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Facts Discussion
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PASS 1: Contextual Framework Facts Section

Case 57: Duty to Report – Material Information

R Roles
2
Classes
4
Individuals
S States
4
Classes
5
Individuals
Rs Resources
1
Classes
1
Individuals

Extracted Ontology Entities

17 RDF entities extracted organized by concept type

R Roles

Roles Classes
2
changed
EngineerRole
rdfs:subClassOf Roles
Review
Engineer Role
C57
Definition
Extracted from facts primary
An unlicensed engineer working within a professional engineering program under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer, performing engineering work such as reviewing inspection reports and supervising inspection staff while not yet holding a PE license.
Inherited from EngineerRole · note
A professional role involving engineering practice and responsibilities. Occupational archetype head for all engineer specializations and extracted engineer-role leaves.
Properties
Text References:
"Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director."
Confidence: 0.9
Role Category: employer_relationship
Role Kind: professional
Distinguishing Features:
  • Practices engineering under the required supervision of a licensed professional engineer
  • Not yet licensed, so carries no independent responsible-charge authority
  • Reports findings up a supervisory line rather than certifying work independently
Professional Scope: Engineering support work within an agency program, including review of inspection reports and supervision of inspection staff, performed under the oversight of a licensed engineer
Typical Qualifications:
  • Engineering degree or equivalent training
  • Engineer intern or engineer-in-training standing rather than PE licensure
Associated Virtues:
  • Diligence
  • Honesty in reporting
  • Deference to supervisory review
[facts] "Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director.
  • roleCategory content: employer_relationship
  • roleKind content: professional
  • distinguishingFeatures content: Practices engineering under the required supervision of a licensed professional engineer; Not yet licensed, so carries no independent responsible-charge authority; Reports findings up a supervisory line rather than certifying work independently
  • professionalScope content: Engineering support work within an agency program, including review of inspection reports and supervision of inspection staff, performed under the oversight of a licensed engineer
  • typicalQualifications content: Engineering degree or equivalent training; Engineer intern or engineer-in-training standing rather than PE licensure
  • associatedVirtues content: Diligence; Honesty in reporting; Deference to supervisory review
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
changed
InspectorRole
rdfs:subClassOf Roles
New C57
Definition
Extracted from facts primary
A role of a person who performs field inspections of bridges and records observed conditions and defects in inspection reports and photographs, working under the supervision of engineering staff in a bridge inspection program.
Properties
Text References:
"an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member"
"the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years"
Confidence: 0.85
Distinguishing Features:
  • Performs field observation and reporting of bridge conditions rather than engineering design or review
  • Works under the supervision of engineering program staff
  • Duty to record observed defects arises from the inspection program, and the case does not articulate a governing professional code for this role
[facts] "While reviewing the inspection report for a bridge, Engineer Intern A observed that an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete ..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member; the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years
  • distinguishingFeatures content: Performs field observation and reporting of bridge conditions rather than engineering design or review; Works under the supervision of engineering program staff; Duty to record observed defects arises from the inspection program, and the case does not articulate a governing professional code for this role
  • confidence assessment: 0.85
Roles Individuals
4
Linked
Engineer Role
C57
Text References:
"under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director"
"Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B"
Confidence: 0.9
Actor: Engineer B
Role Class: Engineer Role
Role Category: employer_relationship
Role Kind: professional
License: PE
Employer: State DOT
Additional Relationships: {'type': 'receivesReportFrom', 'target': 'Engineer Intern A', 'quote': 'Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B'}
Case Involvement: Licensed PE and state DOT director who supervises Engineer Intern A in the bridge inspection program and received Engineer Intern A's report of the defect.
Position: State DOT director
Employedby: State DOT
"a PE and state DOT director"
Relatedto: Engineer Intern A
"under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director"
[facts] "Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • actor: Engineer B
  • attributes: {'position': 'State DOT director'}
  • relationships: {'type': 'employedBy', 'target': 'State DOT', 'quote': 'a PE and state DOT director'}; {'type': 'relatedTo', 'target': 'Engineer Intern A', 'quote': 'under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director'}
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director; Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B
  • roleClass content: Engineer Role
  • roleCategory content: employer_relationship
  • roleKind content: professional
  • license content: PE
  • employer content: State DOT
