Impaired Licensee Friendship Non-Reporting State
Class
95c92837
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ImpairedLicenseeFriendshipNon-ReportingState
Definition
State in which a licensed professional engineer who has discovered that a peer licensee is practicing while medically impaired and producing defective work product — causing actual harm — elects not to report that licensee to the State Board, citing personal friendship and compassion for the impaired engineer's circumstances, thereby placing personal loyalty in direct conflict with the professional and ethical obligation to protect the public through regulatory reporting.
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Definition
State in which a licensed professional engineer who has discovered that a peer licensee is practicing while medically impaired and producing defective work product — causing actual harm — elects not to report that licensee to the State Board, citing personal friendship and compassion for the impaired engineer's circumstances, thereby placing personal loyalty in direct conflict with the professional and ethical obligation to protect the public through regulatory reporting.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Because of their long friendship and consideration of Engineer B's impairment, Engineer A did not report Engineer B to the State Board
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rdfs:comment "State in which a licensed professional engineer who has discovered that a peer licensee is practicing while medically impaired and producing defective work product — causing actual harm — elects not to report that licensee to the State Board, citing personal friendship and compassion for the impaired engineer's circumstances, thereby placing personal loyalty in direct conflict with the professional and ethical obligation to protect the public through regulatory reporting." ;
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Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
95c9283789c537b1...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
16
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-25T02:44:07.719333+00:00
First Discovered In Case
16
Generated
2026-02-25T02:44:07.719333+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 16 Extraction