Engineer Advocate Appearance Before Public Body
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/114#Engineer_Advocate_Appearance_Before_Public_Body
Properties
Instance of
EngineerAdvocateRoleBeforePublicBodyState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineerAdvocateRoleBeforePublicBodyState
Active period
During the engineer's engagement with the public body as advocate or expert witness
Affected parties
Advocating engineer
Affected public
Client or employer
Opposing engineers
Public body
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer appearing before courts, commissions, public hearings, and other tribunals to offer expert opinion in support of a position
Terminated by
Conclusion of the public proceeding; public body renders decision
Triggering event
Engineer retained by client, employer, or acting from public duty to offer expert knowledge and opinion before a public body on a matter of public importance
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
Rule 10 refers to the engineer being an 'advocate' of a position, again recognizing that contrary conclusions are to be expected
Text references
Canon 5 recognizes the expression of opinion on engineering matters in connection with testimony before courts, commissions and other tribunals
Rule 10 refers to the engineer being an 'advocate' of a position, again recognizing that contrary conclusions are to be expected
We believe that the wording of Canon 5 can be extended to public hearings and procedures
this should not be interpreted as interfering with the duty of the engineer to his client, employer or the public to offer his expert knowledge and opinion to public bodies which bear the responsibility for acts of public importance
TTL
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case114:Engineer_Advocate_Appearance_Before_Public_Body a proeth:EngineerAdvocateRoleBeforePublicBodyState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer Advocate Appearance Before Public Body" ;
proeth:activeperiod "During the engineer's engagement with the public body as advocate or expert witness" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Advocating engineer",
"Affected public",
"Client or employer",
"Opposing engineers",
"Public body" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "114" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T15:17:36.155582+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "114" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T15:17:36.155582+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Rule 10 refers to the engineer being an 'advocate' of a position, again recognizing that contrary conclusions are to be expected" ;
proeth:stateclass "Engineer Advocate Role Before Public Body State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer appearing before courts, commissions, public hearings, and other tribunals to offer expert opinion in support of a position" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Conclusion of the public proceeding; public body renders decision" ;
proeth:textreferences "Canon 5 recognizes the expression of opinion on engineering matters in connection with testimony before courts, commissions and other tribunals",
"Rule 10 refers to the engineer being an 'advocate' of a position, again recognizing that contrary conclusions are to be expected",
"We believe that the wording of Canon 5 can be extended to public hearings and procedures",
"this should not be interpreted as interfering with the duty of the engineer to his client, employer or the public to offer his expert knowledge and opinion to public bodies which bear the responsibility for acts of public importance" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer retained by client, employer, or acting from public duty to offer expert knowledge and opinion before a public body on a matter of public importance" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 114 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T15:38:37.734260"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 114 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
114
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T15:17:36.155582+00:00
First case
114
Generated
2026-03-02T15:17:36.155582+00:00
Attributed to
Case 114 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T15:38:37.734260
Generated by
ProEthica Case 114 Extraction