Delegated Work Product Sealing State
Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DelegatedWorkProductSealingState
Definition
State in which a professional engineer signs and seals documents that were substantially prepared by subordinates or other personnel rather than by the engineer personally, where the engineer's authority to seal depends on having exercised genuine direction and control over the preparation process rather than merely reviewing a completed product.
Properties
Subclass of
Action Constraints
Delegation of preparation does not transfer the sealing engineer's professional accountability
Engineer may not seal documents over which they did not exercise genuine responsible charge
Activation Conditions
Documents are prepared by persons other than the sealing engineer
Engineer signs and seals the resulting documents
Sealing engineer claims direction and control over the preparers
Confidence
0.85
Obligation Activation
Duty to ensure subordinates are competent to perform assigned tasks
Duty to exercise substantive direction and control, not merely nominal supervision
Duty to verify that delegated work meets professional standards before sealing
Persistence Type
inertial
Principle Transformation
Transforms the principle of professional accountability into a concrete obligation to demonstrate active oversight when sealing documents prepared by others, distinguishing legitimate delegation from improper rubber-stamping.
State Category
competence
Termination Conditions
Engineer withdraws from the project or responsible charge role
Sealing is completed and work is delivered
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer B, a registered professional engineer signs and seals documents which are the results of the efforts of others using a CADD system working under Engineer B's direction and control
Source text
Engineer B, a registered professional engineer signs and seals documents which are the results of the efforts of others using a CADD system working under Engineer B's direction and control
Used in cases 1
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 120TTL
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proeth:DelegatedWorkProductSealingState a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Delegated Work Product Sealing State" ;
proeth:actionConstraints "Delegation of preparation does not transfer the sealing engineer's professional accountability",
"Engineer may not seal documents over which they did not exercise genuine responsible charge" ;
proeth:activationConditions "Documents are prepared by persons other than the sealing engineer",
"Engineer signs and seals the resulting documents",
"Sealing engineer claims direction and control over the preparers" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:obligationActivation "Duty to ensure subordinates are competent to perform assigned tasks",
"Duty to exercise substantive direction and control, not merely nominal supervision",
"Duty to verify that delegated work meets professional standards before sealing" ;
proeth:persistenceType "inertial" ;
proeth:principleTransformation "Transforms the principle of professional accountability into a concrete obligation to demonstrate active oversight when sealing documents prepared by others, distinguishing legitimate delegation from improper rubber-stamping." ;
proeth:stateCategory "competence" ;
proeth:terminationConditions "Engineer withdraws from the project or responsible charge role",
"Sealing is completed and work is delivered" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer B, a registered professional engineer signs and seals documents which are the results of the efforts of others using a CADD system working under Engineer B's direction and control" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 120 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T18:05:02.078098+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 120 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.0 ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer B, a registered professional engineer signs and seals documents which are the results of the efforts of others using a CADD system working under Engineer B's direction and control" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a professional engineer signs and seals documents that were substantially prepared by subordinates or other personnel rather than by the engineer personally, where the engineer's authority to seal depends on having exercised genuine direction and control over the preparation process rather than merely reviewing a completed product." ;
rdfs:subClassOf proeth:CompetenceState ;
skos:definition "State in which a professional engineer signs and seals documents that were substantially prepared by subordinates or other personnel rather than by the engineer personally, where the engineer's authority to seal depends on having exercised genuine direction and control over the preparation process rather than merely reviewing a completed product." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T18:05:02.078098+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 120 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
120
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T18:05:02.078098+00:00
First case
120
Generated
2026-06-04T18:05:02.078098+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 120 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']