Engineer B Ethics Code Business Form Non-Waivability Individual Compliance
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/181#Engineer_B_Ethics_Code_Business_Form_Non-Waivability_Individual_Compliance
Properties
Instance of
EthicsCodeBusiness-FormNon-WaivabilityIndividualEngineerComplianceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EthicsCodeBusiness-FormNon-WaivabilityIndividualEngineerComplianceObligation
Case context
The BER affirms that the ethics code applies to Engineer B as a real person who establishes and implements policies within the business structure of Engineer B's firm, and that business form cannot be used to shield individual engineers from ethics code obligations.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer B
Obligation statement
Engineer B, as a real person who establishes and implements policies within a business structure, was obligated to recognize that the corporate or business form of Engineer B's firm does not negate or diminish Engineer B's personal obligation to conform to all pertinent sections of the NSPE ethics code, including the obligation to ensure that design work complies with safety code requirements.
Temporal scope
Ongoing throughout professional practice
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
In regard to the question of application of the Code to corporations vis-a-vis real persons, business form or type should not negate nor influence conformance of individuals to the Code.
Text references
In regard to the question of application of the Code to corporations vis-a-vis real persons, business form or type should not negate nor influence conformance of individuals to the Code.
The Code deals with professional services, which services must be performed by real persons. Real persons in turn establish and implement policies within business structures.
The Code is clearly written to apply to the Engineer and it is incumbent on a member of NSPE to endeavor to live up to its provisions. This applies to all pertinent sections of the Code.
TTL
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proeth:casecontext "The BER affirms that the ethics code applies to Engineer B as a real person who establishes and implements policies within the business structure of Engineer B's firm, and that business form cannot be used to shield individual engineers from ethics code obligations." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "181" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T09:16:49.632159+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer B" ;
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proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer B, as a real person who establishes and implements policies within a business structure, was obligated to recognize that the corporate or business form of Engineer B's firm does not negate or diminish Engineer B's personal obligation to conform to all pertinent sections of the NSPE ethics code, including the obligation to ensure that design work complies with safety code requirements." ;
proeth:sourcetext "In regard to the question of application of the Code to corporations vis-a-vis real persons, business form or type should not negate nor influence conformance of individuals to the Code." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Ongoing throughout professional practice" ;
proeth:textreferences "In regard to the question of application of the Code to corporations vis-a-vis real persons, business form or type should not negate nor influence conformance of individuals to the Code.",
"The Code deals with professional services, which services must be performed by real persons. Real persons in turn establish and implement policies within business structures.",
"The Code is clearly written to apply to the Engineer and it is incumbent on a member of NSPE to endeavor to live up to its provisions. This applies to all pertinent sections of the Code." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 181 Extraction" ;
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
181
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T09:16:49.632159+00:00
First case
181
Generated
2026-03-01T09:16:49.632159+00:00
Attributed to
Case 181 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T09:25:33.360257
Generated by
ProEthica Case 181 Extraction