Professional Solicitation Misleading Language Avoidance Constraint
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a6a58b66
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProfessionalSolicitationMisleadingLanguageAvoidanceConstraint
Definition
Ethical constraint establishing that when engineers or engineering firms make offers of professional services to clients or potential clients — or communicate with employers regarding qualifications — they are constrained to take all reasonable steps to ensure that such offers avoid misleading, deceptive, and untruthful language, grounding this obligation in the convergence of three foundational principles: the duty to practice only within areas of competence, the duty to issue public statements in an objective and truthful manner, and the duty to avoid misleading and deceptive acts in the solicitation of professional employment.
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Ethical constraint establishing that when engineers or engineering firms make offers of professional services to clients or potential clients — or communicate with employers regarding qualifications — they are constrained to take all reasonable steps to ensure that such offers avoid misleading, deceptive, and untruthful language, grounding this obligation in the convergence of three foundational principles: the duty to practice only within areas of competence, the duty to issue public statements in an objective and truthful manner, and the duty to avoid misleading and deceptive acts in the solicitation of professional employment.
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where the engineer is seeking professional engagements, the engineer must always take all reasonable steps to avoid misleading and deceptive acts in the solicitation of professional employment.
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rdfs:comment "Ethical constraint establishing that when engineers or engineering firms make offers of professional services to clients or potential clients — or communicate with employers regarding qualifications — they are constrained to take all reasonable steps to ensure that such offers avoid misleading, deceptive, and untruthful language, grounding this obligation in the convergence of three foundational principles: the duty to practice only within areas of competence, the duty to issue public statements in an objective and truthful manner, and the duty to avoid misleading and deceptive acts in the solicitation of professional employment." ;
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Ontology
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Content Hash
a6a58b66b4567f41...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
131
Discovered In Pass
2
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T11:45:07.740553+00:00
First Discovered In Case
131
Generated
2026-03-01T11:45:07.740553+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 131 Extraction