Private Power Company PE — Honest Conviction Advocacy Prerequisite
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/114#Private_Power_Company_PE_—_Honest_Conviction_Advocacy_Prerequisite
Properties
Instance of
LegislativeHearingEngineeringAdvocateRoleHonestConvictionPrerequisiteObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#LegislativeHearingEngineeringAdvocateRoleHonestConvictionPrerequisiteObligation
Case context
Private Power Company PE served as an advocate for the private power company's preferred engineering solution (one high dam) before the state legislative committee.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.85
Importance
high
Obligated party
Private Power Company PE Legislative Witness
Obligation statement
The Private Power Company PE, in advocating before the state legislative committee for one high dam, was obligated to ensure that this advocacy position was grounded in honest conviction based on adequate professional knowledge and analysis, not merely in the client's preferred outcome.
Temporal scope
During legislative committee testimony
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Private Power Company Engineer Legislative Testimony
derivedFromPrinciple
Good Faith Public Welfare Sincerity — Private Power Company PE Testimony
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.
TTL
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proeth:casecontext "Private Power Company PE served as an advocate for the private power company's preferred engineering solution (one high dam) before the state legislative committee." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
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proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Private Power Company PE Legislative Witness" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Legislative Hearing Engineering Advocate Role Honest Conviction Prerequisite Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The Private Power Company PE, in advocating before the state legislative committee for one high dam, was obligated to ensure that this advocacy position was grounded in honest conviction based on adequate professional knowledge and analysis, not merely in the client's preferred outcome." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Rule 10 refers to the engineer being an 'advocate' of a position, again recognizing that contrary conclusions are to be expected." ;
proeth:temporalscope "During legislative committee testimony" ;
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." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 114 Extraction" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
114
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T15:30:18.471831+00:00
First case
114
Generated
2026-03-02T15:30:18.471831+00:00
Attributed to
Case 114 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T15:38:37.748260
Generated by
ProEthica Case 114 Extraction