Engineer Public Testimony Role Present Case City Planning Board Hearing

@prefix case94: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/94#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case94:Engineer_Public_Testimony_Role_Present_Case_City_Planning_Board_Hearing a proeth:EngineerPublicTestimonyRoleandObligationPrinciple, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer Public Testimony Role Present Case City Planning Board Hearing" ; proeth:appliedto "City Planning Board public hearing on waterfront development", "Developer F's commercial development project presentation" ; proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits", "Relevance and Pertinence Standard for Voluntary Disclosure at Public Hearings" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ; proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A, presenting at the City Planning Board hearing as Developer F's retained engineer, bore a heightened ethical obligation to perform his testimony consistently with the NSPE Code of Ethics because his technical expertise gave his presentation disproportionate influence on the Board's regulatory decision." ; proeth:confidence "0.87" ; proeth:discoveredincase "94" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T19:01:33.144715+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "94" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T19:01:33.144715+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:interpretation "The engineer's role as technical expert before a public regulatory body creates a special obligation of honesty, objectivity, and completeness that goes beyond ordinary client representation, because the public body relies on the engineer's expertise to make informed regulatory decisions." ; proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Public Hearing Presenting Consulting Engineer Present Case" ; proeth:principleclass "Engineer Public Testimony Role and Obligation Principle" ; proeth:sourcetext "Engineers play an important role when testifying before public bodies on technical and other matters affecting the public health, safety, and welfare. Engineers bring an important perspective to such discussions, offering technical insights into issues that have a significant effect upon people's lives." ; proeth:tensionresolution "The Board navigated this tension by holding that Engineer A's faithful agent obligation to Developer F did not require him to suppress relevant information, while his public testimony obligation did not require him to volunteer information he judged not relevant and pertinent — the two obligations were reconciled through the professional judgment standard." ; proeth:textreferences "Because of the effect that their testimony may have on public policy discussions of this type, engineers who are involved in such activities should perform their obligations in a manner that is consistent with the NSPE Code of Ethics.", "Engineers bring an important perspective to such discussions, offering technical insights into issues that have a significant effect upon people's lives.", "Engineers play an important role when testifying before public bodies on technical and other matters affecting the public health, safety, and welfare." ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 94 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T19:13:05.766441"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 94 Extraction" .