Engineer A Wetland Fact-Based Disclosure
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/86#Engineer_A_Wetland_Fact-Based_Disclosure
Definition
Because Engineer A personally performed the wetland delineation and then observed the fill with domain expertise, the concern had reached the level of established technical and legal fact, triggering an affirmative disclosure and remediation obligation rather than merely a prudential one.
Properties
Instance of
Fact-BasedDisclosureThresholdPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Fact-BasedDisclosureThresholdPrinciple
Applied to
Client Wetland Fill Violator
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Duty Principle
Concrete expression
Because Engineer A personally performed the wetland delineation and then observed the fill with domain expertise, the concern had reached the level of established technical and legal fact, triggering an affirmative disclosure and remediation obligation rather than merely a prudential one.
Confidence
0.9
Interpretation
The contrast with the bridge case illustrates the threshold: speculation does not trigger the obligation, but an observable violation within the engineer's area of competence does.
Tension resolution
The Board distinguished the wetland case from the bridge case precisely on this threshold, holding that the clarity of the legal violation removed the basis for a more measured approach.
Match Confidence
0.95
Match Reasoning
Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Fact-Based Disclosure Threshold Principle'
Matched Ontology Label
Fact-Based Disclosure Threshold Principle
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
appliedTo
balancingWith
concreteExpression
confidence
interpretation
principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
invokedBy
Agent Engineer A
Source Evidence
Text references
In contrast, the facts in the present case indicate a violation of the federal and state laws and regulations. Engineer A's actions appear to be obvious.
Those two cases involved a different set of factors that created a reasonable basis for an engineer to take a more measured approach to the situation.
the facts in the present case indicate a violation of the federal and state laws and regulations.
Source text
the facts in the present case indicate a violation of the federal and state laws and regulations.
TTL
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@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case86:Engineer_A_Wetland_Fact-Based_Disclosure a proeth:Fact-BasedDisclosureThresholdPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Wetland Fact-Based Disclosure" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case86:Agent_Engineer_A ;
proeth:appliedTo "Client Wetland Fill Violator" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Faithful Agent Duty Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "Because Engineer A personally performed the wetland delineation and then observed the fill with domain expertise, the concern had reached the level of established technical and legal fact, triggering an affirmative disclosure and remediation obligation rather than merely a prudential one." ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:interpretation "The contrast with the bridge case illustrates the threshold: speculation does not trigger the obligation, but an observable violation within the engineer's area of competence does." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer A Wetland Delineation Engineer" ;
proeth:principleClass "Fact-Based Disclosure Threshold Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The Board distinguished the wetland case from the bridge case precisely on this threshold, holding that the clarity of the legal violation removed the basis for a more measured approach." ;
proeth:textReferences "In contrast, the facts in the present case indicate a violation of the federal and state laws and regulations. Engineer A's actions appear to be obvious.",
"Those two cases involved a different set of factors that created a reasonable basis for an engineer to take a more measured approach to the situation.",
"the facts in the present case indicate a violation of the federal and state laws and regulations." ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 86 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T17:32:47.556599+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 86 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.95 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Fact-Based Disclosure Threshold Principle'" ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:Fact-BasedDisclosureThresholdPrinciple ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Fact-Based Disclosure Threshold Principle" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "the facts in the present case indicate a violation of the federal and state laws and regulations." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "appliedTo",
"balancingWith",
"concreteExpression",
"confidence",
"interpretation",
"principleClass",
"tensionResolution",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Because Engineer A personally performed the wetland delineation and then observed the fill with domain expertise, the concern had reached the level of established technical and legal fact, triggering an affirmative disclosure and remediation obligation rather than merely a prudential one." ;
skos:definition "Because Engineer A personally performed the wetland delineation and then observed the fill with domain expertise, the concern had reached the level of established technical and legal fact, triggering an affirmative disclosure and remediation obligation rather than merely a prudential one." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T17:32:47.556599+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 86 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 86 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
86
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T17:32:47.556599+00:00
First case
86
Generated
2026-06-04T17:32:47.556599+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 86 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 86 Extraction