NSPE-Code-Section-I.4
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/171#NSPE-Code-Section-I.4
Properties
Instance of
Confidence
0.97
Created by
National Society of Professional Engineers
Document title
NSPE Code of Ethics – Section I.4 (Faithful Agent and Trustee)
Importance
high
Used by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Used in context
Invoked to establish Engineer A's duty of loyalty, good faith, and disclosure to employer Engineer B while still employed; grounds the finding that soliciting current clients without disclosure violates the faithful agent obligation
Source Evidence
Source text
An engineer is expected to act, at all times in professional matters for the employer, as a faithful agent and trustee (Section I.4.).
Text references
An engineer is expected to act, at all times in professional matters for the employer, as a faithful agent and trustee (Section I.4.).
it is concluded that Engineer A violated Section I.4. by failing to act as a faithful employee.
TTL
@prefix case171: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/171#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case171:NSPE-Code-Section-I.4 a proeth:ProfessionalCode,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "NSPE-Code-Section-I.4" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Resource" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:createdby "National Society of Professional Engineers" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "171" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:documenttitle "NSPE Code of Ethics – Section I.4 (Faithful Agent and Trustee)" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T14:25:25.682284+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "171" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T14:25:25.682284+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:resourceclass "Professional Code" ;
proeth:sourcetext "An engineer is expected to act, at all times in professional matters for the employer, as a faithful agent and trustee (Section I.4.)." ;
proeth:textreferences "An engineer is expected to act, at all times in professional matters for the employer, as a faithful agent and trustee (Section I.4.).",
"it is concluded that Engineer A violated Section I.4. by failing to act as a faithful employee." ;
proeth:usedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:usedincontext "Invoked to establish Engineer A's duty of loyalty, good faith, and disclosure to employer Engineer B while still employed; grounds the finding that soliciting current clients without disclosure violates the faithful agent obligation" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 171 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T14:51:15.267025"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 171 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
171
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T14:25:25.682284+00:00
First case
171
Generated
2026-03-02T14:25:25.682284+00:00
Attributed to
Case 171 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T14:51:15.267025
Generated by
ProEthica Case 171 Extraction