Engineer-Employer-Loyalty-vs-Professional-Judgment-Instance
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/82#Engineer-Employer-Loyalty-vs-Professional-Judgment-Instance
Properties
Instance of
EngineerEmployerLoyaltyvs.ProfessionalJudgmentStandard
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineerEmployerLoyaltyvs.ProfessionalJudgmentStandard
Confidence
0.85
Created by
NSPE Code of Ethics / Professional engineering society guidance
Document title
Engineer Employer Loyalty vs. Professional Judgment Standard — Limits of Employer Authority Over Engineer Speech
Importance
high
Used by
Ethical reviewers assessing whether Engineer B's threatened discharge is ethically permissible
Used in context
Governs the tension between Engineer A's duty of loyalty to XYZ Manufacturing Company and his independent professional judgment and civic obligations, and the limits of Engineer B's authority to suppress Engineer A's public advocacy
Version
Current
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B, the supervisor of Engineer A, warned him that if he continued in his activities, he would be discharged because he was putting his employer in an embarrassing position
Text references
Engineer A had not mentioned the products of his employer or any other specific company
Engineer B, the supervisor of Engineer A, warned him that if he continued in his activities, he would be discharged because he was putting his employer in an embarrassing position
TTL
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case82:Engineer-Employer-Loyalty-vs-Professional-Judgment-Instance a proeth:EngineerEmployerLoyaltyvs.ProfessionalJudgmentStandard,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer-Employer-Loyalty-vs-Professional-Judgment-Instance" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Resource" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:createdby "NSPE Code of Ethics / Professional engineering society guidance" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "82" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:documenttitle "Engineer Employer Loyalty vs. Professional Judgment Standard — Limits of Employer Authority Over Engineer Speech" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T13:34:03.410967+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "82" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T13:34:03.410967+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:resourceclass "Engineer Employer Loyalty vs. Professional Judgment Standard" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B, the supervisor of Engineer A, warned him that if he continued in his activities, he would be discharged because he was putting his employer in an embarrassing position" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A had not mentioned the products of his employer or any other specific company",
"Engineer B, the supervisor of Engineer A, warned him that if he continued in his activities, he would be discharged because he was putting his employer in an embarrassing position" ;
proeth:usedby "Ethical reviewers assessing whether Engineer B's threatened discharge is ethically permissible" ;
proeth:usedincontext "Governs the tension between Engineer A's duty of loyalty to XYZ Manufacturing Company and his independent professional judgment and civic obligations, and the limits of Engineer B's authority to suppress Engineer A's public advocacy" ;
proeth:version "Current" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 82 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T13:59:43.302200"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 82 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
82
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T13:34:03.410967+00:00
First case
82
Generated
2026-03-02T13:34:03.410967+00:00
Attributed to
Case 82 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T13:59:43.302200
Generated by
ProEthica Case 82 Extraction