Case 04-11 Situation 3 Non-Engineering Consulting
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/60#Case_04-11_Situation_3_Non-Engineering_Consulting
Properties
Instance of
Non-EngineeringExpertServicePermissibility
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Non-EngineeringExpertServicePermissibility
Applied to
Non-engineering consulting services in unlicensed state
Balancing with
Jurisdictional Licensure Compliance
Concrete expression
An engineer with an address in State B but licensed only in State C performed engineering work in State C and non-engineering consulting in State B, with the business card clearly stating the scope of licensure.
Confidence
0.92
Importance
medium
Interpretation
Providing non-engineering services in a jurisdiction where one is not licensed is permissible when the business card clearly discloses the states of licensure and does not imply licensure in the state of the address.
Invoked by
BER Case 04-11 Situation 3 Engineer
Tension resolution
The BER found ethical conformity was preserved because the card provided clarity about the scope of licensure.
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer's business card has an address in State B, but states that Engineer is licensed only in State C. Engineer performs engineering work in State C and non-engineering consulting in State B.
Text references
Case 04-11, situation (3) clearly contemplates that engineers who qualify as experts in non-engineering areas may provide those non-engineering services in jurisdictions in which they are not licensed
Engineer's business card has an address in State B, but states that Engineer is licensed only in State C. Engineer performs engineering work in State C and non-engineering consulting in State B. As in the second situation, clarity was provided and ethical conformity was preserved.
TTL
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case60:Case_04-11_Situation_3_Non-Engineering_Consulting a proeth:Non-EngineeringExpertServicePermissibility,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Case 04-11 Situation 3 Non-Engineering Consulting" ;
proeth:appliedto "Non-engineering consulting services in unlicensed state" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Jurisdictional Licensure Compliance" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "An engineer with an address in State B but licensed only in State C performed engineering work in State C and non-engineering consulting in State B, with the business card clearly stating the scope of licensure." ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "60" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-05-27T19:43:21.746484+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "60" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-05-27T19:43:21.746484+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "Providing non-engineering services in a jurisdiction where one is not licensed is permissible when the business card clearly discloses the states of licensure and does not imply licensure in the state of the address." ;
proeth:invokedby "BER Case 04-11 Situation 3 Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Non-Engineering Expert Service Permissibility" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer's business card has an address in State B, but states that Engineer is licensed only in State C. Engineer performs engineering work in State C and non-engineering consulting in State B." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The BER found ethical conformity was preserved because the card provided clarity about the scope of licensure." ;
proeth:textreferences "Case 04-11, situation (3) clearly contemplates that engineers who qualify as experts in non-engineering areas may provide those non-engineering services in jurisdictions in which they are not licensed",
"Engineer's business card has an address in State B, but states that Engineer is licensed only in State C. Engineer performs engineering work in State C and non-engineering consulting in State B. As in the second situation, clarity was provided and ethical conformity was preserved." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 60 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-05-27T20:10:55.271703"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 60 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
60
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-05-27T19:43:21.746484+00:00
First case
60
Generated
2026-05-27T19:43:21.746484+00:00
Attributed to
Case 60 Extraction
Generated
2026-05-27T20:10:55.271703
Attributed to
claude-sonnet-4-6
Generated by
ProEthica Case 60 Extraction