Public Interest Engineering Testimony Obligation Invoked By Engineer Doe Public Hearing
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/18#Public_Interest_Engineering_Testimony_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_Doe_Public_Hearing
Properties
Instance of
PublicInterestEngineeringTestimonyObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PublicInterestEngineeringTestimonyObligation
Applied to
Public hearing on industry water quality standards compliance
Unaware Engineer Public Hearing Presenter's contrary testimony
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Confidentiality
Concrete expression
Engineer Doe, having concluded that the manufacturing process change would not meet minimum water quality standards and having been discharged by the client, had an obligation to report observations to the applicable regulatory authority, particularly when another engineer unaware of Doe's findings presented contrary testimony at a public hearing
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
The public interest testimony obligation requires Engineer Doe to correct the public record when another engineer, unaware of material technical factors, presents a misleading view to a regulatory body — even after the client has severed the contract and requested no written report
Invoked by
Engineer Doe Industry Process Evaluator
Tension resolution
Public interest testimony obligation overrides client instruction not to write a report; BER Case 76-4 concluded Doe had an obligation to report to the applicable regulatory authority
Source Evidence
Source text
The BER concluded that Doe had an obligation to report the observations to the applicable regulatory authority.
Text references
Doe concluded that the change would not meet minimum standards and apprised the client of that decision.
Engineer Doe was retained by an industry to evaluate whether a proposed change in their manufacturing process would result in meeting minimum water quality standards.
Subsequently, another engineer unaware of factors that Doe had recognized, presented the view at a public hearing that the industry would meet minimum standards.
The BER concluded that Doe had an obligation to report the observations to the applicable regulatory authority.
The client severed Doe's contract and asked DOE not to write a report.
TTL
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"Confidentiality" ;
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proeth:sourcetext "The BER concluded that Doe had an obligation to report the observations to the applicable regulatory authority." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Public interest testimony obligation overrides client instruction not to write a report; BER Case 76-4 concluded Doe had an obligation to report to the applicable regulatory authority" ;
proeth:textreferences "Doe concluded that the change would not meet minimum standards and apprised the client of that decision.",
"Engineer Doe was retained by an industry to evaluate whether a proposed change in their manufacturing process would result in meeting minimum water quality standards.",
"Subsequently, another engineer unaware of factors that Doe had recognized, presented the view at a public hearing that the industry would meet minimum standards.",
"The BER concluded that Doe had an obligation to report the observations to the applicable regulatory authority.",
"The client severed Doe's contract and asked DOE not to write a report." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
18
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T15:15:37.334010+00:00
First case
18
Generated
2026-02-25T15:15:37.334010+00:00
Attributed to
Case 18 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T15:25:32.290904
Generated by
ProEthica Case 18 Extraction