Engineer A Environmental Principal Expertise-Calibrated Disclosure BER Current Case
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/83#Engineer_A_Environmental_Principal_Expertise-Calibrated_Disclosure_BER_Current_Case
Properties
Instance of
Expertise-CalibratedDisclosureThresholdObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Expertise-CalibratedDisclosureThresholdObligation
Case context
Environmental assessment of property adjacent to protected wetlands for residential condominium development; firm biologist identified a threatened bird species; Engineer A is an environmental engineer with relevant domain expertise
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (environmental engineering firm principal, current case)
Obligation statement
Engineer A, as an environmental engineer with consultation by a qualified biologist, was obligated to include the threatened species finding in the written environmental assessment report submitted to the public authority, because the finding was within Engineer A's domain expertise and was not based on surmise or speculation — distinguishing the present case from BER 97-13 where the engineer lacked structural engineering expertise and the observation was speculative.
Temporal scope
Upon receipt of the biologist's threatened species finding and prior to submission of the written environmental assessment report to the public authority
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Bridge Sub-Consultant Speculative Finding Written Report Exclusion BER 97-13
prevailsOver
Engineer A Bridge Sub-Consultant Speculative Finding Written Report Exclusion BER 97-13
derivedFromPrinciple
Expertise Calibration Applied to Present Case vs BER 97-13
Source Evidence
Source text
Under the facts, as an environmental engineer with consultation by an apparently qualified biologist, it appears that Engineer A has technical competence concerning the matter in question.
Text references
Applying this analysis to the present case and in light of the NSPE Code of Ethics language contained in Section III.2.d., the Board believes that Engineer A's obligations are clear.
Engineer A, therefore, had an obligation to include it in the written report and advise the client of its inclusion.
Further, unlike BER Case No. 97-13, there is nothing in the facts that the conclusions reached are based upon surmise or speculation.
Under the facts, as an environmental engineer with consultation by an apparently qualified biologist, it appears that Engineer A has technical competence concerning the matter in question.
TTL
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proeth:sourcetext "Under the facts, as an environmental engineer with consultation by an apparently qualified biologist, it appears that Engineer A has technical competence concerning the matter in question." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon receipt of the biologist's threatened species finding and prior to submission of the written environmental assessment report to the public authority" ;
proeth:textreferences "Applying this analysis to the present case and in light of the NSPE Code of Ethics language contained in Section III.2.d., the Board believes that Engineer A's obligations are clear.",
"Engineer A, therefore, had an obligation to include it in the written report and advise the client of its inclusion.",
"Further, unlike BER Case No. 97-13, there is nothing in the facts that the conclusions reached are based upon surmise or speculation.",
"Under the facts, as an environmental engineer with consultation by an apparently qualified biologist, it appears that Engineer A has technical competence concerning the matter in question." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
83
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T19:06:22.018248+00:00
First case
83
Generated
2026-02-27T19:06:22.018248+00:00
Attributed to
Case 83 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T19:15:08.547368
Generated by
ProEthica Case 83 Extraction