Engineer A Subordinate Competence Confidence Non-Substitution Violation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/163#Engineer_A_Subordinate_Competence_Confidence_Non-Substitution_Violation
Properties
Instance of
SubordinateCompetenceConfidenceNon-SubstitutionforResponsibleChargeReviewObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SubordinateCompetenceConfidenceNon-SubstitutionforResponsibleChargeReviewObligation
Case context
Engineer A explicitly justifies his failure to conduct detailed reviews by citing his confidence in the ability of those he has hired, treating subjective trust in subordinate competence as a legally and ethically sufficient substitute for the responsible charge review standard.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from substituting his confidence in the ability of the engineers he has hired for the detailed review and check of the design that responsible charge requires before sealing their plans.
Temporal scope
Each instance where Engineer A sealed plans without detailed review, relying instead on confidence in subordinate ability
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Competence-Trust Substitution for Verification
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_Subordinate_Competence_Confidence_Non-Substitution_Violation a proeth:SubordinateCompetenceConfidenceNon-SubstitutionforResponsibleChargeReviewObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Subordinate Competence Confidence Non-Substitution Violation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case163:Engineer_A_Chief_Engineer_Minimum_Engagement_Responsible_Charge_Sealing ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case163:Engineer_A_Competence-Trust_Substitution_for_Verification ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A explicitly justifies his failure to conduct detailed reviews by citing his confidence in the ability of those he has hired, treating subjective trust in subordinate competence as a legally and ethically sufficient substitute for the responsible charge review standard." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
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 "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 "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 the engineers he has hired for the detailed review and check of the design that responsible charge requires before sealing their plans." ;
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:temporalscope "Each instance where Engineer A sealed plans without detailed review, relying instead on confidence in subordinate ability" ;
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:wasattributedto "Case 163 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T14:34:52.832282"^^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
2026-03-01T14:34:52.832282
Generated by
ProEthica Case 163 Extraction