Engineer A Industry Consulting Relationship Disclosure State Y Hearing Violation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/145#Engineer_A_Industry_Consulting_Relationship_Disclosure_State_Y_Hearing_Violation
Properties
Instance of
IndustryConsultingRelationshipAffirmativeDisclosureinRegulatoryTestimonyObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#IndustryConsultingRelationshipAffirmativeDisclosureinRegulatoryTestimonyObligation
Case context
Engineer A testified before the State Y Environmental Quality Council on coal bed methane discharge permit rules without disclosing that he operated a private consulting practice primarily serving coal bed methane companies, creating a false impression of independent expert opinion.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to affirmatively disclose his ongoing private consulting relationships with coal bed methane companies when testifying before the State Y Environmental Quality Council on proposed rules directly affecting that industry.
Temporal scope
At the outset of testimony before the State Y Environmental Quality Council
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A's attendance at the hearing was paid for by a private coal bed methane company.
Text references
Engineer A's actions in serving as an expert witness and Engineer A's behavior as an expert witness calls into serious question Engineer A's understanding of his ethical obligations as a professional engineer.
Engineer A's attendance at the hearing was paid for by a private coal bed methane company.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
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proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case145:Engineer_A_Undisclosed_Private_Retainer_in_Regulatory_Testimony ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A testified before the State Y Environmental Quality Council on coal bed methane discharge permit rules without disclosing that he operated a private consulting practice primarily serving coal bed methane companies, creating a false impression of independent expert opinion." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case145:Conflict_of_Interest_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Industry_Compensation_Concealment,
case145:Transparency_Principle_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Concealed_Compensation ;
proeth:discoveredincase "145" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "145" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T18:23:11.416072+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Industry Consulting Relationship Affirmative Disclosure in Regulatory Testimony Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to affirmatively disclose his ongoing private consulting relationships with coal bed methane companies when testifying before the State Y Environmental Quality Council on proposed rules directly affecting that industry." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A's attendance at the hearing was paid for by a private coal bed methane company." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the outset of testimony before the State Y Environmental Quality Council" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A's actions in serving as an expert witness and Engineer A's behavior as an expert witness calls into serious question Engineer A's understanding of his ethical obligations as a professional engineer.",
"Engineer A's attendance at the hearing was paid for by a private coal bed methane company." ;
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prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T18:32:03.194249"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
145
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T18:23:11.416072+00:00
First case
145
Generated
2026-02-28T18:23:11.416072+00:00
Attributed to
Case 145 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T18:32:03.194249
Generated by
ProEthica Case 145 Extraction