NSPE Code Individual Applicability Clarification Active
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/161#NSPE_Code_Individual_Applicability_Clarification_Active
Properties
Instance of
CodeIndividual-Not-OrganizationApplicabilityClarificationActiveState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CodeIndividual-Not-OrganizationApplicabilityClarificationActiveState
Active period
From January 1971 NSPE Board of Directors directive onward, active throughout this case analysis
Affected parties
Engineer X
Engineers in Firm A
Engineers in Firm B
Engineers in the government agency
Confidence
0.82
Importance
medium
Subject
NSPE Code of Ethics applicability to engineers within firms and government agencies
Terminated by
Not terminated — persistent clarification state
Triggering event
NSPE Board of Directors directive adopted January 1971 clarifying code applies to individuals not organizations
Urgency level
low
Source Evidence
Source text
The Code of Ethics applies only to individual engineers and not to organizations as such
Text references
The Code of Ethics applies only to individual engineers and not to organizations as such
We therefore treat the case before us as involving actions of engineers in the governmental agency and consulting firms in situations in which the engineer(s) had the power of decision or effective recommendation
business form or type should not negate nor influence conformance of individuals to the code
TTL
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case161:NSPE_Code_Individual_Applicability_Clarification_Active a proeth:CodeIndividual-Not-OrganizationApplicabilityClarificationActiveState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "NSPE Code Individual Applicability Clarification Active" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From January 1971 NSPE Board of Directors directive onward, active throughout this case analysis" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Engineer X",
"Engineers in Firm A",
"Engineers in Firm B",
"Engineers in the government agency" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.82" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "161" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T11:34:49.572726+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "161" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T11:34:49.572726+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The Code of Ethics applies only to individual engineers and not to organizations as such" ;
proeth:stateclass "Code Individual-Not-Organization Applicability Clarification Active State" ;
proeth:subject "NSPE Code of Ethics applicability to engineers within firms and government agencies" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Not terminated — persistent clarification state" ;
proeth:textreferences "The Code of Ethics applies only to individual engineers and not to organizations as such",
"We therefore treat the case before us as involving actions of engineers in the governmental agency and consulting firms in situations in which the engineer(s) had the power of decision or effective recommendation",
"business form or type should not negate nor influence conformance of individuals to the code" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "NSPE Board of Directors directive adopted January 1971 clarifying code applies to individuals not organizations" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "low" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 161 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T11:58:20.068659"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 161 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
161
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T11:34:49.572726+00:00
First case
161
Generated
2026-03-02T11:34:49.572726+00:00
Attributed to
Case 161 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T11:58:20.068659
Generated by
ProEthica Case 161 Extraction