Engineer B Supervising PE Active Inquiry Present Case Partial Report
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/57#Engineer_B_Supervising_PE_Active_Inquiry_Present_Case_Partial_Report
Properties
Instance of
SupervisingPEActiveInquiryObligationUponPartialReport
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SupervisingPEActiveInquiryObligationUponPartialReport
Case context
Engineer B received a partial report from Engineer Intern A about a bridge defect without the five-year history of missed inspections; as DOT bridge inspection program director and supervising PE, Engineer B bore responsible charge obligations requiring active inquiry into the completeness of the subordinate's report.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.85
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer B (present case)
Obligation statement
Engineer B, upon receiving Engineer Intern A's report of the bridge defect, was obligated to actively inquire into the full context of the reported deficiency — including the history of prior inspections and the duration of the apparent defect — rather than accepting the partial report at face value.
Temporal scope
Upon receiving Engineer Intern A's report of the bridge defect
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer Intern A Incomplete Disclosure to Engineer B
derivedFromPrinciple
Responsible Charge Engagement Invoked For Engineer B Supervisory Role
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer Intern A failed to report the material information that the visibly obvious defect had been missed in inspection for at least five years.
Text references
Engineer Intern A failed to report the material information that the visibly obvious defect had been missed in inspection for at least five years.
The role of the professional engineer in protecting the public health, safety, and welfare is fundamental to the practice of engineering and is the overriding value in the NSPE Code of Ethics.
TTL
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case57:Engineer_B_Supervising_PE_Active_Inquiry_Present_Case_Partial_Report a proeth:SupervisingPEActiveInquiryObligationUponPartialReport,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Supervising PE Active Inquiry Present Case Partial Report" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case57:Supervising_PE_Active_Inquiry_Obligation_Engineer_B_Bridge_Inspection_Program ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case57:Engineer_Intern_A_Incomplete_Disclosure_to_Engineer_B ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer B received a partial report from Engineer Intern A about a bridge defect without the five-year history of missed inspections; as DOT bridge inspection program director and supervising PE, Engineer B bore responsible charge obligations requiring active inquiry into the completeness of the subordinate's report." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case57:Responsible_Charge_Engagement_Invoked_For_Engineer_B_Supervisory_Role ;
proeth:discoveredincase "57" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T21:25:49.111562+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "57" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T21:25:49.111562+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer B (present case)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Supervising PE Active Inquiry Obligation Upon Partial Report" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer B, upon receiving Engineer Intern A's report of the bridge defect, was obligated to actively inquire into the full context of the reported deficiency — including the history of prior inspections and the duration of the apparent defect — rather than accepting the partial report at face value." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer Intern A failed to report the material information that the visibly obvious defect had been missed in inspection for at least five years." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon receiving Engineer Intern A's report of the bridge defect" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer Intern A failed to report the material information that the visibly obvious defect had been missed in inspection for at least five years.",
"The role of the professional engineer in protecting the public health, safety, and welfare is fundamental to the practice of engineering and is the overriding value in the NSPE Code of Ethics." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 57 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T21:32:46.445663"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 57 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
57
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T21:25:49.111562+00:00
First case
57
Generated
2026-02-25T21:25:49.111562+00:00
Attributed to
Case 57 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T21:32:46.445663
Generated by
ProEthica Case 57 Extraction