Sustainable Development Obligation Invoked in Environmental Assessment
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/83#Sustainable_Development_Obligation_Invoked_in_Environmental_Assessment
Properties
Instance of
SustainableDevelopmentAdvocacyObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SustainableDevelopmentAdvocacyObligation
Applied to
Environmental assessment of property adjacent to wetlands for residential condominium development
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
NSPE Code Section III.2.d., as modified in July 2007, places an obligation on Engineer A as an environmental engineer to adhere to sustainable development principles when conducting environmental assessments adjacent to wetlands, strengthening the obligation to include threatened species findings in the formal written report
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
The addition of Section III.2.d. to the NSPE Code — even in its 'encouraged to adhere' form — provides additional ethical grounding for Engineer A's obligation to include threatened species findings in the formal written report, beyond the baseline objectivity and truthfulness obligations of Section II.3.a.
Invoked by
Engineer A Environmental Firm Principal
Tension resolution
The sustainable development obligation reinforces the public welfare and objectivity obligations, collectively overriding any client preference to suppress the threatened species findings from the formal written report
Source Evidence
Source text
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.
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.
NSPE Code Section III.2.d. places some additional responsibilities on engineers for the protection of environment.
engineers are encouraged to adhere to the principles of sustainable development in order to protect the environment for future generations
TTL
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"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
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proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T19:04:02.625201+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
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proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Environmental Firm Principal" ;
proeth:principleclass "Sustainable Development Advocacy Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "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." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The sustainable development obligation reinforces the public welfare and objectivity obligations, collectively overriding any client preference to suppress the threatened species findings from the formal written report" ;
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.",
"NSPE Code Section III.2.d. places some additional responsibilities on engineers for the protection of environment.",
"engineers are encouraged to adhere to the principles of sustainable development in order to protect the environment for future generations" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 83 Extraction" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
83
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T19:04:02.625201+00:00
First case
83
Generated
2026-02-27T19:04:02.625201+00:00
Attributed to
Case 83 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T19:15:08.545939
Generated by
ProEthica Case 83 Extraction