Retained Engineer Advocacy-Objectivity Balance — State Power Commission PE
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/114#Retained_Engineer_Advocacy-Objectivity_Balance_—_State_Power_Commission_PE
Properties
Instance of
RetainedEngineerPublicHearingAdvocacy-ObjectivityBalancePrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#RetainedEngineerPublicHearingAdvocacy-ObjectivityBalancePrinciple
Applied to
State power commission PE's legislative testimony on low dams as the most efficient engineering solution
Balancing with
Loyalty
Objectivity
Concrete expression
The state power commission PE occupies a hybrid role: simultaneously representing the commission's preferred solution (low dams) and serving as a technically responsible professional whose testimony carries independent credibility before the legislature; this requires presenting the low-dam analysis truthfully and with supporting data, not merely as advocacy.
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Interpretation
The state PE's obligation is to present the commission's engineering position truthfully and with full supporting data, permitting emphasis on the low-dam solution's advantages while not suppressing material technical information that would be relevant to the legislature's decision.
Invoked by
State Power Commission PE Legislative Witness
Tension resolution
The advocacy-objectivity balance is maintained by grounding the testimony in engineering studies and submitting voluminous data, which signals that the position is technically supported rather than purely advocacy-driven.
Source Evidence
Source text
A professional engineer representing the state power commission testifies that engineering studies by him and his professional colleagues indicate the most efficient solution from an engineering standpoint is a series of low dams.
Text references
A professional engineer representing the state power commission testifies that engineering studies by him and his professional colleagues indicate the most efficient solution from an engineering standpoint is a series of low dams.
Each engineering witness submits voluminous engineering data in support of his position
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"Each engineering witness submits voluminous engineering data in support of his position" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
114
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T15:19:51.753769+00:00
First case
114
Generated
2026-03-02T15:19:51.753769+00:00
Attributed to
Case 114 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T15:38:37.732030
Generated by
ProEthica Case 114 Extraction