Fact-Based Disclosure Obligation Grounded In Completed Studies
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/72#Fact-Based_Disclosure_Obligation_Grounded_In_Completed_Studies
Properties
Instance of
Fact-BasedDisclosureObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Fact-BasedDisclosureObligation
Applied to
Doe's completed engineering assessment of discharge impacts
State Pollution Control Authority permit review
Balancing with
Client confidentiality
Concrete expression
Doe's studies are complete and his conclusions are definite — he has concluded (not merely suspected) that the discharge will violate established standards and that corrective action will be very costly — establishing the factual predicate for mandatory disclosure despite the absence of a written report
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Interpretation
The absence of a written report does not diminish the epistemic status of Doe's findings; his studies are complete, his conclusions are definite, and he has already communicated them verbally to the client — the factual predicate for mandatory disclosure is fully established
Invoked by
Engineer Doe Environmental Engineering Consultant
Tension resolution
The fact-based disclosure obligation is fully triggered because Doe's findings are confirmed, not merely suspected; the verbal communication to the client demonstrates that the findings are sufficiently complete to support disclosure to the regulatory authority
Source Evidence
Source text
After completion of his studies but before completion of any written report, Doe concludes that the discharge from the plant will lower the quality of the receiving body of water below established standards
Text references
After completion of his studies but before completion of any written report, Doe concludes that the discharge from the plant will lower the quality of the receiving body of water below established standards
Doe verbally advises the XYZ Corporation of his findings
He further concludes that corrective action will be very costly
TTL
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case72:Fact-Based_Disclosure_Obligation_Grounded_In_Completed_Studies a proeth:Fact-BasedDisclosureObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Fact-Based Disclosure Obligation Grounded In Completed Studies" ;
proeth:appliedto "Doe's completed engineering assessment of discharge impacts",
"State Pollution Control Authority permit review" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client confidentiality" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Doe's studies are complete and his conclusions are definite — he has concluded (not merely suspected) that the discharge will violate established standards and that corrective action will be very costly — establishing the factual predicate for mandatory disclosure despite the absence of a written report" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "72" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-26T11:58:47.868529+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "72" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-26T11:58:47.868529+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The absence of a written report does not diminish the epistemic status of Doe's findings; his studies are complete, his conclusions are definite, and he has already communicated them verbally to the client — the factual predicate for mandatory disclosure is fully established" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer Doe Environmental Engineering Consultant" ;
proeth:principleclass "Fact-Based Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "After completion of his studies but before completion of any written report, Doe concludes that the discharge from the plant will lower the quality of the receiving body of water below established standards" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The fact-based disclosure obligation is fully triggered because Doe's findings are confirmed, not merely suspected; the verbal communication to the client demonstrates that the findings are sufficiently complete to support disclosure to the regulatory authority" ;
proeth:textreferences "After completion of his studies but before completion of any written report, Doe concludes that the discharge from the plant will lower the quality of the receiving body of water below established standards",
"Doe verbally advises the XYZ Corporation of his findings",
"He further concludes that corrective action will be very costly" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 72 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-26T12:15:43.069803"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 72 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
72
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-26T11:58:47.868529+00:00
First case
72
Generated
2026-02-26T11:58:47.868529+00:00
Attributed to
Case 72 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T12:15:43.069803
Generated by
ProEthica Case 72 Extraction