Original Engineer Seal Integrity Right of Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/173#Original_Engineer_Seal_Integrity_Right_of_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
OriginalEngineerSealIntegrityRightUponDischarge
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#OriginalEngineerSealIntegrityRightUponDischarge
Applied to
Engineer B's undocumented alterations
Post-discharge plan transfer
Balancing with
Client property rights in plans
Engineer A's post-discharge disengagement interest
Concrete expression
Engineer A, having been discharged and having transferred the original drawings to the client while retaining reproducibles, retained a professional right and obligation to ensure that their seal was not left intact on materially altered plans — a right that was violated when Engineer B made major changes without removing Engineer A's seal or initiating any communication to alert Engineer A to the situation.
Confidence
0.85
Importance
high
Interpretation
The discharge and plan transfer did not extinguish Engineer A's seal integrity rights; Engineer A's decision to retain reproducibles reflects an implicit understanding that the seal creates continuing accountability that survives the client relationship.
Invoked by
Engineer A Discharged Original Design Engineer
Tension resolution
The client's property rights in the physical drawings do not include the right to authorize a successor engineer to leave the original engineer's seal on materially altered work; the seal's public protection function creates rights that belong to the profession and the public, not solely to the client.
Source Evidence
Source text
The client asked Engineer A for his original drawings. Engineer A complied, retaining a set of reproducibles.
Text references
At no time after Engineer B was retained were there any communications between the two engineers.
Each set had a cover sheet and all sheets in each set were signed and sealed by Engineer A.
The client asked Engineer A for his original drawings. Engineer A complied, retaining a set of reproducibles.
TTL
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case173:Original_Engineer_Seal_Integrity_Right_of_Engineer_A a proeth:OriginalEngineerSealIntegrityRightUponDischarge,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Original Engineer Seal Integrity Right of Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer B's undocumented alterations",
"Post-discharge plan transfer" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client property rights in plans",
"Engineer A's post-discharge disengagement interest" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A, having been discharged and having transferred the original drawings to the client while retaining reproducibles, retained a professional right and obligation to ensure that their seal was not left intact on materially altered plans — a right that was violated when Engineer B made major changes without removing Engineer A's seal or initiating any communication to alert Engineer A to the situation." ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "173" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T14:20:21.416449+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "173" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T14:20:21.416449+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The discharge and plan transfer did not extinguish Engineer A's seal integrity rights; Engineer A's decision to retain reproducibles reflects an implicit understanding that the seal creates continuing accountability that survives the client relationship." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Discharged Original Design Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Original Engineer Seal Integrity Right Upon Discharge" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The client asked Engineer A for his original drawings. Engineer A complied, retaining a set of reproducibles." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The client's property rights in the physical drawings do not include the right to authorize a successor engineer to leave the original engineer's seal on materially altered work; the seal's public protection function creates rights that belong to the profession and the public, not solely to the client." ;
proeth:textreferences "At no time after Engineer B was retained were there any communications between the two engineers.",
"Each set had a cover sheet and all sheets in each set were signed and sealed by Engineer A.",
"The client asked Engineer A for his original drawings. Engineer A complied, retaining a set of reproducibles." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 173 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T14:41:54.500442"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 173 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
173
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T14:20:21.416449+00:00
First case
173
Generated
2026-03-01T14:20:21.416449+00:00
Attributed to
Case 173 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:41:54.500442
Generated by
ProEthica Case 173 Extraction