Engineer-Employer-Loyalty-vs-Professional-Judgment-Instance

Individual 180e5f15
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/82#Engineer-Employer-Loyalty-vs-Professional-Judgment-Instance
Properties
Parent
EngineerEmployerLoyaltyvs.ProfessionalJudgmentStandard
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineerEmployerLoyaltyvs.ProfessionalJudgmentStandard
Concept Category
Resource
Confidence
0.85
Createdby
NSPE Code of Ethics / Professional engineering society guidance
Documenttitle
Engineer Employer Loyalty vs. Professional Judgment Standard — Limits of Employer Authority Over Engineer Speech
Importance
high
Resourceclass
Engineer Employer Loyalty vs. Professional Judgment Standard
Usedby
Ethical reviewers assessing whether Engineer B's threatened discharge is ethically permissible
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
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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Metadata
Ontology
proethica-case-82
Type
Individual
Content Hash
180e5f1545867632...
Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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
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