Honesty Obligation — Engineer A Dual-Role Conduct
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/145#Honesty_Obligation_—_Engineer_A_Dual-Role_Conduct
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Engineer A's testimony and conduct at State Y Environmental Quality Council hearing
Balancing with
Confidentiality
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Engineer A's overall conduct — using government-branded materials while claiming personal testimony, accepting industry payment while denying organizational affiliation, and consulting privately in his government domain — collectively reflected a failure of the fundamental honesty obligation owed to the regulatory body and the public
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Interpretation
Honesty requires not merely avoiding affirmative falsehoods but ensuring that the overall impression conveyed to a regulatory body accurately reflects the engineer's actual affiliations, compensation, and testifying capacity
Invoked by
Engineer A DOE Coal Bed Methane Regulatory Witness
Tension resolution
Honesty obligation is not overridden by loyalty to private client or desire to maintain appearance of independence
Source Evidence
Source text
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
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.
it is not entirely clear from the facts who Engineer A was testifying on behalf.
TTL
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proeth:balancingwith "Confidentiality",
"Loyalty" ;
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proeth:discoveredincase "145" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T18:20:54.697195+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Honesty requires not merely avoiding affirmative falsehoods but ensuring that the overall impression conveyed to a regulatory body accurately reflects the engineer's actual affiliations, compensation, and testifying capacity" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A DOE Coal Bed Methane Regulatory Witness" ;
proeth:principleclass "Honesty" ;
proeth:sourcetext "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" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Honesty obligation is not overridden by loyalty to private client or desire to maintain appearance of independence" ;
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.",
"it is not entirely clear from the facts who Engineer A was testifying on behalf." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
145
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T18:20:54.697195+00:00
First case
145
Generated
2026-02-28T18:20:54.697195+00:00
Attributed to
Case 145 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T18:32:03.192709
Generated by
ProEthica Case 145 Extraction