Code of Ethics Universal Applicability Constraint
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4710bb3f
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CodeofEthicsUniversalApplicabilityConstraint
Definition
Regulatory and ethical constraint establishing that the NSPE Code of Ethics applies universally to all NSPE members and to firms with licensed professional engineers in supervisory or ownership roles, regardless of whether the specific services being provided constitute traditional engineering design, calculation, or judgment work — prohibiting the interpretation that sub-professional or communication services performed by such firms fall outside the Code's ethical requirements.
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Definition
Regulatory and ethical constraint establishing that the NSPE Code of Ethics applies universally to all NSPE members and to firms with licensed professional engineers in supervisory or ownership roles, regardless of whether the specific services being provided constitute traditional engineering design, calculation, or judgment work — prohibiting the interpretation that sub-professional or communication services performed by such firms fall outside the Code's ethical requirements.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate] Constraints from regulatory bodies and professional standards organizations (Taddeo et al. 2024)
Source Evidence
Source Text
The facts in this case state that Firm DBA has licensed professional engineers in charge or in supervisory roles of all departments in the firm as well as ownership.
TTL
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<http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CodeofEthicsUniversalApplicabilityConstraint> a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Code of Ethics Universal Applicability Constraint" ;
rdfs:comment "Regulatory and ethical constraint establishing that the NSPE Code of Ethics applies universally to all NSPE members and to firms with licensed professional engineers in supervisory or ownership roles, regardless of whether the specific services being provided constitute traditional engineering design, calculation, or judgment work — prohibiting the interpretation that sub-professional or communication services performed by such firms fall outside the Code's ethical requirements." ;
rdfs:subClassOf <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#InviolableConstraint> .
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
4710bb3fb0c8e422...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
['5', '181']
Discovered In Pass
2
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-24T13:59:54.022816+00:00
First Discovered In Case
5
Generated
2026-02-24T13:59:54.022816+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 5 Extraction