Completeness In Responsive Technical Testimony Violated By Engineer H
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/17#Completeness_In_Responsive_Technical_Testimony_Violated_By_Engineer_H
Properties
Instance of
CompletenessandNon-SelectivityinProfessionalAdvisoryOpinions
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompletenessandNon-SelectivityinProfessionalAdvisoryOpinions
Applied to
County Drainage Board Regulatory Body decision-making
ZZZ Truck Stop underground fuel storage tank design
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer H responded to the Drainage Board vice president's question about Engineer R's testimony by addressing only surface spill scenarios (grading directing spills back to pavement) while entirely omitting any response to the underground tank leak concerns that were the central focus of Engineer R's testimony, leaving the Board without complete information on the more serious risk scenario
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
Engineer H's selective response to the Board's question redirected attention from the more consequential underground leak risk to the less consequential surface spill scenario, constituting an incomplete and potentially misleading presentation to a regulatory body that was relying on H's engineering expertise to evaluate the safety of the proposed design
Invoked by
Engineer H Public Hearing Design Engineer
Tension resolution
The obligation to provide complete and non-selective testimony to the regulatory body overrides the interest in presenting the client's project favorably; Engineer H should have either explained how underground leak risks had been addressed or committed to re-examining the plans
Source Evidence
Source text
H stated the tanks were set back substantially from the creek due to the large site plan. H also indicated the site's grading is designed so that if a surface spill occurred, the spill would flow back to the pavement area and not directly toward the creek.
Text references
Engineer H did not act ethically by failing to address the potential for leaks in underground storage tanks during the presentation and questioning
Engineer H's redirection of conversation away from issues with the potential for leaks in underground tanks is troubling not only because of the failure to address the issues raised and the failure to include all relevant information in testimony
H stated the tanks were set back substantially from the creek due to the large site plan. H also indicated the site's grading is designed so that if a surface spill occurred, the spill would flow back to the pavement area and not directly toward the creek.
selective use of facts does a disservice by potentially misdirecting a conclusion
TTL
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case17:Completeness_In_Responsive_Technical_Testimony_Violated_By_Engineer_H a proeth:CompletenessandNon-SelectivityinProfessionalAdvisoryOpinions,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Completeness In Responsive Technical Testimony Violated By Engineer H" ;
proeth:appliedto "County Drainage Board Regulatory Body decision-making",
"ZZZ Truck Stop underground fuel storage tank design" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer H responded to the Drainage Board vice president's question about Engineer R's testimony by addressing only surface spill scenarios (grading directing spills back to pavement) while entirely omitting any response to the underground tank leak concerns that were the central focus of Engineer R's testimony, leaving the Board without complete information on the more serious risk scenario" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "17" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T13:26:29.619021+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "17" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T13:26:29.619021+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Engineer H's selective response to the Board's question redirected attention from the more consequential underground leak risk to the less consequential surface spill scenario, constituting an incomplete and potentially misleading presentation to a regulatory body that was relying on H's engineering expertise to evaluate the safety of the proposed design" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer H Public Hearing Design Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Completeness and Non-Selectivity in Professional Advisory Opinions" ;
proeth:sourcetext "H stated the tanks were set back substantially from the creek due to the large site plan. H also indicated the site's grading is designed so that if a surface spill occurred, the spill would flow back to the pavement area and not directly toward the creek." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The obligation to provide complete and non-selective testimony to the regulatory body overrides the interest in presenting the client's project favorably; Engineer H should have either explained how underground leak risks had been addressed or committed to re-examining the plans" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer H did not act ethically by failing to address the potential for leaks in underground storage tanks during the presentation and questioning",
"Engineer H's redirection of conversation away from issues with the potential for leaks in underground tanks is troubling not only because of the failure to address the issues raised and the failure to include all relevant information in testimony",
"H stated the tanks were set back substantially from the creek due to the large site plan. H also indicated the site's grading is designed so that if a surface spill occurred, the spill would flow back to the pavement area and not directly toward the creek.",
"selective use of facts does a disservice by potentially misdirecting a conclusion" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 17 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T13:30:32.836427"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 17 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
17
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T13:26:29.619021+00:00
First case
17
Generated
2026-02-25T13:26:29.619021+00:00
Attributed to
Case 17 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T13:30:32.836427
Generated by
ProEthica Case 17 Extraction