Deposition Truthfulness Without Voluntary Self-Characterization Invoked By Engineer T
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/9#Deposition_Truthfulness_Without_Voluntary_Self-Characterization_Invoked_By_Engineer_T
Properties
Instance of
DepositionTruthfulnessWithoutVoluntarySelf-Characterization
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DepositionTruthfulnessWithoutVoluntarySelf-Characterization
Applied to
Deposition testimony regarding design approach selection and post-accident self-assessment
Balancing with
Error Acknowledgment and Corrective Disclosure Obligation
Intellectual Honesty
Transparency
Concrete expression
Engineer T responded factually to all deposition questions without volunteering a characterization of the design work as an error, following attorneys' guidance that the legal process — not Engineer T — would determine whether an error had been made
Confidence
0.82
Importance
high
Interpretation
The principle required Engineer T to provide complete factual accuracy — including about the internal deliberations with Engineer B — while refraining from volunteering the error characterization that Engineer T had privately believed might be required, because that characterization was properly a legal determination
Invoked by
Engineer T Deponent Engineer in Legal Proceedings
Tension resolution
The attorneys' institutional guidance provided the balancing framework: factual disclosure satisfies honesty and transparency; error characterization is appropriately left to the legal process
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer T was not asked if an error was made and did not offer an acknowledgement of a possible error.
Text references
Engineer T was not asked if an error was made and did not offer an acknowledgement of a possible error.
In the deposition, Engineer T responded factually to all questions regarding the design and the design process.
The attorneys indicated that the legal process would determine whether, based on the facts, an error had been made, and that Engineer T should clearly report the facts, but should not voluntarily characterize the design work as an error.
TTL
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case9:Deposition_Truthfulness_Without_Voluntary_Self-Characterization_Invoked_By_Engineer_T a proeth:DepositionTruthfulnessWithoutVoluntarySelf-Characterization,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Deposition Truthfulness Without Voluntary Self-Characterization Invoked By Engineer T" ;
proeth:appliedto "Deposition testimony regarding design approach selection and post-accident self-assessment" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Error Acknowledgment and Corrective Disclosure Obligation",
"Intellectual Honesty",
"Transparency" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer T responded factually to all deposition questions without volunteering a characterization of the design work as an error, following attorneys' guidance that the legal process — not Engineer T — would determine whether an error had been made" ;
proeth:confidence "0.82" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "9" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T22:33:49.422835+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "9" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T22:33:49.422835+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The principle required Engineer T to provide complete factual accuracy — including about the internal deliberations with Engineer B — while refraining from volunteering the error characterization that Engineer T had privately believed might be required, because that characterization was properly a legal determination" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer T Deponent Engineer in Legal Proceedings" ;
proeth:principleclass "Deposition Truthfulness Without Voluntary Self-Characterization" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer T was not asked if an error was made and did not offer an acknowledgement of a possible error." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The attorneys' institutional guidance provided the balancing framework: factual disclosure satisfies honesty and transparency; error characterization is appropriately left to the legal process" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer T was not asked if an error was made and did not offer an acknowledgement of a possible error.",
"In the deposition, Engineer T responded factually to all questions regarding the design and the design process.",
"The attorneys indicated that the legal process would determine whether, based on the facts, an error had been made, and that Engineer T should clearly report the facts, but should not voluntarily characterize the design work as an error." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 9 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T22:41:24.555382"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 9 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
9
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-24T22:33:49.422835+00:00
First case
9
Generated
2026-02-24T22:33:49.422835+00:00
Attributed to
Case 9 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T22:41:24.555382
Generated by
ProEthica Case 9 Extraction