Honesty in Professional Representations Invoked For Completeness of Report
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/57#Honesty_in_Professional_Representations_Invoked_For_Completeness_of_Report
Properties
Instance of
HonestyinProfessionalRepresentations
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#HonestyinProfessionalRepresentations
Applied to
Report to Engineer B DOT Bridge Inspection Program Director PE
Balancing with
Possible uncertainty about relevance of historical information
Concrete expression
By reporting the current defect while omitting the five-year history of non-reporting, Engineer Intern A made a representation to Engineer B that was technically accurate but materially incomplete, creating a misleading impression that the problem was a current isolated incident rather than a multi-year systemic failure
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Interpretation
Honesty in professional representations encompasses not only the avoidance of false statements but the avoidance of technically true but materially incomplete communications that create misleading impressions; selective disclosure of facts can constitute a form of dishonesty
Invoked by
Engineer Intern A Bridge Inspection Program Engineer Intern
Tension resolution
The materiality of the five-year history to an accurate assessment of the situation required its inclusion; omission rendered the report misleading regardless of the accuracy of what was reported
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B but did not report the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years
Text references
Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B but did not report the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Honesty in Professional Representations Invoked For Completeness of Report" ;
proeth:appliedto "Report to Engineer B DOT Bridge Inspection Program Director PE" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Possible uncertainty about relevance of historical information" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "By reporting the current defect while omitting the five-year history of non-reporting, Engineer Intern A made a representation to Engineer B that was technically accurate but materially incomplete, creating a misleading impression that the problem was a current isolated incident rather than a multi-year systemic failure" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "57" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T21:20:15.030896+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "57" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T21:20:15.030896+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Honesty in professional representations encompasses not only the avoidance of false statements but the avoidance of technically true but materially incomplete communications that create misleading impressions; selective disclosure of facts can constitute a form of dishonesty" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer Intern A Bridge Inspection Program Engineer Intern" ;
proeth:principleclass "Honesty in Professional Representations" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B but did not report the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The materiality of the five-year history to an accurate assessment of the situation required its inclusion; omission rendered the report misleading regardless of the accuracy of what was reported" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer Intern A reported the defect to Engineer B but did not report the fact that the defect had been visibly obvious for at least five years" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 57 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T21:32:46.438810"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 57 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
57
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-25T21:20:15.030896+00:00
First case
57
Generated
2026-02-25T21:20:15.030896+00:00
Attributed to
Case 57 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T21:32:46.438810
Generated by
ProEthica Case 57 Extraction