Honesty Invoked By Engineer A Disclosure to Attorney X
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/129#Honesty_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Disclosure_to_Attorney_X
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Pre-engagement disclosure to retaining attorney
Representation of professional independence and objectivity
Balancing with
Loyalty to retaining client
Concrete expression
Engineer A is obligated to be fully honest with Attorney X about the professional relationship with opposing expert Engineer B — including the committee supervisory relationship — rather than accepting the engagement without disclosing facts that are material to Attorney X's assessment of Engineer A's suitability as defense expert
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
Honesty requires not only the absence of affirmative misrepresentation but also the proactive disclosure of material facts that Attorney X would reasonably want to know before making the retention decision — the committee supervisory relationship with the opposing expert is precisely such a material fact
Invoked by
Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Forensic Expert
Tension resolution
Honesty takes precedence over any temptation to accept the engagement without disclosure — the engagement relationship itself must be founded on complete and accurate representation of Engineer A's professional relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A learns that the forensic engineering expert for the plaintiff, Engineer B, is a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee that Engineer A chairs
Text references
Engineer A learns that the forensic engineering expert for the plaintiff, Engineer B, is a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee that Engineer A chairs
Engineer A, who chairs a boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society, has been requested by Attorney X, a defense attorney, to conduct an investigation and potentially serve as an expert witness on behalf of a boiler manufacturer
TTL
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case129:Honesty_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Disclosure_to_Attorney_X a proeth:Honesty,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Honesty Invoked By Engineer A Disclosure to Attorney X" ;
proeth:appliedto "Pre-engagement disclosure to retaining attorney",
"Representation of professional independence and objectivity" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Loyalty to retaining client" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A is obligated to be fully honest with Attorney X about the professional relationship with opposing expert Engineer B — including the committee supervisory relationship — rather than accepting the engagement without disclosing facts that are material to Attorney X's assessment of Engineer A's suitability as defense expert" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "129" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T19:37:01.979262+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "129" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T19:37:01.979262+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Honesty requires not only the absence of affirmative misrepresentation but also the proactive disclosure of material facts that Attorney X would reasonably want to know before making the retention decision — the committee supervisory relationship with the opposing expert is precisely such a material fact" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Forensic Expert" ;
proeth:principleclass "Honesty" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A learns that the forensic engineering expert for the plaintiff, Engineer B, is a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee that Engineer A chairs" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Honesty takes precedence over any temptation to accept the engagement without disclosure — the engagement relationship itself must be founded on complete and accurate representation of Engineer A's professional relationships" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A learns that the forensic engineering expert for the plaintiff, Engineer B, is a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee that Engineer A chairs",
"Engineer A, who chairs a boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society, has been requested by Attorney X, a defense attorney, to conduct an investigation and potentially serve as an expert witness on behalf of a boiler manufacturer" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 129 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T19:54:29.977019"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 129 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
129
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T19:37:01.979262+00:00
First case
129
Generated
2026-02-27T19:37:01.979262+00:00
Attributed to
Case 129 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T19:54:29.977019
Generated by
ProEthica Case 129 Extraction