Engineer B Forensic Expert Honesty and Integrity Selective Data Defense Violation

O · Obligation Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/107#Engineer_B_Forensic_Expert_Honesty_and_Integrity_Selective_Data_Defense_Violation
Properties
Instance of
ForensicExpertWitnessObjectivityinAdversarialProceedingObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ForensicExpertWitnessObjectivityinAdversarialProceedingObligation
Case context
Engineer B was retained by the municipality in adversarial litigation. The Board found that Engineer B assumed a responsibility to defend the municipality through selective use of data, omitting pile driving records showing essential refusal and wave equation calculations showing strength multiples over requirements, and failing to report equipment failure. This was characterized as an egregious denial of professional duties.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer B
Obligation statement
Engineer B was obligated to perform forensic engineering services with honesty and integrity and to refrain from assuming a responsibility to defend the retaining municipality client through selective use of data — conduct the Board characterized as an egregious denial of professional duties in any setting, whether legal, quasi-legal, or non-legal.
Temporal scope
Throughout the forensic engagement including test pile supervision and report preparation
Source Evidence
Source text
the Board concluded that Engineer B appears to have assumed a responsibility to defend the client municipality by the selective use of data. This was an egregious denial of the duties and responsibilities of a professional engineer in any setting, whether legal, quasilegal, or nonlegal

Text references
Professional engineers are frequently called upon and play a critical role as forensic engineering experts in connection with civil litigation. These professional engineers have an ethical responsibility to perform these services with honesty and integrity and to be truthful and honest in their professional reports
the Board concluded that Engineer B appears to have assumed a responsibility to defend the client municipality by the selective use of data. This was an egregious denial of the duties and responsibilities of a professional engineer in any setting, whether legal, quasilegal, or nonlegal
TTL
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Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:26
Discovered in case
107
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T23:41:51.712459+00:00
First case
107
Generated
2026-02-27T23:41:51.712459+00:00
Attributed to
Case 107 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T23:51:16.292513
Generated by
ProEthica Case 107 Extraction