Good Intent Does Not Cure Procedural Impropriety - City's Economic Rationale
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/5#Good_Intent_Does_Not_Cure_Procedural_Impropriety_-_Citys_Economic_Rationale
Properties
Instance of
GoodIntentDoesNotCureProceduralImpropriety
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#GoodIntentDoesNotCureProceduralImpropriety
Applied to
City instructions regarding public engagement session design and location
Balancing with
Client authority over project delivery
Concrete expression
The City's citation of economic, political, and social considerations as justification for directing exclusionary public engagement does not render the procedural impropriety of those sessions ethically permissible — the constructive intent behind the directive does not cure the exclusionary design or the falsified reporting
Confidence
0.87
Importance
medium
Interpretation
Procedural integrity in public engagement processes must be maintained regardless of the client's subjective intent — the City's economic and political motivations do not authorize the systematic exclusion of the affected community from the planning process
Invoked by
City Municipal Infrastructure Client
Tension resolution
The principle that good intent does not cure procedural impropriety applies with particular force in public engagement processes, where procedural integrity is itself a substantive public welfare requirement
Source Evidence
Source text
Firm DBA states that City leaders, citing economic, political, and social considerations, specifically instructed Firm DBA to perform the public engagement sessions in the way that Firm DBA completed them.
Text references
Firm DBA states that City leaders, citing economic, political, and social considerations, specifically instructed Firm DBA to perform the public engagement sessions in the way that Firm DBA completed them.
TTL
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case5:Good_Intent_Does_Not_Cure_Procedural_Impropriety_-_Citys_Economic_Rationale a proeth:GoodIntentDoesNotCureProceduralImpropriety,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Good Intent Does Not Cure Procedural Impropriety - City's Economic Rationale" ;
proeth:appliedto "City instructions regarding public engagement session design and location" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client authority over project delivery" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The City's citation of economic, political, and social considerations as justification for directing exclusionary public engagement does not render the procedural impropriety of those sessions ethically permissible — the constructive intent behind the directive does not cure the exclusionary design or the falsified reporting" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "5" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-26T16:42:27.688870+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "5" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-26T16:42:27.688870+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "Procedural integrity in public engagement processes must be maintained regardless of the client's subjective intent — the City's economic and political motivations do not authorize the systematic exclusion of the affected community from the planning process" ;
proeth:invokedby "City Municipal Infrastructure Client" ;
proeth:principleclass "Good Intent Does Not Cure Procedural Impropriety" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Firm DBA states that City leaders, citing economic, political, and social considerations, specifically instructed Firm DBA to perform the public engagement sessions in the way that Firm DBA completed them." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The principle that good intent does not cure procedural impropriety applies with particular force in public engagement processes, where procedural integrity is itself a substantive public welfare requirement" ;
proeth:textreferences "Firm DBA states that City leaders, citing economic, political, and social considerations, specifically instructed Firm DBA to perform the public engagement sessions in the way that Firm DBA completed them." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 5 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-26T17:17:04.161574"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 5 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
5
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-26T16:42:27.688870+00:00
First case
5
Generated
2026-02-26T16:42:27.688870+00:00
Attributed to
Case 5 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T17:17:04.161574
Generated by
ProEthica Case 5 Extraction