Supervisor Ethics Code Binding Non-Exemption Invoked Against Engineer B
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/82#Supervisor_Ethics_Code_Binding_Non-Exemption_Invoked_Against_Engineer_B
Properties
Instance of
SupervisorEthicsCodeBindingNon-ExemptionThroughEmployer-ProtectiveIntentPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SupervisorEthicsCodeBindingNon-ExemptionThroughEmployer-ProtectiveIntentPrinciple
Applied to
Engineer B's discharge threat against Engineer A
Engineer B's personal ethics code obligations as a licensed engineer
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Engineer B, as engineering supervisor, was found to be personally in violation of the ethics code by threatening Engineer A with discharge to prevent code-sanctioned public welfare activities — the good faith intent to protect the employer's interests did not exempt Engineer B from personal ethics code obligations
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
The ethics code's obligations run to individual engineers in all their professional capacities, including supervisory roles — a supervisor who uses supervisory authority to prevent another engineer from fulfilling code-mandated obligations is personally in violation, regardless of the sincerity of employer-protective intent
Invoked by
Engineer B Discharge-Threatening Supervisor
Tension resolution
Engineer B's personal code obligations were found to override the employer-protective supervisory action; good intent toward employer did not cure the violation
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B, even though intending to act in the best interests of his employer, is in conflict with the cited sections of the Code because by his threat he intends to preclude other engineers from carrying out what they believe to be motives consonant with the Code.
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 because by his threat he intends to preclude other engineers from carrying out what they believe to be motives consonant with 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:Supervisor_Ethics_Code_Binding_Non-Exemption_Invoked_Against_Engineer_B a proeth:SupervisorEthicsCodeBindingNon-ExemptionThroughEmployer-ProtectiveIntentPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Supervisor Ethics Code Binding Non-Exemption Invoked Against Engineer B" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer B's discharge threat against Engineer A",
"Engineer B's personal ethics code obligations as a licensed engineer" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer B, as engineering supervisor, was found to be personally in violation of the ethics code by threatening Engineer A with discharge to prevent code-sanctioned public welfare activities — the good faith intent to protect the employer's interests did not exempt Engineer B from personal ethics code obligations" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "82" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T13:48:53.436764+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "82" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T13:48:53.436764+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The ethics code's obligations run to individual engineers in all their professional capacities, including supervisory roles — a supervisor who uses supervisory authority to prevent another engineer from fulfilling code-mandated obligations is personally in violation, regardless of the sincerity of employer-protective intent" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer B Discharge-Threatening Supervisor" ;
proeth:principleclass "Supervisor Ethics Code Binding Non-Exemption Through Employer-Protective Intent Principle" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B, even though intending to act in the best interests of his employer, is in conflict with the cited sections of the Code because by his threat he intends to preclude other engineers from carrying out what they believe to be motives consonant with the Code." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Engineer B's personal code obligations were found to override the employer-protective supervisory action; good intent toward employer did not cure the violation" ;
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 because by his threat he intends to preclude other engineers from carrying out what they believe to be motives consonant with 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 "2026-03-02T13:59:43.306304"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 82 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
82
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T13:48:53.436764+00:00
First case
82
Generated
2026-03-02T13:48:53.436764+00:00
Attributed to
Case 82 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T13:59:43.306304
Generated by
ProEthica Case 82 Extraction