Engineer A Responsible Charge Detailed Review Before Sealing Violation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/163#Engineer_A_Responsible_Charge_Detailed_Review_Before_Sealing_Violation
Properties
Instance of
ResponsibleChargeDetailedReviewBeforeSealingObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ResponsibleChargeDetailedReviewBeforeSealingObligation
Case context
Engineer A is Chief Engineer of a large firm who seals plans prepared by both registered and non-registered graduate engineers without conducting a detailed review or check of the design, citing organizational size and project volume as justification.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated, before affixing his professional seal to plans prepared by registered and non-registered engineers under his supervision, to conduct a detailed review or check of the design sufficient to constitute responsible charge — and to refrain from sealing those plans on the basis of general direction and supervision alone.
Temporal scope
Each instance of sealing plans prepared by subordinate engineers throughout Engineer A's tenure as Chief Engineer
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A General Direction Non-Equivalence to Responsible Charge Violation, Engineer A Subordinate Competence Confidence Non-Substitution Sealing Review
defeasibleUnder
Chief Engineer Managerial Responsible Charge Model — Engineer A
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A finds it impossible to give a detailed review or check of the design.
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_Responsible_Charge_Detailed_Review_Before_Sealing_Violation a proeth:ResponsibleChargeDetailedReviewBeforeSealingObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Responsible Charge Detailed Review Before Sealing Violation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case163:Engineer_A_General_Direction_Non-Equivalence_to_Responsible_Charge_Violation,
case163:Engineer_A_Subordinate_Competence_Confidence_Non-Substitution_Sealing_Review ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/163#Chief_Engineer_Managerial_Responsible_Charge_Model_—_Engineer_A> ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case163:Engineer_A_Subordinate_Competence_Confidence_Non-Substitution_Sealing_Review,
case163:Engineer_A_Subordinate_Competence_Confidence_Non-Substitution_Violation ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A is Chief Engineer of a large firm who seals plans prepared by both registered and non-registered graduate engineers without conducting a detailed review or check of the design, citing organizational size and project volume as justification." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case163:Detailed_Review_Sufficiency_Standard_Invoked_Against_Engineer_A_Sealing_Practice,
case163:Responsible_Charge_Engagement_Standard_Applied_to_Engineer_A_General_Supervision ;
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 "Responsible Charge Detailed Review Before Sealing Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated, before affixing his professional seal to plans prepared by registered and non-registered engineers under his supervision, to conduct a detailed review or check of the design sufficient to constitute responsible charge — and to refrain from sealing those plans on the basis of general direction and supervision alone." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A finds it impossible to give a detailed review or check of the design." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Each instance of sealing plans prepared by subordinate engineers 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 "2026-03-01T14:34:52.831787"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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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
2026-03-01T14:34:52.831787
Generated by
ProEthica Case 163 Extraction