DP3
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/77#DP3
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP3
Decision question
When federal agency contracts designate ENGCO's non-degreed inspection personnel as 'Engineers,' what action should ENGCO take with respect to both its own brochure and its relationship with the federal agency?
Focus
ENGCO's Response to Federal Agency Contract Language That Designates Non-Degreed Inspection Personnel as 'Engineers'
Option1
Remove engineering titles from non-degreed non-licensed personnel in the brochure immediately, and separately communicate in writing to the relevant federal agency that ENGCO does not consider the federal contract designation to reflect engineering licensure or degree status and requests that future contracts use accurate alternative titles
Option2
Remove engineering titles from non-degreed non-licensed personnel in the brochure without formally protesting the federal agency's contract language, on the basis that correcting internal materials fully satisfies ENGCO's ethical obligations and that challenging federal contracting conventions is beyond the firm's reasonable scope of duty
Option3
Retain the federal contract title designations in the brochure for personnel actively working under those federal contracts while using accurate alternative titles for the same personnel in non-federal-contract contexts, maintaining terminological consistency with the contractual instruments that define those roles
Role
Engineer
TTL
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case77:DP3 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP3" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP3" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "When federal agency contracts designate ENGCO's non-degreed inspection personnel as 'Engineers,' what action should ENGCO take with respect to both its own brochure and its relationship with the federal agency?" ;
proeth:focus "ENGCO's Response to Federal Agency Contract Language That Designates Non-Degreed Inspection Personnel as 'Engineers'" ;
proeth:option1 "Remove engineering titles from non-degreed non-licensed personnel in the brochure immediately, and separately communicate in writing to the relevant federal agency that ENGCO does not consider the federal contract designation to reflect engineering licensure or degree status and requests that future contracts use accurate alternative titles" ;
proeth:option2 "Remove engineering titles from non-degreed non-licensed personnel in the brochure without formally protesting the federal agency's contract language, on the basis that correcting internal materials fully satisfies ENGCO's ethical obligations and that challenging federal contracting conventions is beyond the firm's reasonable scope of duty" ;
proeth:option3 "Retain the federal contract title designations in the brochure for personnel actively working under those federal contracts while using accurate alternative titles for the same personnel in non-federal-contract contexts, maintaining terminological consistency with the contractual instruments that define those roles" ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T02:39:06.369110"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 77 Extraction" .
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2026-02-27T02:39:06.369110
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ProEthica Case 77 Extraction