Engineer D Good Intent Non-Justification Informal As-Built Sharing
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/22#Engineer_D_Good_Intent_Non-Justification_Informal_As-Built_Sharing
Properties
Instance of
GoodIntentNon-JustificationforProceduralImproprietyObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#GoodIntentNon-JustificationforProceduralImproprietyObligation
Case context
Engineer D shared as-built drawings informally with contractors out of a desire to improve design quality, without recognizing that good intent does not cure the procedural impropriety of informal selective sharing.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer D
Obligation statement
Engineer D was obligated to recognize that their benign motivation — improving design quality by making as-built drawings available — did not render informal selective sharing of those drawings ethical, and to refrain from using good intent as a justification for bypassing formal institutional processes.
Temporal scope
Throughout Engineer D's practice of informally sharing as-built drawings
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer D Informal As-Built Sharing Without Formal Permission
derivedFromPrinciple
Good Intent Does Not Cure Procedural Impropriety Invoked for Engineer D
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer D seems to be acting without what was termed in case 82-2, an ulterior motive - D's desire is to make information available to improve designs. Even so, informally sharing as-built information is troubling.
Text references
Engineer D seems to be acting without what was termed in case 82-2, an ulterior motive - D's desire is to make information available to improve designs. Even so, informally sharing as-built information is troubling.
The board exonerated the engineer of substantial or deliberate wrongdoing, but determined it was incorrect to not recognize the confidentiality of a client relationship. The engineer acted unethically in submitting a copy of the home inspection report to the real estate agent.
Working through informal mechanisms on public projects can give the appearance of impropriety or favoritism.
TTL
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case22:Engineer_D_Good_Intent_Non-Justification_Informal_As-Built_Sharing a proeth:GoodIntentNon-JustificationforProceduralImproprietyObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer D Good Intent Non-Justification Informal As-Built Sharing" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case22:Engineer_D_Informal_Information_Sharing_Restraint_As-Built_Drawings ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case22:Engineer_D_Informal_As-Built_Sharing_Without_Formal_Permission ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer D shared as-built drawings informally with contractors out of a desire to improve design quality, without recognizing that good intent does not cure the procedural impropriety of informal selective sharing." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case22:Good_Intent_Does_Not_Cure_Procedural_Impropriety_Invoked_for_Engineer_D ;
proeth:discoveredincase "22" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T20:00:26.335542+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "22" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T20:00:26.335542+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer D" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Good Intent Non-Justification for Procedural Impropriety Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer D was obligated to recognize that their benign motivation — improving design quality by making as-built drawings available — did not render informal selective sharing of those drawings ethical, and to refrain from using good intent as a justification for bypassing formal institutional processes." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer D seems to be acting without what was termed in case 82-2, an ulterior motive - D's desire is to make information available to improve designs. Even so, informally sharing as-built information is troubling." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout Engineer D's practice of informally sharing as-built drawings" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer D seems to be acting without what was termed in case 82-2, an ulterior motive - D's desire is to make information available to improve designs. Even so, informally sharing as-built information is troubling.",
"The board exonerated the engineer of substantial or deliberate wrongdoing, but determined it was incorrect to not recognize the confidentiality of a client relationship. The engineer acted unethically in submitting a copy of the home inspection report to the real estate agent.",
"Working through informal mechanisms on public projects can give the appearance of impropriety or favoritism." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 22 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T20:07:58.301809"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 22 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
22
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T20:00:26.335542+00:00
First case
22
Generated
2026-02-25T20:00:26.335542+00:00
Attributed to
Case 22 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T20:07:58.301809
Generated by
ProEthica Case 22 Extraction