Engineer A Professional Accountability Acceptance for Directed Work
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/163#Engineer_A_Professional_Accountability_Acceptance_for_Directed_Work
Properties
Instance of
ProfessionalAccountabilityAcceptanceforDirectedWorkObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProfessionalAccountabilityAcceptanceforDirectedWorkObligation
Case context
Engineer A seals plans prepared by both registered and non-registered engineers under his general direction, implicitly accepting accountability through the act of sealing while simultaneously disclaiming the detailed review that would make that accountability meaningful.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to accept full professional accountability for the quality, accuracy, and regulatory compliance of plans prepared by subordinate registered and non-registered engineers under his direction, recognizing that delegation of preparation tasks does not diminish his professional responsibility for the outcome — and that this accountability requires, not merely permits, detailed review before sealing.
Temporal scope
Each instance of sealing subordinate-prepared plans throughout Engineer A's tenure as Chief Engineer
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Organizational Scale Preventing Adequate Review
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A affixes his seal to some of the plans prepared by registered engineers working under his general direction who do not affix their seals to the plans.
Text references
At times Engineer A also seals plans prepared by non-registered, graduate engineers working under his general supervision.
Engineer A affixes his seal to some of the plans prepared by registered engineers working under his general direction who do not affix their seals to the plans.
Engineer A finds it impossible to give a detailed review or check of the design.
TTL
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case163:Engineer_A_Professional_Accountability_Acceptance_for_Directed_Work a proeth:ProfessionalAccountabilityAcceptanceforDirectedWorkObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Professional Accountability Acceptance for Directed Work" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case163:Engineer_A_Organizational_Scale_Preventing_Adequate_Review ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case163:Engineer_A_Organizational_Scale_Non-Excuse_Responsible_Charge_Sealing,
case163:Engineer_A_Organizational_Scale_Non-Excuse_Violation ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A seals plans prepared by both registered and non-registered engineers under his general direction, implicitly accepting accountability through the act of sealing while simultaneously disclaiming the detailed review that would make that accountability meaningful." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case163:Professional_Accountability_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Organizational_Scale_Rationalization ;
proeth:discoveredincase "163" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T14:19:56.596848+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "163" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T14:19:56.596848+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Professional Accountability Acceptance for Directed Work Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to accept full professional accountability for the quality, accuracy, and regulatory compliance of plans prepared by subordinate registered and non-registered engineers under his direction, recognizing that delegation of preparation tasks does not diminish his professional responsibility for the outcome — and that this accountability requires, not merely permits, detailed review before sealing." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A affixes his seal to some of the plans prepared by registered engineers working under his general direction who do not affix their seals to the plans." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Each instance of sealing subordinate-prepared plans throughout Engineer A's tenure as Chief Engineer" ;
proeth:textreferences "At times Engineer A also seals plans prepared by non-registered, graduate engineers working under his general supervision.",
"Engineer A affixes his seal to some of the plans prepared by registered engineers working under his general direction who do not affix their seals to the plans.",
"Engineer A finds it impossible to give a detailed review or check of the design." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 163 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T14:34:52.832429"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 163 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
163
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T14:19:56.596848+00:00
First case
163
Generated
2026-03-01T14:19:56.596848+00:00
Attributed to
Case 163 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:34:52.832429
Generated by
ProEthica Case 163 Extraction