PE Firm Professional Dignity Preservation in Sub-Professional Commercial Activities
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/90#PE_Firm_Professional_Dignity_Preservation_in_Sub-Professional_Commercial_Activities
Properties
Instance of
ProfessionalDignityPreservationinSub-ProfessionalandNon-ProfessionalActivitiesObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProfessionalDignityPreservationinSub-ProfessionalandNon-ProfessionalActivitiesObligation
Case context
The PE firm operates in both professional and sub-professional domains; the historical Canon Sections 2 and 19 (now superseded) established the general frame of reference for personal conduct relative to professional work, and their spirit persists as a residual dignity-preservation duty.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.85
Importance
medium
Obligated party
PE-Principal Engineering Firm and its individual PE principals
Obligation statement
Even though the formal Canons of Ethics do not directly apply to the sub-professional bid and related commercial activities, the PE firm and its principals are obligated to avoid conduct likely to discredit or do injury to the dignity and honor of the engineering profession, and to protect the profession from misrepresentation and misunderstanding, in all their commercial dealings.
Temporal scope
Ongoing — applies to all commercial and sub-professional activities of the PE firm and its principals
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Professional Dignity Preservation in Sub-Professional Commercial Activities
Source Evidence
Source text
Sections 2 and 19 of the Canons limit the engineers' personal conduct in a general frame of reference to his professional work.
Text references
Note: The following Code sections no longer exist: Canons of Ethics, Section 2- '... and he will avoid all conduct or practice likely to discredit or do injury to the dignity and honor of his profession.' Section 19-'The engineer will endeavor to protect the engineering profession collectively and individually from misrepresentation and misunderstanding.'
Sections 2 and 19 of the Canons limit the engineers' personal conduct in a general frame of reference to his professional work.
TTL
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case90:PE_Firm_Professional_Dignity_Preservation_in_Sub-Professional_Commercial_Activities a proeth:ProfessionalDignityPreservationinSub-ProfessionalandNon-ProfessionalActivitiesObligation,
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proeth-core:competesWith case90:PE_Firm_Ethics_Code_Scope_Non-Application_to_Sub-Professional_Bid ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case90:Engineering_Code_Non-Applicability_to_Sub-Professional_Activities ;
proeth:casecontext "The PE firm operates in both professional and sub-professional domains; the historical Canon Sections 2 and 19 (now superseded) established the general frame of reference for personal conduct relative to professional work, and their spirit persists as a residual dignity-preservation duty." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
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proeth:discoveredincase "90" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "90" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T16:14:04.571072+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "PE-Principal Engineering Firm and its individual PE principals" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Professional Dignity Preservation in Sub-Professional and Non-Professional Activities Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Even though the formal Canons of Ethics do not directly apply to the sub-professional bid and related commercial activities, the PE firm and its principals are obligated to avoid conduct likely to discredit or do injury to the dignity and honor of the engineering profession, and to protect the profession from misrepresentation and misunderstanding, in all their commercial dealings." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Sections 2 and 19 of the Canons limit the engineers' personal conduct in a general frame of reference to his professional work." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Ongoing — applies to all commercial and sub-professional activities of the PE firm and its principals" ;
proeth:textreferences "Note: The following Code sections no longer exist: Canons of Ethics, Section 2- '... and he will avoid all conduct or practice likely to discredit or do injury to the dignity and honor of his profession.' Section 19-'The engineer will endeavor to protect the engineering profession collectively and individually from misrepresentation and misunderstanding.'",
"Sections 2 and 19 of the Canons limit the engineers' personal conduct in a general frame of reference to his professional work." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 90 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T16:20:56.418205"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
90
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T16:14:04.571072+00:00
First case
90
Generated
2026-03-02T16:14:04.571072+00:00
Attributed to
Case 90 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T16:20:56.418205
Generated by
ProEthica Case 90 Extraction