Engineer Selective Disclosure Standard
Class
4c87af97
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineerSelectiveDisclosureStandard
Definition
Professional norms and ethical obligations governing the conditions under which an engineer presenting technical findings in a public or quasi-judicial forum is required to volunteer material information not specifically solicited, including the principle that engineers are not automatically obligated to disclose all potentially relevant information if, in their professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent' to the matter at hand, provided they respond truthfully when questioned.
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Subclass of
Definition
Professional norms and ethical obligations governing the conditions under which an engineer presenting technical findings in a public or quasi-judicial forum is required to volunteer material information not specifically solicited, including the principle that engineers are not automatically obligated to disclose all potentially relevant information if, in their professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent' to the matter at hand, provided they respond truthfully when questioned.
Source Evidence
Source Text
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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rdfs:label "Engineer Selective Disclosure Standard" ;
rdfs:comment "Professional norms and ethical obligations governing the conditions under which an engineer presenting technical findings in a public or quasi-judicial forum is required to volunteer material information not specifically solicited, including the principle that engineers are not automatically obligated to disclose all potentially relevant information if, in their professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent' to the matter at hand, provided they respond truthfully when questioned." ;
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
4c87af97f6626194...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
123
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-27T23:56:13.558402+00:00
First Discovered In Case
123
Generated
2026-02-27T23:56:13.558402+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 123 Extraction