Engineer A Direct Question Complete Honest Answer City Planning Board
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/94#Engineer_A_Direct_Question_Complete_Honest_Answer_City_Planning_Board
Properties
Instance of
PublicHearingPresenterDirectQuestionCompleteandHonestAnswerObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PublicHearingPresenterDirectQuestionCompleteandHonestAnswerObligation
Case context
Engineer A presented the waterfront development at the City X Planning Board hearing; the Board questioned Engineer A and ultimately received information about adverse impacts from other witnesses; Engineer A's obligation to answer direct questions completely was non-defeasible.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to answer all direct questions posed by the City Planning Board completely and honestly, without evasion or material omission, regardless of whether the subject matter was adverse to Developer F's interests.
Temporal scope
During and throughout the public hearing before the City Planning Board
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Honesty Principle Applied to Engineer As Selective Presentation
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineers play an important role when testifying before public bodies on technical and other matters affecting the public health, safety, and welfare.
Text references
Engineers play an important role when testifying before public bodies on technical and other matters affecting the public health, safety, and welfare.
engineers who are involved in such activities should perform their obligations in a manner that is consistent with the NSPE Code of Ethics.
TTL
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proeth:casecontext "Engineer A presented the waterfront development at the City X Planning Board hearing; the Board questioned Engineer A and ultimately received information about adverse impacts from other witnesses; Engineer A's obligation to answer direct questions completely was non-defeasible." ;
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proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
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proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to answer all direct questions posed by the City Planning Board completely and honestly, without evasion or material omission, regardless of whether the subject matter was adverse to Developer F's interests." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineers play an important role when testifying before public bodies on technical and other matters affecting the public health, safety, and welfare." ;
proeth:temporalscope "During and throughout the public hearing before the City Planning Board" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineers play an important role when testifying before public bodies on technical and other matters affecting the public health, safety, and welfare.",
"engineers who are involved in such activities should perform their obligations in a manner that is consistent with the NSPE Code of Ethics." ;
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
94
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T19:03:38.568991+00:00
First case
94
Generated
2026-02-28T19:03:38.568991+00:00
Attributed to
Case 94 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T19:13:05.767963
Generated by
ProEthica Case 94 Extraction