Engineer A AI Disclosure Transparency
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/7#Engineer_A_AI_Disclosure_Transparency
Definition
Engineer A did not proactively disclose to Client W that AI tools substantially contributed to the contaminant report and design documents, and Client W subsequently identified inconsistencies and errors that proactive disclosure could have helped prevent or address.
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
AI-generated contaminant report and design documents
Client W
Balancing with
Attribution and Credit Principle
Client Data Confidentiality Principle
Concrete expression
Engineer A did not proactively disclose to Client W that AI tools substantially contributed to the contaminant report and design documents, and Client W subsequently identified inconsistencies and errors that proactive disclosure could have helped prevent or address.
Confidence
0.87
Interpretation
While no universal guidelines mandate AI disclosure, best practices and the transparency obligations underlying NSPE Code section III.9 support informing clients when AI substantially shapes a work product, particularly when the client may need to assess reliability or provenance.
Tension resolution
The BER found that proactive disclosure would have strengthened trust and prevented misunderstandings, treating it as a best-practice obligation even in the absence of a universal mandate.
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Synthesis Literal
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balancingWith
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principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
invokedBy
Agent Engineer A
Source Evidence
Text references
Given that Client W identified issues in the engineering design and questioned inconsistencies in the report, proactive disclosure could have prevented misunderstandings and strengthened trust.
There are currently no universal guidelines mandating AI disclosure in engineering work, but best practices suggest informing clients when AI substantially contributes to a work product.
While Engineer A reviewed the content, the lack of disclosure raises concerns about transparency.
Source text
While Engineer A reviewed the content, the lack of disclosure raises concerns about transparency. BER Case 98-3 emphasized that engineers must acknowledge significant contributions by others.
TTL
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case7:Engineer_A_AI_Disclosure_Transparency a proeth:AIToolDisclosurePrinciple,
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"Client W" ;
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proeth:concreteExpression "Engineer A did not proactively disclose to Client W that AI tools substantially contributed to the contaminant report and design documents, and Client W subsequently identified inconsistencies and errors that proactive disclosure could have helped prevent or address." ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:interpretation "While no universal guidelines mandate AI disclosure, best practices and the transparency obligations underlying NSPE Code section III.9 support informing clients when AI substantially shapes a work product, particularly when the client may need to assess reliability or provenance." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer A Environmental Engineer" ;
proeth:principleClass "AI Tool Disclosure Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The BER found that proactive disclosure would have strengthened trust and prevented misunderstandings, treating it as a best-practice obligation even in the absence of a universal mandate." ;
proeth:textReferences "Given that Client W identified issues in the engineering design and questioned inconsistencies in the report, proactive disclosure could have prevented misunderstandings and strengthened trust.",
"There are currently no universal guidelines mandating AI disclosure in engineering work, but best practices suggest informing clients when AI substantially contributes to a work product.",
"While Engineer A reviewed the content, the lack of disclosure raises concerns about transparency." ;
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rdfs:comment "Engineer A did not proactively disclose to Client W that AI tools substantially contributed to the contaminant report and design documents, and Client W subsequently identified inconsistencies and errors that proactive disclosure could have helped prevent or address." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A did not proactively disclose to Client W that AI tools substantially contributed to the contaminant report and design documents, and Client W subsequently identified inconsistencies and errors that proactive disclosure could have helped prevent or address." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
7
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-03T14:08:23.434917+00:00
First case
7
Generated
2026-06-03T14:08:23.434917+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 7 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 7 Extraction