Engineer H Objective Complete Reporting Drainage Board Testimony
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/17#Engineer_H_Objective_Complete_Reporting_Drainage_Board_Testimony
Properties
Instance of
ObjectiveandCompleteReportingObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ObjectiveandCompleteReportingObligation
Case context
Engineer H testified before the County Drainage Board on behalf of Firm C regarding the ZZZ truck stop project. The BER found that selective use of facts does a disservice by potentially misdirecting a conclusion, and that Engineer H's failure to address concerns about underground tank leaks rendered the testimony incomplete and misleading.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer H Out-of-State Licensed Design Presentation Engineer
Obligation statement
Engineer H was obligated to be objective and truthful in testimony submitted to the County Drainage Board, and to include all relevant and pertinent information — including information responsive to Engineer R's concerns about underground fuel storage tank leaks — rather than selectively redirecting conversation away from those concerns.
Temporal scope
During the County Drainage Board public hearing
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer H Testimony Evasion of Tank Leak Concerns
derivedFromPrinciple
Objectivity Violated By Engineer H Selective Testimony
Source Evidence
Source text
selective use of facts does a disservice by potentially misdirecting a conclusion; selective use of data led to an incomplete engineering report and is inconsistent with the NSPE Code of Ethics which requires that engineers 'shall include all relevant and pertinent information in such reports, statements, or testimony.'
Text references
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
If neither of these conditions is true, then Engineer H's testimony was incomplete and misleading.
selective use of facts does a disservice by potentially misdirecting a conclusion; selective use of data led to an incomplete engineering report and is inconsistent with the NSPE Code of Ethics which requires that engineers 'shall include all relevant and pertinent information in such reports, statements, or testimony.'
TTL
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case17:Engineer_H_Objective_Complete_Reporting_Drainage_Board_Testimony a proeth:ObjectiveandCompleteReportingObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer H Objective Complete Reporting Drainage Board Testimony" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case17:Firm_C_National_Franchise_Subcontractor_Ethical_Compliance_ZZZ_Truck_Stop ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case17:Engineer_H_Testimony_Evasion_of_Tank_Leak_Concerns ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case17:Firm_C_National_Franchise_Subcontractor_Ethical_Compliance_ZZZ_Truck_Stop ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer H testified before the County Drainage Board on behalf of Firm C regarding the ZZZ truck stop project. The BER found that selective use of facts does a disservice by potentially misdirecting a conclusion, and that Engineer H's failure to address concerns about underground tank leaks rendered the testimony incomplete and misleading." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case17:Objectivity_Violated_By_Engineer_H_Selective_Testimony ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "17" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T13:05:24.362691+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer H Out-of-State Licensed Design Presentation Engineer" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Objective and Complete Reporting Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer H was obligated to be objective and truthful in testimony submitted to the County Drainage Board, and to include all relevant and pertinent information — including information responsive to Engineer R's concerns about underground fuel storage tank leaks — rather than selectively redirecting conversation away from those concerns." ;
proeth:sourcetext "selective use of facts does a disservice by potentially misdirecting a conclusion; selective use of data led to an incomplete engineering report and is inconsistent with the NSPE Code of Ethics which requires that engineers 'shall include all relevant and pertinent information in such reports, statements, or testimony.'" ;
proeth:temporalscope "During the County Drainage Board public hearing" ;
proeth:textreferences "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",
"If neither of these conditions is true, then Engineer H's testimony was incomplete and misleading.",
"selective use of facts does a disservice by potentially misdirecting a conclusion; selective use of data led to an incomplete engineering report and is inconsistent with the NSPE Code of Ethics which requires that engineers 'shall include all relevant and pertinent information in such reports, statements, or testimony.'" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 17 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T13:30:32.845149"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 17 Extraction" .
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
17
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T13:05:24.362691+00:00
First case
17
Generated
2026-02-25T13:05:24.362691+00:00
Attributed to
Case 17 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T13:30:32.845149
Generated by
ProEthica Case 17 Extraction