Engineering Instrument Expansive Interpretation Board XYZ Doe Written Report
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/72#Engineering_Instrument_Expansive_Interpretation_Board_XYZ_Doe_Written_Report
Properties
Instance of
EngineeringInstrumentScopeExpansiveInterpretationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineeringInstrumentScopeExpansiveInterpretationObligation
Case context
The Board considered whether §2(c)'s reference to 'plans and specifications' applied to Doe's written environmental engineering report, which was not a traditional set of construction plans or specifications.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.88
Importance
medium
Obligated party
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Obligation statement
The NSPE Board of Ethical Review was obligated to interpret 'plans and specifications' in §2(c) expansively to include all engineering instruments of service — including Doe's written report — so that the protective intent of §2(c) was not frustrated by a narrow textual reading that would exclude written environmental engineering reports from the scope of the provision.
Temporal scope
At the time of ethics opinion issuance
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Ethics Code Expansive Interpretation Canon Applied to Plans and Specifications
Source Evidence
Source text
It is not material, in our view, that the subject matter does not involve plans and specifications as stipulated in §2(c).
Text references
It is not material, in our view, that the subject matter does not involve plans and specifications as stipulated in §2(c).
That particular reference must be read in light of the overall thrust of §§2 and 2(a), both of which indicate clearly that the paramount duty of the engineer is to protect the public safety, health and welfare in a broad context.
We interpret 'plans and specifications' in this section to include all engineering instruments of service.
TTL
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proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
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proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
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proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "72" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-26T12:07:06.185123+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Engineering Instrument Scope Expansive Interpretation Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The NSPE Board of Ethical Review was obligated to interpret 'plans and specifications' in §2(c) expansively to include all engineering instruments of service — including Doe's written report — so that the protective intent of §2(c) was not frustrated by a narrow textual reading that would exclude written environmental engineering reports from the scope of the provision." ;
proeth:sourcetext "It is not material, in our view, that the subject matter does not involve plans and specifications as stipulated in §2(c)." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of ethics opinion issuance" ;
proeth:textreferences "It is not material, in our view, that the subject matter does not involve plans and specifications as stipulated in §2(c).",
"That particular reference must be read in light of the overall thrust of §§2 and 2(a), both of which indicate clearly that the paramount duty of the engineer is to protect the public safety, health and welfare in a broad context.",
"We interpret 'plans and specifications' in this section to include all engineering instruments of service." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 72 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-26T12:15:43.077635"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
72
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-26T12:07:06.185123+00:00
First case
72
Generated
2026-02-26T12:07:06.185123+00:00
Attributed to
Case 72 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T12:15:43.077635
Generated by
ProEthica Case 72 Extraction