Contested Error Characterization State
Class
f46fd810
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ContestedErrorCharacterizationState
Definition
State in which a licensed professional engineer believes a professional error may have occurred, a supervising engineer has concluded no error occurred, and a subsequent legal proceeding is actively determining whether an error was made and by whom, placing the engineer in tension between a personal sense of professional obligation to acknowledge error and legal counsel's direction to report facts without volunteering error characterizations.
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Definition
State in which a licensed professional engineer believes a professional error may have occurred, a supervising engineer has concluded no error occurred, and a subsequent legal proceeding is actively determining whether an error was made and by whom, placing the engineer in tension between a personal sense of professional obligation to acknowledge error and legal counsel's direction to report facts without volunteering error characterizations.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer T expressed a belief that a design error – i.e., not exploring alternative, safer design concepts – had been made and the NSPE Code of Ethics required that the error be acknowledged
TTL
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rdfs:label "Contested Error Characterization State" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a licensed professional engineer believes a professional error may have occurred, a supervising engineer has concluded no error occurred, and a subsequent legal proceeding is actively determining whether an error was made and by whom, placing the engineer in tension between a personal sense of professional obligation to acknowledge error and legal counsel's direction to report facts without volunteering error characterizations." ;
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
f46fd8109b7c2ecd...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
9
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-24T22:30:58.950003+00:00
First Discovered In Case
9
Generated
2026-02-24T22:30:58.950003+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 9 Extraction