Engineer A Responsible Charge Design Failure
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/7#Engineer_A_Responsible_Charge_Design_Failure
Definition
Engineer A sealed and submitted AI-generated design documents after only a high-level review, without the substantive involvement in design and development required by responsible charge, resulting in documents with safety-critical errors reaching the client.
Properties
Instance of
ResponsibleChargeIntegrityPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ResponsibleChargeIntegrityPrinciple
Applied to
AI-generated engineering design documents
Balancing with
Technology Substitution Prohibition Principle
Concrete expression
Engineer A sealed and submitted AI-generated design documents after only a high-level review, without the substantive involvement in design and development required by responsible charge, resulting in documents with safety-critical errors reaching the client.
Confidence
0.93
Interpretation
Responsible charge requires active engagement from conception to completion, not merely reviewing outputs after preparation. Engineer A's high-level review of AI-generated plans did not satisfy this standard, constituting a violation of licensure law and NSPE Code section III.8.a.
Tension resolution
The BER found no acceptable balance: responsible charge cannot be satisfied by reviewing AI outputs without substantive involvement in the design process, regardless of the efficiency benefits of AI-assisted drafting.
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Synthesis Literal
appliedTo
balancingWith
concreteExpression
confidence
interpretation
principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
invokedBy
Agent Engineer A
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A did not maintain responsible charge in violation of licensure law which violates Code section III.8.a.
Engineer A, as the engineer in Responsible Charge of the project, is required to provide an experienced-based quality assurance review, engaging in critical discussions, mentorship, and professional development -- elements that AI cannot replicate.
Reviewing drawings or documents after preparation without involvement in the design and development process does not satisfy the definition of Responsible Charge.
Source text
Engineer A did not maintain responsible charge in violation of licensure law which violates Code section III.8.a.
TTL
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proeth:balancingWith "Technology Substitution Prohibition Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "Engineer A sealed and submitted AI-generated design documents after only a high-level review, without the substantive involvement in design and development required by responsible charge, resulting in documents with safety-critical errors reaching the client." ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:interpretation "Responsible charge requires active engagement from conception to completion, not merely reviewing outputs after preparation. Engineer A's high-level review of AI-generated plans did not satisfy this standard, constituting a violation of licensure law and NSPE Code section III.8.a." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer A Responsible Charge" ;
proeth:principleClass "Responsible Charge Integrity Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The BER found no acceptable balance: responsible charge cannot be satisfied by reviewing AI outputs without substantive involvement in the design process, regardless of the efficiency benefits of AI-assisted drafting." ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A did not maintain responsible charge in violation of licensure law which violates Code section III.8.a.",
"Engineer A, as the engineer in Responsible Charge of the project, is required to provide an experienced-based quality assurance review, engaging in critical discussions, mentorship, and professional development -- elements that AI cannot replicate.",
"Reviewing drawings or documents after preparation without involvement in the design and development process does not satisfy the definition of Responsible Charge." ;
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proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
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proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
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skos:definition "Engineer A sealed and submitted AI-generated design documents after only a high-level review, without the substantive involvement in design and development required by responsible charge, resulting in documents with safety-critical errors reaching the client." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
7
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-03T14:08:23.434917+00:00
First case
7
Generated
2026-06-03T14:08:23.434917+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 7 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 7 Extraction