Engineer A Volunteer Standards Role Non-Preclusion of Forensic Service

@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_Volunteer_Standards_Role_Non-Preclusion_of_Forensic_Service a proeth:VolunteerStandardsRoleNon-PreclusionofForensicExpertServiceObligation, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer A Volunteer Standards Role Non-Preclusion of Forensic Service" ; proeth-core:competesWith case129:Engineer_A_Dual_Role_Appearance_of_Impropriety_Management_Committee_Chair_and_Defense_Expert ; proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case129:Engineer_A_Boiler_Case_Opposing_Expert_Shared_Committee_Leadership, case129:Engineer_A_Boiler_Code_Chair_Expert_Witness_Conflict_Assessment, case129:Engineer_A_Competing_Duties_-_Committee_Role_vs_Expert_Role, case129:Engineer_A_Conflict_of_Interest_-_Committee_Chair_vs_Opposing_Expert ; proeth:casecontext "The Board of Ethical Review distinguished Engineer A's volunteer standards committee role from the governmental employment conflicts in BER 67-1 and BER 02-8, finding that volunteer public-benefit standards service does not create the same type of conflict as governmental employment or commercial dual-role arrangements." ; proeth:compliancestatus "met" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ; proeth:confidence "0.9" ; proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case129:Conflict_of_Interest_Disclosure_Evolution_Principle_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Forensic_Expert, case129:Volunteer_Standards_Role_Independence_Preservation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Forensic_Expert ; proeth:discoveredincase "129" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T19:43:57.085266+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "129" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T19:43:57.085266+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (Standards Committee Chair, Forensic Expert Witness) and Ethics Reviewing Body" ; proeth:obligationclass "Volunteer Standards Role Non-Preclusion of Forensic Expert Service Obligation" ; proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A's volunteer service as chair of the boiler code standards and safety committee did not per se preclude him from serving as a forensic expert witness for Attorney X, provided he disclosed the committee relationship, exercised independent judgment, and had no other direct business or professional relationship with Engineer B beyond the committee supervisory relationship." ; proeth:sourcetext "In the present case, Engineer A is serving as a volunteer to a technical society standards-setting committee to develop fact-based objective technical codes and standards for the benefit of the public." ; proeth:temporalscope "At the time of accepting the forensic expert engagement" ; proeth:textreferences "Engineer A's role as a private forensic engineering expert should not present any clear or apparent conflict of interest.", "In the present case, Engineer A is serving as a volunteer to a technical society standards-setting committee to develop fact-based objective technical codes and standards for the benefit of the public.", "The Board sees a clear difference from the earlier cases.", "Unless there is some other direct business or professional relationship or history that Engineer A may have had that is not revealed under the facts, there does not appear to be any conflict." ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 129 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T19:54:29.983294"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 129 Extraction" .