Responsible Charge Standard Clarification — Direction and Control Definition
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/163#Responsible_Charge_Standard_Clarification_—_Direction_and_Control_Definition
Properties
Instance of
ResponsibleChargeStandardClarificationActiveState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ResponsibleChargeStandardClarificationActiveState
Active period
Throughout the Board's deliberation on this case, building on prior cases including Case 85-3
Affected parties
Engineer A (chief engineer)
Engineering firm
Non-registered subordinate engineers
Public relying on sealed documents
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Subject
NSPE Board of Ethical Review's active definitional work on 'direction and control' and 'responsible charge'
Terminated by
Issuance of the Board's opinion establishing the managerial responsible charge model with segment-level sealing requirements
Triggering event
Board's need to resolve the ethical permissibility of a chief engineer sealing documents prepared by subordinates in a large firm
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
We think a carefully crafted definition of that provision will assist us in a resolution of the facts in this case
Text references
We think a carefully crafted definition of that provision will assist us in a resolution of the facts in this case
responsible charge--the term 'responsible charge' as used in this act shall mean 'direct control and personal supervision of engineering work'
the role of the chief engineer in an engineering firm may be that of a 'manager who provides guidance, direction, and counsel'
TTL
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proeth:textreferences "We think a carefully crafted definition of that provision will assist us in a resolution of the facts in this case",
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
163
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T14:16:44.105621+00:00
First case
163
Generated
2026-03-01T14:16:44.105621+00:00
Attributed to
Case 163 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:34:52.539979
Generated by
ProEthica Case 163 Extraction