Engineer B Discharged Engineer Review Without Notification Permissibility Case 82-5
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/173#Engineer_B_Discharged_Engineer_Review_Without_Notification_Permissibility_Case_82-5
Properties
Instance of
DischargedEngineerReviewWithoutNotificationPermissibilityRecognitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DischargedEngineerReviewWithoutNotificationPermissibilityRecognitionObligation
Case context
Engineer B was retained by the subdivision client to review and redesign a project after the client discharged Engineer A following full fee payment. The client passed Engineer A's sealed plans to Engineer B to use as a guide.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.9
Importance
medium
Obligated party
Engineer B (Successor Design Engineer)
Obligation statement
Engineer B was not ethically required to notify Engineer A before reviewing Engineer A's work, because Engineer A had been formally discharged by the client, terminating the professional relationship that triggers the NSPE III.8.a. notification requirement.
Temporal scope
At the time Engineer B was retained and commenced review of Engineer A's sealed plans
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer B Post-Discharge Collegial Consultation Prudential Obligation Case 82-5, Engineer B Success or Engineer Prior-Engineer Communication Before Redesign
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Seal Retained on Engineer B Altered Grading Plans, Engineer A Seal Retained on Engineer B Altered Public Improvement Plans, Engineer B Undocumented Redesign on Engineer A Plans
derivedFromPrinciple
Peer Review Purpose Articulated in Case 79-7 Precedent
Source Evidence
Source text
this Board concedes that Engineer B did not act unethically in agreeing to review the work of Engineer A without notifying Engineer A
Text references
the client clearly discharged Engineer A from his services
this Board concedes that Engineer B did not act unethically in agreeing to review the work of Engineer A without notifying Engineer A
TTL
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case173:Engineer_B_Discharged_Engineer_Review_Without_Notification_Permissibility_Case_82-5 a proeth:DischargedEngineerReviewWithoutNotificationPermissibilityRecognitionObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Discharged Engineer Review Without Notification Permissibility Case 82-5" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case173:Engineer_B_Post-Discharge_Collegial_Consultation_Prudential_Obligation_Case_82-5,
case173:Engineer_B_Successor_Engineer_Prior-Engineer_Communication_Before_Redesign ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case173:Engineer_A_Seal_Retained_on_Engineer_B_Altered_Grading_Plans,
case173:Engineer_A_Seal_Retained_on_Engineer_B_Altered_Public_Improvement_Plans,
case173:Engineer_B_Undocumented_Redesign_on_Engineer_A_Plans ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer B was retained by the subdivision client to review and redesign a project after the client discharged Engineer A following full fee payment. The client passed Engineer A's sealed plans to Engineer B to use as a guide." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case173:Peer_Review_Purpose_Articulated_in_Case_79-7_Precedent ;
proeth:discoveredincase "173" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T14:31:07.586453+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "173" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T14:31:07.586453+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer B (Successor Design Engineer)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Discharged Engineer Review Without Notification Permissibility Recognition Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer B was not ethically required to notify Engineer A before reviewing Engineer A's work, because Engineer A had been formally discharged by the client, terminating the professional relationship that triggers the NSPE III.8.a. notification requirement." ;
proeth:sourcetext "this Board concedes that Engineer B did not act unethically in agreeing to review the work of Engineer A without notifying Engineer A" ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time Engineer B was retained and commenced review of Engineer A's sealed plans" ;
proeth:textreferences "the client clearly discharged Engineer A from his services",
"this Board concedes that Engineer B did not act unethically in agreeing to review the work of Engineer A without notifying Engineer A" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 173 Extraction" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
173
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T14:31:07.586453+00:00
First case
173
Generated
2026-03-01T14:31:07.586453+00:00
Attributed to
Case 173 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:41:54.509105
Generated by
ProEthica Case 173 Extraction