  • additionalRelationships content: {'type': 'receivesReportFrom', 'target': 'Engineer Intern A', 'quote': 'Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B'}
  • caseInvolvement content: Licensed PE and state DOT director who supervises Engineer Intern A in the bridge inspection program and received Engineer Intern A's report of the defect.
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
New C57
Text References:
"an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member"
"the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years"
Confidence: 0.85
Actor: Inspector
Role Class: Bridge Inspector
Specialty: Bridge inspection
Employer: State DOT
Case Involvement: Performed bridge inspections under the supervision of Engineer Intern A and failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member in inspection reports for at least five years.
Workreviewedby: Engineer Intern A
"Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years"
Relatedto: Engineer Intern A
"an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A"
[facts] "While reviewing the inspection report for a bridge, Engineer Intern A observed that an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete ..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • actor: Inspector
  • relationships: {'type': 'workReviewedBy', 'target': 'Engineer Intern A', 'quote': 'Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years'}; {'type': 'relatedTo', 'target': 'Engineer Intern A', 'quote': 'an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A'}
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member; the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years
  • roleClass content: Bridge Inspector
  • specialty content: Bridge inspection
  • employer content: State DOT
  • caseInvolvement content: Performed bridge inspections under the supervision of Engineer Intern A and failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member in inspection reports for at least five years.
  • confidence assessment: 0.85
Review
Engineer Role
C57
Text References:
"Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director."
"Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B but did not report the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years."
Confidence: 0.95
Actor: Engineer Intern A
Role Class: Engineer Intern
Role Category: employer_relationship
Role Kind: professional
License: Unlicensed (engineer intern)
Specialty: Bridge inspection
Employer: State DOT
Technical Background: Engineering, bridge inspection program
Additional Relationships: {'type': 'supervises', 'target': 'Inspector', 'quote': 'an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A'}
Case Involvement: While reviewing a bridge inspection report, discovered that an inspector under his supervision had failed to report a visibly obvious defect, reviewed five years of the inspector's reports and photographs, found the defect had gone unreported for at least five years, and reported the defect to Engineer B without reporting that it had been visibly obvious for at least five years.
Supervisor: Engineer B
Employedby: State DOT
"Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program"
Relatedto: Engineer B
"under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director"
Reviewsworkof: Inspector
"Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years"
[facts] "Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • actor: Engineer Intern A
  • attributes: {'supervisor': 'Engineer B'}
  • relationships: {'type': 'employedBy', 'target': 'State DOT', 'quote': 'Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program'}; {'type': 'relatedTo', 'target': 'Engineer B', 'quote': 'under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director'}; {'type': 'reviewsWorkOf', 'target': 'Inspector', 'quote': 'Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years'}
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director.; Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B but did not report the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years.
  • roleClass content: Engineer Intern
  • roleCategory content: employer_relationship
  • roleKind content: professional
  • license content: Unlicensed (engineer intern)
  • specialty content: Bridge inspection
  • employer content: State DOT
  • technicalBackground content: Engineering, bridge inspection program
  • additionalRelationships content: {'type': 'supervises', 'target': 'Inspector', 'quote': 'an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A'}
  • caseInvolvement content: While reviewing a bridge inspection report, discovered that an inspector under his supervision had failed to report a visibly obvious defect, reviewed five years of the inspector's reports and photographs, found the defect had gone unreported for at least five years, and reported the defect to Engineer B without reporting that it had been visibly obvious for at least five years.
  • confidence assessment: 0.95
State DOT Employer
Employer Role
Linked
Employer Role
C57
Text References:
"Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program"
Confidence: 0.8
Actor: State DOT
Role Class: Employer Role
Role Kind: participant
Case Involvement: State transportation agency that operates the bridge inspection program employing Engineer Intern A, Engineer B, and the inspector.
Program: Bridge inspection program
[facts] "Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • actor: State DOT
  • attributes: {'program': 'Bridge inspection program'}
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program
  • roleClass content: Employer Role
  • roleKind content: participant
  • caseInvolvement content: State transportation agency that operates the bridge inspection program employing Engineer Intern A, Engineer B, and the inspector.
  • confidence assessment: 0.8

