Truthfulness Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Upon Discovery of Data Inaccuracy
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/107#Truthfulness_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Upon_Discovery_of_Data_Inaccuracy
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Active settlement negotiations between Attorney X and defendant's attorney
Forensic report submitted to Attorney X
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer A, upon discovering that the data underlying the forensic report conclusions was inaccurate and that accurate data would yield different conclusions, faces an obligation of truthfulness that requires disclosure of this discovery to Attorney X rather than allowing the inaccurate report to stand during active settlement negotiations
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
In the forensic engineering context, truthfulness is not satisfied by submitting an accurate report at the time of submission — it continues as an obligation that requires correction when the engineer subsequently discovers that the factual basis of the report was inaccurate, regardless of the litigation consequences
Invoked by
Engineer A Forensic Report Error Discoverer
Tension resolution
Truthfulness obligation requires immediate disclosure to Attorney X; the attorney then controls litigation strategy, but the engineer cannot allow the inaccurate report to remain uncorrected in the engineer's own professional capacity
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A discovers that the data upon which Engineer A based his report conclusions was inaccurate and that if the more accurate data had been used in his investigation, Engineer A's conclusions would be different
Text references
Engineer A discovers that the data upon which Engineer A based his report conclusions was inaccurate and that if the more accurate data had been used in his investigation, Engineer A's conclusions would be different
TTL
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case107:Truthfulness_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Upon_Discovery_of_Data_Inaccuracy a proeth:Truthfulness,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Truthfulness Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Upon Discovery of Data Inaccuracy" ;
proeth:appliedto "Active settlement negotiations between Attorney X and defendant's attorney",
"Forensic report submitted to Attorney X" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A, upon discovering that the data underlying the forensic report conclusions was inaccurate and that accurate data would yield different conclusions, faces an obligation of truthfulness that requires disclosure of this discovery to Attorney X rather than allowing the inaccurate report to stand during active settlement negotiations" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "107" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T23:34:52.922720+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "107" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T23:34:52.922720+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In the forensic engineering context, truthfulness is not satisfied by submitting an accurate report at the time of submission — it continues as an obligation that requires correction when the engineer subsequently discovers that the factual basis of the report was inaccurate, regardless of the litigation consequences" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Forensic Report Error Discoverer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Truthfulness" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A discovers that the data upon which Engineer A based his report conclusions was inaccurate and that if the more accurate data had been used in his investigation, Engineer A's conclusions would be different" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Truthfulness obligation requires immediate disclosure to Attorney X; the attorney then controls litigation strategy, but the engineer cannot allow the inaccurate report to remain uncorrected in the engineer's own professional capacity" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A discovers that the data upon which Engineer A based his report conclusions was inaccurate and that if the more accurate data had been used in his investigation, Engineer A's conclusions would be different" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 107 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T23:51:16.284289"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 107 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
107
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T23:34:52.922720+00:00
First case
107
Generated
2026-02-27T23:34:52.922720+00:00
Attributed to
Case 107 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T23:51:16.284289
Generated by
ProEthica Case 107 Extraction