Intern Epistemic Humility and Materiality Deference Applied to Biologist Reporting
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/83#Intern_Epistemic_Humility_and_Materiality_Deference_Applied_to_Biologist_Reporting
Properties
Instance of
InternEpistemicHumilityandMaterialityDeferenceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#InternEpistemicHumilityandMaterialityDeferenceObligation
Applied to
Internal reporting of threatened species observation to Engineer A
Concrete expression
The firm's biologist appropriately reported the threatened species observation to Engineer A — the principal — without independently filtering or suppressing the information based on a personal assessment of its materiality or the client's likely reaction, thereby fulfilling the subordinate reporting obligation and placing the materiality determination with the licensed professional
Confidence
0.78
Importance
medium
Interpretation
The biologist's conduct in reporting the threatened species concern to Engineer A represents the correct application of the subordinate reporting obligation; the ethical failure in this case lies with Engineer A's subsequent decision not to include the finding in the written report, not with the biologist's reporting conduct
Invoked by
Firm Biologist Threatened Species Reporter
Tension resolution
No tension at the biologist reporting level; the biologist correctly escalated the finding to the principal engineer, who then bore the obligation to include it in the written report
Source Evidence
Source text
one of the engineering firm's biologists reports to Engineer A that in his opinion, the condominium project could threaten a bird species that inhabits the adjacent protected wetlands area
Text references
one of the engineering firm's biologists reports to Engineer A that in his opinion, the condominium project could threaten a bird species that inhabits the adjacent protected wetlands area
TTL
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proeth:concreteexpression "The firm's biologist appropriately reported the threatened species observation to Engineer A — the principal — without independently filtering or suppressing the information based on a personal assessment of its materiality or the client's likely reaction, thereby fulfilling the subordinate reporting obligation and placing the materiality determination with the licensed professional" ;
proeth:confidence "0.78" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "83" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T18:58:06.313476+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "83" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T18:58:06.313476+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "The biologist's conduct in reporting the threatened species concern to Engineer A represents the correct application of the subordinate reporting obligation; the ethical failure in this case lies with Engineer A's subsequent decision not to include the finding in the written report, not with the biologist's reporting conduct" ;
proeth:invokedby "Firm Biologist Threatened Species Reporter" ;
proeth:principleclass "Intern Epistemic Humility and Materiality Deference Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "one of the engineering firm's biologists reports to Engineer A that in his opinion, the condominium project could threaten a bird species that inhabits the adjacent protected wetlands area" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "No tension at the biologist reporting level; the biologist correctly escalated the finding to the principal engineer, who then bore the obligation to include it in the written report" ;
proeth:textreferences "one of the engineering firm's biologists reports to Engineer A that in his opinion, the condominium project could threaten a bird species that inhabits the adjacent protected wetlands area" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 83 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T19:15:08.292921"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 83 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
83
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T18:58:06.313476+00:00
First case
83
Generated
2026-02-27T18:58:06.313476+00:00
Attributed to
Case 83 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T19:15:08.292921
Generated by
ProEthica Case 83 Extraction