S States

States Classes
4
changed
SupervisoryDirectionState
rdfs:subClassOf States
Linked
Pre-Licensure Practice State
C57
Definition
Extracted from facts primary
A competence condition in which an unlicensed engineer intern carries out professional work under the supervision and responsibility of a licensed professional engineer, here Engineer Intern A working in the DOT's bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director.
Inherited from PreLicensurePracticeState · note
A competence condition in which an engineer intern who has not yet obtained professional licensure carries out delegated project work under a senior engineer's responsibility, here Engineer Intern D, about to sit for the PE exam, performing the Shadyvale DOT project delegated by Engineer W.
Properties
Text References:
"Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director."
Confidence: 0.9
State Category: competence
Persistence Type: inertial
Activation Conditions: Engineer Intern A joins the DOT bridge inspection program as an unlicensed engineer under Engineer B's supervision
Termination Conditions: Engineer Intern A obtains professional licensure or leaves the supervised program
Obligation Activation: Obligation to work under and report to the supervising professional engineer
Principle Transformation: The intern's unlicensed status channels professional accountability through the supervising engineer, so the duty to act on the defect runs through reporting to Engineer B.
[facts] "Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director.
  • stateCategory content: competence
  • persistenceType content: inertial
  • principleTransformation content: The intern's unlicensed status channels professional accountability through the supervising engineer, so the duty to act on the defect runs through reporting to Engineer B.
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
Derived (reconstructable from the graph)
  • activationConditions: Engineer Intern A joins the DOT bridge inspection program as an unlicensed engineer under Engineer B's supervision
  • terminationConditions: Engineer Intern A obtains professional licensure or leaves the supervised program
  • obligationActivation: Obligation to work under and report to the supervising professional engineer
changed
Selective Reporting State
rdfs:subClassOf States
Linked
SelectiveReportingState
C57
Definition
Extracted from facts primary
A disclosure condition in which material information has been omitted or only partially disclosed among the parties, here both the inspector's failure to report a visibly obvious defect in inspection reports and Engineer Intern A's report to Engineer B that disclosed the defect but omitted the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years.
Inherited from SelectiveReportingState · note
A condition of what information has been disclosed among the parties, here the state in which all available information about both design approaches, including risks and benefits, has been presented to the client's leadership.
Properties
Text References:
"failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member"
"Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B but did not report the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years."
Confidence: 0.92
State Category: disclosure
Persistence Type: inertial
Activation Conditions: A report is delivered that omits material information known to the reporter
Termination Conditions: The omitted material fact is disclosed to the appropriate recipient
Obligation Activation: Obligation to disclose all material facts in reports
Principle Transformation: The honesty and completeness expected of professional reporting becomes a concrete duty to disclose the omitted material facts once a partial disclosure condition holds.
[facts] "Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B but did not report the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member; Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B but did not report the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years.
  • stateCategory content: disclosure
  • persistenceType content: inertial
  • principleTransformation content: The honesty and completeness expected of professional reporting becomes a concrete duty to disclose the omitted material facts once a partial disclosure condition holds.
  • confidence assessment: 0.92
Derived (reconstructable from the graph)
  • activationConditions: A report is delivered that omits material information known to the reporter
  • terminationConditions: The omitted material fact is disclosed to the appropriate recipient
  • obligationActivation: Obligation to disclose all material facts in reports
changed
PublicSafetyRiskState
rdfs:subClassOf States
Review
PublicSafetyRiskState
C57
Definition
Extracted from facts primary
A condition of hazard exposure in which the public faces potential harm to safety or welfare, here the exposure created by a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member that has gone unreported in bridge inspection reports for at least five years.
Inherited from PublicSafetyRiskState · note
A condition of hazard exposure in which the public or a specific community faces potential harm to safety or welfare, such as flooding harm to residents.
Properties
Text References:
"failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member"
"the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years"
Confidence: 0.9
State Category: risk
Persistence Type: inertial
Activation Conditions: Defect develops in the concrete bridge member and remains unreported in inspection reports
Termination Conditions: Defect is reported, evaluated, and remediated
Obligation Activation: Obligation to report the defect to the responsible supervisor
Principle Transformation: The presence of an unreported structural defect makes the abstract paramountcy of public safety concrete as a duty to bring the defect to the attention of the responsible engineer.
[facts] "Engineer Intern A observed that an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member; the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years
  • stateCategory content: risk
  • persistenceType content: inertial
  • principleTransformation content: The presence of an unreported structural defect makes the abstract paramountcy of public safety concrete as a duty to bring the defect to the attention of the responsible engineer.
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
Derived (reconstructable from the graph)
  • activationConditions: Defect develops in the concrete bridge member and remains unreported in inspection reports
  • terminationConditions: Defect is reported, evaluated, and remediated
  • obligationActivation: Obligation to report the defect to the responsible supervisor
changed
SelectiveReportingState
rdfs:subClassOf States
Review
Epistemic State
C57
Definition
Extracted from facts primary
An epistemic condition in which a professional, after reviewing records, knows that required reporting has been repeatedly omitted by another over an extended period, here Engineer Intern A's knowledge, after reviewing five years of the inspector's reports and photographs, that the same inspector had failed to report the same visibly obvious defect for at least five years.
Inherited from EpistemicState · note
A condition of what an agent knows, believes, or is uncertain of with respect to facts material to a decision. As a content kind it captures the agent's knowledge state, the Aristotelian and Sarmiento epistemic condition for responsibility: an agent is answerable for conduct in proportion to what the agent knew or should have known. Its deontic relevance is that knowledge conditions the obligations governing informed decision and decision-under-uncertainty.
Properties
Text References:
"Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years and discovered that the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years"
