Sustainable Development Obligation Applied to Threatened Species Finding
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/83#Sustainable_Development_Obligation_Applied_to_Threatened_Species_Finding
Properties
Instance of
SustainableDevelopmentAdvocacyObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SustainableDevelopmentAdvocacyObligation
Applied to
Environmental assessment for residential condominium development adjacent to wetlands
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer A's role as a principal in an environmental engineering firm engaged in assessing a development adjacent to a protected wetlands area activates the sustainable development obligation to consider and advocate for the protection of environmental resources — including threatened species — that the proposed development may adversely affect, requiring at minimum that findings about such threats be formally documented in the written professional report
Confidence
0.8
Importance
medium
Interpretation
The sustainable development obligation in this context does not require Engineer A to refuse the engagement or advocate against all development, but does require that the professional work product honestly and completely reflect the environmental findings — including the threatened species concern — so that the public authority and the client can make informed decisions about how to proceed
Invoked by
Engineer A Environmental Firm Principal
Tension resolution
Sustainable development advocacy in this context is discharged through complete written disclosure of the threatened species finding rather than through project refusal; the omission of the finding from the written report fails even this minimum sustainable development obligation
Source Evidence
Source text
The bird species is not an 'endangered species,' but it is considered a 'threatened species' by federal and state environmental regulators
Text references
The bird species is not an 'endangered species,' but it is considered a 'threatened species' by federal and state environmental regulators
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
@prefix case83: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/83#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case83:Sustainable_Development_Obligation_Applied_to_Threatened_Species_Finding a proeth:SustainableDevelopmentAdvocacyObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Sustainable Development Obligation Applied to Threatened Species Finding" ;
proeth:appliedto "Environmental assessment for residential condominium development adjacent to wetlands" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's role as a principal in an environmental engineering firm engaged in assessing a development adjacent to a protected wetlands area activates the sustainable development obligation to consider and advocate for the protection of environmental resources — including threatened species — that the proposed development may adversely affect, requiring at minimum that findings about such threats be formally documented in the written professional report" ;
proeth:confidence "0.8" ;
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 sustainable development obligation in this context does not require Engineer A to refuse the engagement or advocate against all development, but does require that the professional work product honestly and completely reflect the environmental findings — including the threatened species concern — so that the public authority and the client can make informed decisions about how to proceed" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Environmental Firm Principal" ;
proeth:principleclass "Sustainable Development Advocacy Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The bird species is not an 'endangered species,' but it is considered a 'threatened species' by federal and state environmental regulators" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Sustainable development advocacy in this context is discharged through complete written disclosure of the threatened species finding rather than through project refusal; the omission of the finding from the written report fails even this minimum sustainable development obligation" ;
proeth:textreferences "The bird species is not an 'endangered species,' but it is considered a 'threatened species' by federal and state environmental regulators",
"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 "2026-02-27T19:15:08.293075"^^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
2026-02-27T19:15:08.293075
Generated by
ProEthica Case 83 Extraction