Professional Accountability
Class
084526b0
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProfessionalAccountability
Definition
Professional virtue principle requiring engineers to take responsibility for their professional decisions and actions, including acknowledging non-compliance and taking corrective action rather than rationalizing violations through convenience or longstanding practice
Properties
Subclass of
Definition
Professional virtue principle requiring engineers to take responsibility for their professional decisions and actions, including acknowledging non-compliance and taking corrective action rather than rationalizing violations through convenience or longstanding practice
Scope Note
[Case 116] Professional virtue principle requiring engineers to take responsibility for their professional decisions and actions, including acknowledging non-compliance and taking corrective action rather than rationalizing violations through convenience or longstanding practice.
[Case 12] Professional virtue principle requiring engineers to take responsibility for their professional decisions and actions, including acknowledging non-compliance, errors, and limitations rather than concealing them, and taking corrective action rather than rationalizing failures through convenience or economic pressure
[Case 175] Professional virtue principle requiring engineers to take responsibility for their professional decisions and actions, including accepting the professional and employment consequences of refusing to comply with directives they believe would violate professional ethics.
Source Evidence
Source Text
City D's Engineer acknowledges that the two most recent contracts with Firm Z did not comply with contracting requirements but dismisses the need for corrective action, citing the convenience and longstanding relationship with Firm Z as justification.
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
084526b0ebd9d85b...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
['6', '12', '116', '175']
Discovered In Pass
2
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-24T07:08:39.448126+00:00
First Discovered In Case
6
Generated
2026-02-24T07:08:39.448126+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 6 Extraction