Engineer B Ethics Code Binding Supervisor Non-Exemption Public Welfare Provisions
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/82#Engineer_B_Ethics_Code_Binding_Supervisor_Non-Exemption_Public_Welfare_Provisions
Properties
Instance of
EthicsCodeOrganizational-FormNon-ExcuseIndividualEngineerComplianceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EthicsCodeOrganizational-FormNon-ExcuseIndividualEngineerComplianceObligation
Case context
Engineer B, acting as engineering supervisor at XYZ Manufacturing, threatened Engineer A with discharge; the ethics board found that the same code provisions binding on Engineer A were equally binding on Engineer B.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer B (engineering supervisor at XYZ Manufacturing)
Obligation statement
Engineer B was obligated to comply with the same ethics code provisions binding on all individual engineers — including the public welfare provisions of Sections 2, 2(a), and 2(b) — and could not claim exemption from those provisions by virtue of acting in a supervisory capacity or on behalf of the employer organization.
Temporal scope
At the time Engineer B issued the discharge threat
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
The same principles and Code provisions are binding on the engineering supervisor who threatened Engineer A with the possible discharge if he continued his activities on behalf of the Citizens Committee.
Text references
Engineer B, even though intending to act in the best interests of his employer, is in conflict with the cited sections of the Code
The same principles and Code provisions are binding on the engineering supervisor who threatened Engineer A with the possible discharge if he continued his activities on behalf of the Citizens Committee.
TTL
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case82:Engineer_B_Ethics_Code_Binding_Supervisor_Non-Exemption_Public_Welfare_Provisions a proeth:EthicsCodeOrganizational-FormNon-ExcuseIndividualEngineerComplianceObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Ethics Code Binding Supervisor Non-Exemption Public Welfare Provisions" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case82:Engineer_B_Supervisor_Employer-Protective_Intent_Non-Excuse_Code_Violation ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case82:Engineer_B_Supervisor_Employer-Protective_Intent_Non-Excuse_Code_Violation ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer B, acting as engineering supervisor at XYZ Manufacturing, threatened Engineer A with discharge; the ethics board found that the same code provisions binding on Engineer A were equally binding on Engineer B." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case82:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Applied_to_Engineer_Bs_Supervisory_Role,
case82:Supervisor_Ethics_Code_Binding_Non-Exemption_Invoked_Against_Engineer_B ;
proeth:discoveredincase "82" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T13:51:00.705314+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "82" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T13:51:00.705314+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer B (engineering supervisor at XYZ Manufacturing)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Ethics Code Organizational-Form Non-Excuse Individual Engineer Compliance Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer B was obligated to comply with the same ethics code provisions binding on all individual engineers — including the public welfare provisions of Sections 2, 2(a), and 2(b) — and could not claim exemption from those provisions by virtue of acting in a supervisory capacity or on behalf of the employer organization." ;
proeth:sourcetext "The same principles and Code provisions are binding on the engineering supervisor who threatened Engineer A with the possible discharge if he continued his activities on behalf of the Citizens Committee." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time Engineer B issued the discharge threat" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B, even though intending to act in the best interests of his employer, is in conflict with the cited sections of the Code",
"The same principles and Code provisions are binding on the engineering supervisor who threatened Engineer A with the possible discharge if he continued his activities on behalf of the Citizens Committee." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 82 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T13:59:43.314312"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
82
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T13:51:00.705314+00:00
First case
82
Generated
2026-03-02T13:51:00.705314+00:00
Attributed to
Case 82 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T13:59:43.314312
Generated by
ProEthica Case 82 Extraction