BER Case Precedent
Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#BERCasePrecedent
Definition
A documented case decision issued by the NSPE Board of Ethical Review that provides analogical reasoning patterns and precedential guidance for resolving professional ethics questions in engineering practice.
Inherited from CasePrecedent
Concrete instances that exemplify principle application
Properties
Subclass of
Authority Source
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Confidence
0.97
Extensional Function
Grounds abstract ethical principles in concrete prior decisions, enabling pattern-based analogical reasoning for similar fact situations.
Resource Category
case_precedent
Usage Context
Conflict of interest assessment
Peer review ethics analysis
Public safety obligation determination
Match Confidence
0.97
Match Reasoning
BER Case Precedent is a specific subtype of the canonical Case Precedent class. The BER qualifier narrows the authority source but the category is identical.
Matched Ontology Label
Case Precedent
Matches Existing
true
Source Evidence
Text references
In BER Case 18-10, Engineer A was the lead engineer on an independent external review
In BER Case 96-8, Engineer A was a peer reviewer serving as part of an organized peer-review program.
It is helpful to consider how the BER has addressed peer review issues in the past.
Source text
It is helpful to consider how the BER has addressed peer review issues in the past.
Used in cases 102
Case ontologies that instantiate this class. Computed from each individual's type, so the list stays current as cases are extracted. The originating case is shown under Extraction details.
Case 4 Case 5 Case 6 Case 9 Case 10 Case 11 Case 12 Case 13 Case 16 Case 17 Case 18 Case 19 Case 20 Case 22 Case 56 Case 57 Case 58 Case 59 Case 60 Case 72 Case 73 Case 74 Case 75 Case 78 Case 79 Case 82 Case 83 Case 84 Case 87 Case 88 Case 90 Case 91 Case 92 Case 93 Case 94 Case 96 Case 97 Case 98 Case 99 Case 100 Case 105 Case 106 Case 107 Case 108 Case 109 Case 110 Case 111 Case 112 Case 113 Case 114 Case 116 Case 117 Case 118 Case 123 Case 126 Case 127 Case 128 Case 129 Case 130 Case 131 Case 132 Case 133 Case 134 Case 135 Case 136 Case 137 Case 139 Case 140 Case 141 Case 142 Case 143 Case 144 Case 145 Case 146 Case 147 Case 148 Case 149 Case 150 Case 151 Case 157 Case 158 Case 160 Case 161 Case 162 Case 163 Case 164 Case 165 Case 166 Case 167 Case 168 Case 169 Case 170 Case 171 Case 172 Case 173 Case 174 Case 175 Case 176 Case 177 Case 178 Case 179 Case 181TTL
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proeth:BERCasePrecedent a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "BER Case Precedent" ;
proeth:authoritySource "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:extensionalFunction "Grounds abstract ethical principles in concrete prior decisions, enabling pattern-based analogical reasoning for similar fact situations." ;
proeth:resourceCategory "case_precedent" ;
proeth:textReferences "In BER Case 18-10, Engineer A was the lead engineer on an independent external review",
"In BER Case 96-8, Engineer A was a peer reviewer serving as part of an organized peer-review program.",
"It is helpful to consider how the BER has addressed peer review issues in the past." ;
proeth:usageContext "Conflict of interest assessment",
"Peer review ethics analysis",
"Public safety obligation determination" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 15 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-02T19:52:49.379118+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 15 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.97 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "BER Case Precedent is a specific subtype of the canonical Case Precedent class. The BER qualifier narrows the authority source but the category is identical." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:CasePrecedent ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Case Precedent" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "It is helpful to consider how the BER has addressed peer review issues in the past." ;
rdfs:comment "A documented case decision issued by the NSPE Board of Ethical Review that provides analogical reasoning patterns and precedential guidance for resolving professional ethics questions in engineering practice." ;
rdfs:subClassOf proeth:CasePrecedent ;
skos:definition "A documented case decision issued by the NSPE Board of Ethical Review that provides analogical reasoning patterns and precedential guidance for resolving professional ethics questions in engineering practice." ;
skos:scopeNote "[CasePrecedent] Concrete instances that exemplify principle application" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-02T19:52:49.379118+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 15 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
15
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-02T19:52:49.379118+00:00
First case
15
Generated
2026-06-02T19:52:49.379118+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 15 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']