Non-Engineer Supervisor Authority Limitation Standard
Class
84949219
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Non-EngineerSupervisorAuthorityLimitationStandard
Definition
Professional norms and ethical obligations establishing the limits of authority that non-licensed supervisors or principals of engineering firms may exercise over the professional engineering judgments of licensed engineers, including the prohibition on directing licensed engineers to alter technical findings without factual or technical basis, and the prohibition on non-engineers unilaterally modifying sealed engineering documents.
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Definition
Professional norms and ethical obligations establishing the limits of authority that non-licensed supervisors or principals of engineering firms may exercise over the professional engineering judgments of licensed engineers, including the prohibition on directing licensed engineers to alter technical findings without factual or technical basis, and the prohibition on non-engineers unilaterally modifying sealed engineering documents.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Supervisor B, one of the principals of XYZ Engineering and not a professional engineer, reviews the reports and asks Engineer A to make changes to some of the reports
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
849492190f93f442...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
111
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-28T00:05:50.182562+00:00
First Discovered In Case
111
Generated
2026-02-28T00:05:50.182562+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 111 Extraction