Confidence: 0.88
State Category: epistemic
Persistence Type: inertial
Activation Conditions: Engineer Intern A reviews the inspector's reports and photographs going back five years and discovers the repeated omission
Termination Conditions: The known facts are fully disclosed to the responsible authority
Obligation Activation: Obligation to report material facts known to the supervising engineer
Principle Transformation: Once Engineer Intern A knows the defect was visibly obvious and unreported for five years, the general expectation of candor becomes a concrete question of whether that known fact must be reported to Engineer B.
[facts] "Concerned, Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years and discovered that the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years and discovered that the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years
  • stateCategory content: epistemic
  • persistenceType content: inertial
  • principleTransformation content: Once Engineer Intern A knows the defect was visibly obvious and unreported for five years, the general expectation of candor becomes a concrete question of whether that known fact must be reported to Engineer B.
  • confidence assessment: 0.88
Derived (reconstructable from the graph)
  • activationConditions: Engineer Intern A reviews the inspector's reports and photographs going back five years and discovers the repeated omission
  • terminationConditions: The known facts are fully disclosed to the responsible authority
  • obligationActivation: Obligation to report material facts known to the supervising engineer
States Individuals
5
changed
Inspector Five-Year Defect Omission
SelectiveReportingState
Linked
SelectiveReportingState
C57
Text References:
"an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member"
"the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years"
Confidence: 0.9
State Class: Selective Reporting State
Subject: Inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A
Active Period: For at least five years of inspection reports
Triggering Event: Inspector fails to report the visibly obvious defect in an inspection report
Terminated By: Engineer Intern A reports the defect to Engineer B
Affected Parties:
  • DOT
  • Engineer B
  • Public using the bridge
Urgency Level: high
[facts] "Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years and discovered that the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member; the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years
  • stateClass content: Selective Reporting State
  • subject content: Inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A
  • activePeriod content: For at least five years of inspection reports
  • triggeringEvent content: Inspector fails to report the visibly obvious defect in an inspection report
  • terminatedBy content: Engineer Intern A reports the defect to Engineer B
  • affectedParties content: DOT; Engineer B; Public using the bridge
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
  • urgencyLevel assessment: high
changed
Intern Partial Report To Supervisor
SelectiveReportingState
Linked
SelectiveReportingState
C57
Text References:
"Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B but did not report the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years."
Confidence: 0.92
State Class: Selective Reporting State
Subject: Engineer Intern A
Active Period: From Engineer Intern A's report to Engineer B, and continuing
Triggering Event: Engineer Intern A reports the defect to Engineer B while omitting the five-year visibility fact
Affected Parties:
  • Engineer B
  • DOT
  • Public using the bridge
Urgency Level: medium
[facts] "Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B but did not report the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B but did not report the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years.
  • stateClass content: Selective Reporting State
  • subject content: Engineer Intern A
  • activePeriod content: From Engineer Intern A's report to Engineer B, and continuing
  • triggeringEvent content: Engineer Intern A reports the defect to Engineer B while omitting the five-year visibility fact
  • affectedParties content: Engineer B; DOT; Public using the bridge
  • confidence assessment: 0.92
  • urgencyLevel assessment: medium
changed
Review
Epistemic State
C57
Text References:
"Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years and discovered that the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years"
Confidence: 0.88
State Class: Known Reporting Failure State
Subject: Engineer Intern A
Active Period: From the discovery during the five-year record review, and continuing
Triggering Event: Engineer Intern A discovers the repeated omission while reviewing the inspector's reports and photographs
Affected Parties:
  • Engineer B
  • Inspector
  • DOT
Urgency Level: high
[facts] "Concerned, Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years and discovered that the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years and discovered that the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years
  • stateClass content: Known Reporting Failure State
  • subject content: Engineer Intern A
  • activePeriod content: From the discovery during the five-year record review, and continuing
  • triggeringEvent content: Engineer Intern A discovers the repeated omission while reviewing the inspector's reports and photographs
  • affectedParties content: Engineer B; Inspector; DOT
  • confidence assessment: 0.88
  • urgencyLevel assessment: high
changed
Intern A Pre-Licensure Practice
Pre-Licensure Practice State
Linked
Pre-Licensure Practice State
C57
Text References:
"Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director."
Confidence: 0.9
State Class: Pre-Licensure Practice State
Subject: Engineer Intern A
Active Period: Throughout Engineer Intern A's work in the DOT bridge inspection program
Triggering Event: Engineer Intern A joins the DOT bridge inspection program under Engineer B's supervision
Affected Parties:
  • Engineer B
  • DOT
Urgency Level: low
[facts] "Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: Engineer Intern A is an unlicensed engineer in the DOT’s bridge inspection program under the supervision of Engineer B, a PE and state DOT director.
  • stateClass content: Pre-Licensure Practice State
  • subject content: Engineer Intern A
  • activePeriod content: Throughout Engineer Intern A's work in the DOT bridge inspection program
  • triggeringEvent content: Engineer Intern A joins the DOT bridge inspection program under Engineer B's supervision
  • affectedParties content: Engineer B; DOT
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
  • urgencyLevel assessment: low
changed
Review
PublicSafetyRiskState
C57
Text References:
"failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member"
"the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years"
Confidence: 0.9
State Class: Public Safety Risk State
Subject: Concrete bridge member and the public using the bridge
Active Period: From the defect becoming visibly obvious, at least five years, and continuing
Triggering Event: Defect develops in the concrete bridge member
Affected Parties:
  • Public using the bridge
  • DOT
Urgency Level: high
[facts] "Engineer Intern A observed that an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member; the same inspector had failed to report the same defect for at least five years
  • stateClass content: Public Safety Risk State
  • subject content: Concrete bridge member and the public using the bridge
  • activePeriod content: From the defect becoming visibly obvious, at least five years, and continuing
  • triggeringEvent content: Defect develops in the concrete bridge member
  • affectedParties content: Public using the bridge; DOT
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
  • urgencyLevel assessment: high

