Vague Responsibility Assumption Insufficiency Invoked Against Engineer B
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/173#Vague_Responsibility_Assumption_Insufficiency_Invoked_Against_Engineer_B
Properties
Instance of
VagueResponsibilityAssumptionInsufficiencyforSealedPlanModification
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#VagueResponsibilityAssumptionInsufficiencyforSealedPlanModification
Applied to
Engineer B's title sheet disclaimer on the public improvement plan set
Balancing with
Responsible Charge Integrity and Seal Authority Principle
Concrete expression
Engineer B's general title-sheet notation claiming responsibility for 'revisions' was insufficient because it did not identify what was changed, did not remove Engineer A's seal from altered sheets, and did not constitute a proper professional certification of the modified design through sealing of affected sheets
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Interpretation
A non-specific declaration of responsibility for revisions fails to satisfy the professional accountability obligations arising from material design changes to another engineer's sealed plans
Invoked by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Tension resolution
The Board found that the notation's vagueness rendered it 'virtually meaningless' as a professional accountability mechanism, confirming that specificity is a necessary element of any valid assumption of responsibility for design changes
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B's failure to state with specificity what those changes in fact were made such a notation on the title sheet virtually meaningless.
Text references
In addition, we are troubled by Engineer B's failure to acknowledge responsibility for the full design by notations on the drawings.
We acknowledge that Engineer B did in fact note on the title sheet of the public improvement plans that he was taking responsibility for the 'revisions of the plans.' However, as we have indicated, Engineer B's failure to state with specificity what those changes in fact were made such a notation on the title sheet virtually meaningless.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Vague Responsibility Assumption Insufficiency Invoked Against Engineer B" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer B's title sheet disclaimer on the public improvement plan set" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Responsible Charge Integrity and Seal Authority Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer B's general title-sheet notation claiming responsibility for 'revisions' was insufficient because it did not identify what was changed, did not remove Engineer A's seal from altered sheets, and did not constitute a proper professional certification of the modified design through sealing of affected sheets" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "173" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T14:28:53.714541+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "173" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T14:28:53.714541+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "A non-specific declaration of responsibility for revisions fails to satisfy the professional accountability obligations arising from material design changes to another engineer's sealed plans" ;
proeth:invokedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:principleclass "Vague Responsibility Assumption Insufficiency for Sealed Plan Modification" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B's failure to state with specificity what those changes in fact were made such a notation on the title sheet virtually meaningless." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The Board found that the notation's vagueness rendered it 'virtually meaningless' as a professional accountability mechanism, confirming that specificity is a necessary element of any valid assumption of responsibility for design changes" ;
proeth:textreferences "In addition, we are troubled by Engineer B's failure to acknowledge responsibility for the full design by notations on the drawings.",
"We acknowledge that Engineer B did in fact note on the title sheet of the public improvement plans that he was taking responsibility for the 'revisions of the plans.' However, as we have indicated, Engineer B's failure to state with specificity what those changes in fact were made such a notation on the title sheet virtually meaningless." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 173 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T14:41:54.491741"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 173 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
173
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T14:28:53.714541+00:00
First case
173
Generated
2026-03-01T14:28:53.714541+00:00
Attributed to
Case 173 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:41:54.491741
Generated by
ProEthica Case 173 Extraction