Engineer A Subordinate Competence Confidence Non-Substitution Sealing Review
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/163#Engineer_A_Subordinate_Competence_Confidence_Non-Substitution_Sealing_Review
Properties
Instance of
SubordinateCompetenceConfidenceNon-SubstitutionforResponsibleChargeReviewObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SubordinateCompetenceConfidenceNon-SubstitutionforResponsibleChargeReviewObligation
Case context
Engineer A justified his sealing practice by citing his confidence in the ability of those he had hired, treating subjective trust in subordinate competence as equivalent to responsible charge.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (Chief Engineer)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from substituting his confidence in the ability of his subordinate engineers — whether registered or non-registered — for the detailed review and direct control required by responsible charge as a prerequisite to sealing their work.
Temporal scope
At the time of sealing each document prepared by subordinate engineers
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A explicitly justifies his failure to conduct detailed reviews by citing his confidence in the ability of those he has hired
Text references
Engineer A explicitly justifies his failure to conduct detailed reviews by citing his confidence in the ability of those he has hired
Section II.2.b. examines the issue of ethical responsibility and states that an engineer must sign and seal documents and assume legal responsibility only for that in which he possesses understanding and cognizance
TTL
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case163:Engineer_A_Subordinate_Competence_Confidence_Non-Substitution_Sealing_Review a proeth:SubordinateCompetenceConfidenceNon-SubstitutionforResponsibleChargeReviewObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Subordinate Competence Confidence Non-Substitution Sealing Review" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case163:Engineer_A_Chief_Engineer_Minimum_Engagement_Responsible_Charge_Sealing,
case163:Engineer_A_Responsible_Charge_Detailed_Review_Before_Sealing_Violation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case163:Engineer_A_Competence-Trust_Substitution_for_Verification ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A justified his sealing practice by citing his confidence in the ability of those he had hired, treating subjective trust in subordinate competence as equivalent to responsible charge." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case163:Subordinate_Competence_Confidence_Non-Substitution_Principle_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Rationalization,
case163:Subordinate_Competence_Confidence_Non-Substitution_for_Review_Obligation_Applied_to_Engineer_A ;
proeth:discoveredincase "163" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T14:26:11.018989+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "163" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T14:26:11.018989+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (Chief Engineer)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Subordinate Competence Confidence Non-Substitution for Responsible Charge Review Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from substituting his confidence in the ability of his subordinate engineers — whether registered or non-registered — for the detailed review and direct control required by responsible charge as a prerequisite to sealing their work." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A explicitly justifies his failure to conduct detailed reviews by citing his confidence in the ability of those he has hired" ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of sealing each document prepared by subordinate engineers" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A explicitly justifies his failure to conduct detailed reviews by citing his confidence in the ability of those he has hired",
"Section II.2.b. examines the issue of ethical responsibility and states that an engineer must sign and seal documents and assume legal responsibility only for that in which he possesses understanding and cognizance" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 163 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T14:34:52.837700"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
163
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T14:26:11.018989+00:00
First case
163
Generated
2026-03-01T14:26:11.018989+00:00
Attributed to
Case 163 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:34:52.837700
Generated by
ProEthica Case 163 Extraction