Rs Resources

Resources Classes
1
changed
ReferenceMaterial
rdfs:subClassOf Resources
Linked
Reference Material
C57
Definition
Extracted from facts primary
Handbooks, manuals, records, and other documentation supporting professional practice with technical and procedural knowledge, here instantiated by bridge inspection reports and photographs relied on in the facts.
Inherited from ReferenceMaterial · note
Handbooks, manuals, guides, and other documentation supporting professional practice with technical and procedural knowledge.
Properties
Text References:
"While reviewing the inspection report for a bridge"
"Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years"
Confidence: 0.85
Resource Category: reference_material
[facts] "While reviewing the inspection report for a bridge, Engineer Intern A observed that an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete ..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: While reviewing the inspection report for a bridge; Engineer Intern A reviewed the inspector’s reports and photographs going back five years
  • resourceCategory content: reference_material
  • confidence assessment: 0.85
Resources Individuals
1
changed
Bridge Inspection Report
Reference Material
Linked
Reference Material
C57
Text References:
"While reviewing the inspection report for a bridge, Engineer Intern A observed that an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete ..."
Confidence: 0.85
Resource Class: Reference Material
Topic: bridge inspection findings for a concrete bridge member
Used By: Engineer Intern A
[facts] "While reviewing the inspection report for a bridge, Engineer Intern A observed that an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete ..."
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • usedBy: Engineer Intern A
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • textReferences content: While reviewing the inspection report for a bridge, Engineer Intern A observed that an inspector under the supervision of Engineer Intern A had failed to report a visibly obvious defect in a concrete bridge member.
  • resourceClass content: Reference Material
  • topic content: bridge inspection findings for a concrete bridge member
  • confidence assessment: 0.85
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Case texts: National Society of Professional Engineers, Board of Ethical Review.

NOTE: The NSPE Board of Ethical Review considers ethical cases involving either real or hypothetical matters submitted to it from NSPE members, other engineers, public officials, and members of the public. The BER reviews each case in the context of the NSPE Code of Ethics and earlier BER opinions. The facts contained in each case do not necessarily represent all of the pertinent facts submitted to or reviewed by the BER and shall not be considered a direct evaluation of any real matter that may have been submitted.

Each opinion is intended as guidance to individual practicing engineers, students, and the public. In regard to the question of application of the NSPE Code of Ethics to engineering organizations (e.g., corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, government agencies, and university engineering departments), the specific business form or type should not negate nor detract from the conformance of individuals to the Code. The NSPE Code deals with professional services, which must be performed by real persons. Real persons in turn establish and implement policies within business structures.

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