Deposition Truthfulness Without Voluntary Self-Characterization Applied to Engineer T
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/9#Deposition_Truthfulness_Without_Voluntary_Self-Characterization_Applied_to_Engineer_T
Properties
Instance of
DepositionTruthfulnessWithoutVoluntarySelf-Characterization
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DepositionTruthfulnessWithoutVoluntarySelf-Characterization
Applied to
Deposition testimony in legal proceedings arising from construction accident
Balancing with
Honesty in Professional Representations
Missed Opportunity Acknowledgment Obligation
Concrete expression
The BER found that Engineer T was required to respond clearly and honestly when questioned about the project during deposition, including views on alternative design approaches and public safety, but was not obligated to characterize the work as a design error because no error had occurred
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Interpretation
Deposition truthfulness requires full factual accuracy about design choices, alternatives considered, and safety implications, but does not require volunteering an error characterization that goes beyond the facts when the design met the standard of care
Invoked by
Engineer T Deponent Engineer in Legal Proceedings
Tension resolution
BER resolved that Engineer T should be fully truthful about design choices and alternatives in deposition without volunteering an error characterization, consistent with the finding that no error occurred
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer T should respond clearly and honestly when questioned about the project, including T's views on alternative design approaches vis-à-vis the public safety, health, and welfare, but should not characterize the work as a design error
Text references
Because there was no error, Engineer T was not ethically obligated to acknowledge an error during the deposition
Engineer T should respond clearly and honestly when questioned about the project, including T's views on alternative design approaches vis-à-vis the public safety, health, and welfare, but should not characterize the work as a design error
engineers must be honest, and issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner
TTL
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case9:Deposition_Truthfulness_Without_Voluntary_Self-Characterization_Applied_to_Engineer_T a proeth:DepositionTruthfulnessWithoutVoluntarySelf-Characterization,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Deposition Truthfulness Without Voluntary Self-Characterization Applied to Engineer T" ;
proeth:appliedto "Deposition testimony in legal proceedings arising from construction accident" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Honesty in Professional Representations",
"Missed Opportunity Acknowledgment Obligation" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The BER found that Engineer T was required to respond clearly and honestly when questioned about the project during deposition, including views on alternative design approaches and public safety, but was not obligated to characterize the work as a design error because no error had occurred" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "9" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T22:39:34.476220+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "9" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T22:39:34.476220+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Deposition truthfulness requires full factual accuracy about design choices, alternatives considered, and safety implications, but does not require volunteering an error characterization that goes beyond the facts when the design met the standard of care" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer T Deponent Engineer in Legal Proceedings" ;
proeth:principleclass "Deposition Truthfulness Without Voluntary Self-Characterization" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer T should respond clearly and honestly when questioned about the project, including T's views on alternative design approaches vis-à-vis the public safety, health, and welfare, but should not characterize the work as a design error" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "BER resolved that Engineer T should be fully truthful about design choices and alternatives in deposition without volunteering an error characterization, consistent with the finding that no error occurred" ;
proeth:textreferences "Because there was no error, Engineer T was not ethically obligated to acknowledge an error during the deposition",
"Engineer T should respond clearly and honestly when questioned about the project, including T's views on alternative design approaches vis-à-vis the public safety, health, and welfare, but should not characterize the work as a design error",
"engineers must be honest, and issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 9 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T22:41:24.560186"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 9 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
9
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-24T22:39:34.476220+00:00
First case
9
Generated
2026-02-24T22:39:34.476220+00:00
Attributed to
Case 9 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T22:41:24.560186
Generated by
ProEthica Case 9 Extraction