Completeness and Non-Selectivity Invoked by Engineer A Waterfront Hearing
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/123#Completeness_and_Non-Selectivity_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Waterfront_Hearing
Properties
Instance of
CompletenessandNon-SelectivityinProfessionalAdvisoryOpinions
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompletenessandNon-SelectivityinProfessionalAdvisoryOpinions
Applied to
Public hearing presentation of waterfront development design
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Honesty
Relevance and Pertinence Standard for Voluntary Disclosure at Public Hearings
Concrete expression
The question of whether Engineer A was required to volunteer information about traffic, air, and noise pollution at the public hearing implicates the completeness principle — the Board concluded that the relevance-and-pertinence standard bounded Engineer A's voluntary disclosure obligation in the public hearing context
Confidence
0.83
Importance
high
Interpretation
In the public hearing context, the completeness principle is calibrated by the relevance-and-pertinence standard — not all known adverse information must be volunteered, but the engineer must not selectively suppress material findings to serve the client's interests
Invoked by
Engineer A Waterfront Development Hearing Case
Tension resolution
The Board found that Engineer A's omission did not violate the completeness principle because the information was not, in Engineer A's professional judgment, relevant and pertinent — and because Engineer A would have answered truthfully if questioned
Source Evidence
Source text
The Board of Ethical Review concluded that Engineer A's ethical obligation does not require him to disclose such information if, in his professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent.'
Text references
Engineer A was aware of these factors, but was not specifically questioned on these factors and did not volunteer this fact
The Board of Ethical Review concluded that Engineer A's ethical obligation does not require him to disclose such information if, in his professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent.'
TTL
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"Honesty",
"Relevance and Pertinence Standard for Voluntary Disclosure at Public Hearings" ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:04:09.972985+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "123" ;
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proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Waterfront Development Hearing Case" ;
proeth:principleclass "Completeness and Non-Selectivity in Professional Advisory Opinions" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The Board of Ethical Review concluded that Engineer A's ethical obligation does not require him to disclose such information if, in his professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent.'" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The Board found that Engineer A's omission did not violate the completeness principle because the information was not, in Engineer A's professional judgment, relevant and pertinent — and because Engineer A would have answered truthfully if questioned" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A was aware of these factors, but was not specifically questioned on these factors and did not volunteer this fact",
"The Board of Ethical Review concluded that Engineer A's ethical obligation does not require him to disclose such information if, in his professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent.'" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 123 Extraction" ;
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
123
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:04:09.972985+00:00
First case
123
Generated
2026-02-28T00:04:09.972985+00:00
Attributed to
Case 123 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:14:43.753108
Generated by
ProEthica Case 123 Extraction