinate Complicity Prohibition in Unlicensed or Incapacitated Supervision" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer Intern C (who was fully aware of Engineer B's impaired condition) 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 "Ethical culpability attaches to knowing participation in impaired supervisory arrangement regardless of subordinate status; intern must refuse and report" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer Intern C (who was fully aware of Engineer B's impaired condition) would perform the structural design and develop the construction drawings",
"Engineer Intern C cooperated with Engineer B in their arrangement to continue to deliver engineering design services as soon as it was realized Engineer B was unable to provide guidance, direct supervision or review.",
"Engineer Intern C is ethically culpable through violation of Section II.1.e, Section II.1.f, and Section III.8.a of the Code of Ethics." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 16 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T12:12:21.727370"^^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
2026-02-25T12:12:21.727370
Generated by
ProEthica Case 16 Extraction