Ethical Appearance Conflict Without Demonstrated Actual Conflict State
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88cb6b2f
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EthicalAppearanceConflictWithoutDemonstratedActualConflictState
Definition
State in which a professional engineer's dual roles or relationships create a visible appearance of conflict of interest — recognizable to reasonable observers — even where no actual, demonstrated conflict has yet materialized, triggering obligations to address the appearance itself as an independent ethical concern under professional codes that treat the appearance of impropriety as a distinct harm to public trust.
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Definition
State in which a professional engineer's dual roles or relationships create a visible appearance of conflict of interest — recognizable to reasonable observers — even where no actual, demonstrated conflict has yet materialized, triggering obligations to address the appearance itself as an independent ethical concern under professional codes that treat the appearance of impropriety as a distinct harm to public trust.
Source Evidence
Source Text
there are clear ethical appearance issues that would presumably need to be addressed
TTL
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rdfs:comment "State in which a professional engineer's dual roles or relationships create a visible appearance of conflict of interest — recognizable to reasonable observers — even where no actual, demonstrated conflict has yet materialized, triggering obligations to address the appearance itself as an independent ethical concern under professional codes that treat the appearance of impropriety as a distinct harm to public trust." ;
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
88cb6b2ff96f018e...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
144
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-28T23:38:05.652270+00:00
First Discovered In Case
144
Generated
2026-02-28T23:38:05.652270+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 144 Extraction