Retained Engineer Public Hearing Advocacy-Objectivity Balance Invoked by Engineer A

@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:Retained_Engineer_Public_Hearing_Advocacy-Objectivity_Balance_Invoked_by_Engineer_A a proeth:RetainedEngineerPublicHearingAdvocacy-ObjectivityBalancePrinciple, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Retained Engineer Public Hearing Advocacy-Objectivity Balance Invoked by Engineer A" ; proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's presentation role at City Planning Board hearing on behalf of Developer F" ; proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits", "Objectivity", "Public Welfare Paramount", "Relevance and Pertinence Standard for Voluntary Disclosure at Public Hearings" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ; proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A, retained by Developer F, occupies a hybrid role at the City Planning Board hearing — simultaneously serving as Developer F's professional representative (emphasizing environmental benefits) and as a technically responsible professional whose statements carry independent credibility before the public body — and navigates this dual character by presenting truthfully without affirmative misrepresentation, while not volunteering adverse information that other witnesses subsequently supply." ; proeth:confidence "0.8" ; proeth:discoveredincase "94" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T20:40:19.193187+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "94" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T20:40:19.193187+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:interpretation "The hybrid advocacy-objectivity role permits Engineer A to emphasize favorable project aspects for the client while not requiring proactive disclosure of all known adverse impacts, provided the engineer answers questions truthfully and the hearing process supplies the omitted information through other participants." ; proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case Public Policy Environmental Impact Disclosure" ; proeth:principleclass "Retained Engineer Public Hearing Advocacy-Objectivity Balance Principle" ; proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is retained by Developer F for a major waterfront development project in City X. Engineer A highlights the improved environmental effect of converting the waterfront from an industrial facility to a parkland." ; proeth:tensionresolution "The balance is struck by Engineer A's truthful responsiveness to questions, the absence of affirmative misrepresentation, and the multi-witness hearing structure that supplies completeness; the retained advocacy role does not override professional objectivity obligations but contextually modulates the proactive disclosure threshold." ; proeth:textreferences "But it is also true the anticipated commercial development could increase traffic, as well as air and noise pollution.", "Engineer A highlights the improved environmental effect of converting the waterfront from an industrial facility to a parkland.", "Engineer A is aware of these factors, but was not specifically questioned on these factors and does not volunteer this fact.", "Engineer A is retained by Developer F for a major waterfront development project in City X.", "Had Engineer A been questioned by the City Planning Board, Engineer A would have provided testimony concerning these issues." ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 94 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T20:55:42.365345"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 94 Extraction" .