Engineer A Allegation Non-Equivalence Disclosure Calibration Client B

O · Obligation Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/147#Engineer_A_Allegation_Non-Equivalence_Disclosure_Calibration_Client_B
Properties
Instance of
AllegationNon-EquivalencetoAdjudicationDisclosureCalibrationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#AllegationNon-EquivalencetoAdjudicationDisclosureCalibrationObligation
Case context
Engineer A is subject to a pending ethics complaint by Client C alleging lack of competence for services similar to those being performed for Client B. The Board analyzed whether the allegation status of the complaint affected the disclosure obligation.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the pending ethics complaint filed by Client C constituted a mere allegation — not a finding of fact or conclusion of law — and therefore was not automatically required to disclose it to Client B, while retaining discretion to weigh all factors and take prudent action proportionate to the nature and seriousness of the charges.
Temporal scope
During the period the ethics complaint was pending and unresolved
Source Evidence
Source text
A complaint is a mere allegation and does not amount to a finding of fact or conclusion of law.

Text references
A complaint is a mere allegation and does not amount to a finding of fact or conclusion of law.
No engineer should be compelled to disclose potentially damaging allegations about his professional practice -- allegations that could be false, baseless, and motivated by some malicious intent.
The Board is of the opinion that while an engineer clearly has an ethical obligation to act as a faithful agent and trustee for the benefit of a client, avoid deceptive acts, be objective and truthful, avoid conflicts, etc., such obligations would not compel an engineer to automatically disclose that a complaint had been filed against the engineer with the state engineering licensure board.
TTL
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Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 23:36
Discovered in case
147
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T07:47:26.067073+00:00
First case
147
Generated
2026-03-01T07:47:26.067073+00:00
Attributed to
Case 147 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T07:56:55.817497
Generated by
ProEthica Case 147 Extraction