Engineer A Competence-Trust Substitution for Verification
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/163#Engineer_A_Competence-Trust_Substitution_for_Verification
Properties
Instance of
Competence-TrustSubstitutionforVerificationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Competence-TrustSubstitutionforVerificationState
Active period
Ongoing — reflects Engineer A's sincere but potentially mistaken professional belief
Affected parties
Clients
Engineer A
Public
Subordinate engineers
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's belief that confidence in subordinates satisfies responsible charge requirements
Terminated by
Ethics ruling clarifying that personal review cannot be substituted by trust in subordinates
Triggering event
Engineer A's formation of the belief that hiring competent engineers discharges his personal review obligation
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
He believes he is ethically and legally correct in not doing so because of his confidence in the ability of those he has hired and who are working under his general direction and supervision
Text references
He believes he is ethically and legally correct in not doing so because of his confidence in the ability of those he has hired and who are working under his general direction and supervision
TTL
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case163:Engineer_A_Competence-Trust_Substitution_for_Verification a proeth:Competence-TrustSubstitutionforVerificationState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Competence-Trust Substitution for Verification" ;
proeth:activeperiod "Ongoing — reflects Engineer A's sincere but potentially mistaken professional belief" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Clients",
"Engineer A",
"Public",
"Subordinate engineers" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "163" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T14:15:05.147635+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "163" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T14:15:05.147635+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "He believes he is ethically and legally correct in not doing so because of his confidence in the ability of those he has hired and who are working under his general direction and supervision" ;
proeth:stateclass "Competence-Trust Substitution for Verification State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's belief that confidence in subordinates satisfies responsible charge requirements" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Ethics ruling clarifying that personal review cannot be substituted by trust in subordinates" ;
proeth:textreferences "He believes he is ethically and legally correct in not doing so because of his confidence in the ability of those he has hired and who are working under his general direction and supervision" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer A's formation of the belief that hiring competent engineers discharges his personal review obligation" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 163 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T14:34:52.539433"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 163 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
163
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T14:15:05.147635+00:00
First case
163
Generated
2026-03-01T14:15:05.147635+00:00
Attributed to
Case 163 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:34:52.539433
Generated by
ProEthica Case 163 Extraction