Engineer A Relevance Judgment Traffic Noise Air Pollution City X Hearing
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/94#Engineer_A_Relevance_Judgment_Traffic_Noise_Air_Pollution_City_X_Hearing
Properties
Instance of
ProfessionalJudgmentRelevance-ConditionedVoluntaryDisclosureObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProfessionalJudgmentRelevance-ConditionedVoluntaryDisclosureObligation
Case context
Engineer A, retained by Developer F, presented the waterfront development design at the City X Planning Board public hearing, highlighting environmental benefits of converting an industrial waterfront to commercial use, without volunteering known adverse traffic, noise, and air pollution impacts.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to disclose the traffic, noise, and air pollution impacts of the waterfront development to the City Planning Board if and only if his professional judgment determined that such information was 'relevant and pertinent' to the hearing's subject matter; he was not required to volunteer this information if, in his professional judgment, it was not relevant and pertinent.
Temporal scope
During the public hearing presentation before the City Planning Board
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Selective Testimony Completeness in Public Presentation
derivedFromPrinciple
Relevance and Pertinence Standard Invoked by Engineer A at City X Public Hearing
Source Evidence
Source text
the question is whether the traffic, noise, and air pollution issues are 'relevant and pertinent information.' If they are 'relevant and pertinent,' the engineer has an obligation to disclose the information in any presentation made on the project.
Text references
Engineer A's ethical obligation does not require him to disclose such information if, in his professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent.'
the question is whether the traffic, noise, and air pollution issues are 'relevant and pertinent information.' If they are 'relevant and pertinent,' the engineer has an obligation to disclose the information in any presentation made on the project.
TTL
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proeth:casecontext "Engineer A, retained by Developer F, presented the waterfront development design at the City X Planning Board public hearing, highlighting environmental benefits of converting an industrial waterfront to commercial use, without volunteering known adverse traffic, noise, and air pollution impacts." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "94" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T19:03:38.568991+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
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proeth:obligationclass "Professional Judgment Relevance-Conditioned Voluntary Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to disclose the traffic, noise, and air pollution impacts of the waterfront development to the City Planning Board if and only if his professional judgment determined that such information was 'relevant and pertinent' to the hearing's subject matter; he was not required to volunteer this information if, in his professional judgment, it was not relevant and pertinent." ;
proeth:sourcetext "the question is whether the traffic, noise, and air pollution issues are 'relevant and pertinent information.' If they are 'relevant and pertinent,' the engineer has an obligation to disclose the information in any presentation made on the project." ;
proeth:temporalscope "During the public hearing presentation before the City Planning Board" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A's ethical obligation does not require him to disclose such information if, in his professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent.'",
"the question is whether the traffic, noise, and air pollution issues are 'relevant and pertinent information.' If they are 'relevant and pertinent,' the engineer has an obligation to disclose the information in any presentation made on the project." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 94 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T19:13:05.767692"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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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
2026-02-28T19:13:05.767692
Generated by
ProEthica Case 94 Extraction