Unlicensed Responsible Charge Assignment Prohibition Violated by Administrator C
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/92#Unlicensed_Responsible_Charge_Assignment_Prohibition_Violated_by_Administrator_C
Properties
Instance of
UnlicensedResponsibleChargeAssignmentProhibition
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#UnlicensedResponsibleChargeAssignmentProhibition
Applied to
Formal assignment of sanitary system responsible charge to Technician B
Removal of Engineer A from sanitary system chain of command
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Administrator C formally assigned Technician B — a non-licensed technician — 'responsible charge' of the entire sanitary system via memo, removing the only licensed engineer (Engineer A) from the chain of command, in direct violation of the principle that responsible charge can only be held by a licensed professional engineer
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
Administrator C's administrative memo cannot legally or ethically transfer engineering responsible charge to an unlicensed technician; the assignment is void as a matter of professional ethics and public protection, and Engineer A retained an obligation to challenge it
Invoked by
City Administrator C Safety-Suppressing Supervisor
Technician B Unlicensed Responsible Charge Assignee
Tension resolution
The prohibition on unlicensed responsible charge assignment is non-waivable by administrative fiat; Engineer A's ethical obligation was to challenge the assignment formally, not merely to continue covert advisory
Source Evidence
Source text
City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C.
Text references
City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C.
Engineer A is employed as the City Engineer/Director of Public Works for a medium sized city and is the only licensed professional engineer in a position of responsibility in the city government.
Technician B asks for a clarification and is again instructed via memo by City Administrator C that he, Technician B, is completely responsible and is to report any interference by a third party to City Administrator C.
TTL
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case92:Unlicensed_Responsible_Charge_Assignment_Prohibition_Violated_by_Administrator_C a proeth:UnlicensedResponsibleChargeAssignmentProhibition,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Unlicensed Responsible Charge Assignment Prohibition Violated by Administrator C" ;
proeth:appliedto "Formal assignment of sanitary system responsible charge to Technician B",
"Removal of Engineer A from sanitary system chain of command" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Administrator C formally assigned Technician B — a non-licensed technician — 'responsible charge' of the entire sanitary system via memo, removing the only licensed engineer (Engineer A) from the chain of command, in direct violation of the principle that responsible charge can only be held by a licensed professional engineer" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "92" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:37:08.179379+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "92" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:37:08.179379+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Administrator C's administrative memo cannot legally or ethically transfer engineering responsible charge to an unlicensed technician; the assignment is void as a matter of professional ethics and public protection, and Engineer A retained an obligation to challenge it" ;
proeth:invokedby "City Administrator C Safety-Suppressing Supervisor",
"Technician B Unlicensed Responsible Charge Assignee" ;
proeth:principleclass "Unlicensed Responsible Charge Assignment Prohibition" ;
proeth:sourcetext "City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The prohibition on unlicensed responsible charge assignment is non-waivable by administrative fiat; Engineer A's ethical obligation was to challenge the assignment formally, not merely to continue covert advisory" ;
proeth:textreferences "City Administrator C removes Engineer A from responsibility of the entire sanitary system and the chain of command by a letter instructing Technician B that he is to take responsible charge of the sanitary system and report directly to City Administrator C.",
"Engineer A is employed as the City Engineer/Director of Public Works for a medium sized city and is the only licensed professional engineer in a position of responsibility in the city government.",
"Technician B asks for a clarification and is again instructed via memo by City Administrator C that he, Technician B, is completely responsible and is to report any interference by a third party to City Administrator C." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 92 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T14:00:16.243283"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 92 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
92
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:37:08.179379+00:00
First case
92
Generated
2026-03-01T13:37:08.179379+00:00
Attributed to
Case 92 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:00:16.243283
Generated by
ProEthica Case 92 Extraction