Engineer A Non-Deceptive Presentation Adverse Impact Non-Concealment City X
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/94#Engineer_A_Non-Deceptive_Presentation_Adverse_Impact_Non-Concealment_City_X
Properties
Instance of
Client-RetainedPresenterPublicWelfareImpactNon-ConcealmentObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Client-RetainedPresenterPublicWelfareImpactNon-ConcealmentObligation
Case context
Engineer A presented environmental benefits of the waterfront conversion without volunteering adverse impacts; the Board found this permissible because the presentation did not cross the line into affirmative concealment or artful misleading, and other witnesses provided the adverse impact information.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from structuring his presentation to the City Planning Board in a manner that affirmatively concealed or created a false impression about the known traffic, noise, and air pollution impacts of the waterfront development, even if he was not required to volunteer such information proactively.
Temporal scope
During the public hearing presentation before the City Planning Board
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Honesty Principle Applied to Engineer As Selective Presentation
Source Evidence
Source text
While it might be easier if environmental issues could be resolved in a clear and objective manner, in fact, many of these important public policy questions are the result of subjective and sometimes difficult policy considerations.
Text references
While it might be easier if environmental issues could be resolved in a clear and objective manner, in fact, many of these important public policy questions are the result of subjective and sometimes difficult policy considerations.
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 environmental benefits of the waterfront conversion without volunteering adverse impacts; the Board found this permissible because the presentation did not cross the line into affirmative concealment or artful misleading, and other witnesses provided the adverse impact information." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
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proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
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proeth:discoveredincase "94" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T19:03:38.568991+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "94" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T19:03:38.568991+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
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proeth:obligationclass "Client-Retained Presenter Public Welfare Impact Non-Concealment Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from structuring his presentation to the City Planning Board in a manner that affirmatively concealed or created a false impression about the known traffic, noise, and air pollution impacts of the waterfront development, even if he was not required to volunteer such information proactively." ;
proeth:sourcetext "While it might be easier if environmental issues could be resolved in a clear and objective manner, in fact, many of these important public policy questions are the result of subjective and sometimes difficult policy considerations." ;
proeth:temporalscope "During the public hearing presentation before the City Planning Board" ;
proeth:textreferences "While it might be easier if environmental issues could be resolved in a clear and objective manner, in fact, many of these important public policy questions are the result of subjective and sometimes difficult policy considerations.",
"engineers who are involved in such activities should perform their obligations in a manner that is consistent with the NSPE Code of Ethics." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 94 Extraction" ;
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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
2026-02-28T19:13:05.768119
Generated by
ProEthica Case 94 Extraction