Technically True But Misleading Omission Prohibition Engineer A Own Behalf Response
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/145#Technically_True_But_Misleading_Omission_Prohibition_Engineer_A_Own_Behalf_Response
Properties
Instance of
TechnicallyTrueButMisleadingOmissionProhibitioninRegulatoryTestimonyObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#TechnicallyTrueButMisleadingOmissionProhibitioninRegulatoryTestimonyObligation
Case context
When directly asked whether he was testifying on behalf of the U.S. DOE, Engineer A responded 'I am testifying on my own behalf,' which was technically accurate but omitted the material fact that his attendance was paid for by a coal bed methane company through his consulting business.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from responding 'I am testifying on my own behalf' to the direct question of whether he was testifying on behalf of the U.S. DOE, without simultaneously disclosing that his attendance was compensated by a coal bed methane company — as the technically true response created a materially false impression of independent, uncompensated testimony.
Temporal scope
At the end of testimony before the State Y Environmental Quality Council when directly questioned about the capacity of his testimony
Relationships
competesWith
Industry Consulting Relationship Affirmative Disclosure Engineer A Coal Bed Methane Clients
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Undisclosed Private Retainer in Regulatory Testimony
Source Evidence
Source text
When asked at the end of his testimony if he was testifying on behalf of the U.S. DOE, Engineer A said, 'I am testifying on my own behalf.'
Text references
When asked at the end of his testimony if he was testifying on behalf of the U.S. DOE, Engineer A said, 'I am testifying on my own behalf.'
information is later revealed that Engineer A's attendance at the hearing was paid for by the coal bed methane company through his consulting business
TTL
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case145:Technically_True_But_Misleading_Omission_Prohibition_Engineer_A_Own_Behalf_Response a proeth:TechnicallyTrueButMisleadingOmissionProhibitioninRegulatoryTestimonyObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Technically True But Misleading Omission Prohibition Engineer A Own Behalf Response" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case145:Industry_Consulting_Relationship_Affirmative_Disclosure_Engineer_A_Coal_Bed_Methane_Clients ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case145:Engineer_A_Undisclosed_Private_Retainer_in_Regulatory_Testimony ;
proeth:casecontext "When directly asked whether he was testifying on behalf of the U.S. DOE, Engineer A responded 'I am testifying on my own behalf,' which was technically accurate but omitted the material fact that his attendance was paid for by a coal bed methane company through his consulting business." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/145#Honesty_Obligation_—_Engineer_A_Dual-Role_Conduct>,
case145:Honesty_in_Professional_Representations_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_DOE_Title_Display ;
proeth:discoveredincase "145" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T18:16:18.109053+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "145" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T18:16:18.109053+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Technically True But Misleading Omission Prohibition in Regulatory Testimony Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from responding 'I am testifying on my own behalf' to the direct question of whether he was testifying on behalf of the U.S. DOE, without simultaneously disclosing that his attendance was compensated by a coal bed methane company — as the technically true response created a materially false impression of independent, uncompensated testimony." ;
proeth:sourcetext "When asked at the end of his testimony if he was testifying on behalf of the U.S. DOE, Engineer A said, 'I am testifying on my own behalf.'" ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the end of testimony before the State Y Environmental Quality Council when directly questioned about the capacity of his testimony" ;
proeth:textreferences "When asked at the end of his testimony if he was testifying on behalf of the U.S. DOE, Engineer A said, 'I am testifying on my own behalf.'",
"information is later revealed that Engineer A's attendance at the hearing was paid for by the coal bed methane company through his consulting business" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 145 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T18:32:03.187713"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 145 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
145
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T18:16:18.109053+00:00
First case
145
Generated
2026-02-28T18:16:18.109053+00:00
Attributed to
Case 145 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T18:32:03.187713
Generated by
ProEthica Case 145 Extraction