Engineer A DOE Coal Bed Methane Expert Witness

@prefix case129: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/129#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case129:Engineer_A_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Expert_Witness a proeth:MisleadingCredentialedExpertWitnessEngineer, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer A DOE Coal Bed Methane Expert Witness" ; proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case129:Conflict_of_Interest_Disclosure_in_Advisory_Engagements_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Expert_Witness, case129:Credential_Presentation_Accuracy_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Expert_Witness, case129:Dual_Role_Appearance_of_Impropriety_Avoidance_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Expert_Witness, case129:Honesty_in_Professional_Representations_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Expert_Witness ; proeth-core:hasObligation case129:Engineer_A_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Expert_Witness_Credential_Misrepresentation, case129:Engineer_A_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Governmental_Employee_Private_Consulting_Conflict ; proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer (State X only)', 'public_role': 'US Department of Energy employee, coal bed methane division', 'private_role': 'Paid consultant for coal bed methane companies', 'testimony_jurisdiction': 'State Y (not licensed)'}" ; proeth:caseinvolvement "Testified at a state environmental quality council hearing as a paid consultant for a coal bed methane company while presenting DOE job title credentials, failing to disclose the financial relationship with the retaining company, and creating the false impression of testifying as a DOE researcher — found unethical by the BER." ; proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ; proeth:confidence "0.93" ; proeth:discoveredincase "129" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T19:34:43.817300+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "129" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T19:34:43.817300+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:relationships "{'type': 'committee_member', 'target': 'State X Environmental Quality Council'}", "{'type': 'employer', 'target': 'US Department of Energy'}", "{'type': 'retaining_client', 'target': 'Coal Bed Methane Company'}", "{'type': 'testimony_before', 'target': 'State Y Environmental Quality Council'}" ; proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ; proeth:roleclass "Misleading Credentialed Expert Witness Engineer" ; proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A served on the State X Environmental Quality Council" ; proeth:textreferences "Engineer A never stated in his testimony that he worked for coal bed methane companies", "Engineer A served on the State X Environmental Quality Council", "Engineer A was retained to testify by a coal bed methane company", "Engineer A's PowerPoint presentation listed his job title with the US DOE", "It was unethical for Engineer A to provide expert testimony in the manner described", "a newspaper article on the hearing reported that a 'US DOE researcher' testified", "it was later revealed that Engineer A's attendance at the hearing was paid for by the coal bed methane company through his consulting business" ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 129 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T19:54:29.973627"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 129 Extraction" .