Environmental Threat Omitting Engineer
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EnvironmentalThreatOmittingEngineer
Definition
A licensed professional engineering role in which an engineer serving as a principal in an environmental engineering firm receives information from firm specialists (e.g., biologists) indicating that a proposed development project could threaten a species classified as 'threatened' (though not 'endangered') by federal and state regulators, verbally mentions the concern to the client but deliberately omits that information from a written report submitted to a public authority, bearing obligations to include all relevant and pertinent environmental threat information in professional reports submitted to public authorities and to refrain from omitting material environmental findings even when the species does not meet the highest regulatory protection threshold.
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Definition
A licensed professional engineering role in which an engineer serving as a principal in an environmental engineering firm receives information from firm specialists (e.g., biologists) indicating that a proposed development project could threaten a species classified as 'threatened' (though not 'endangered') by federal and state regulators, verbally mentions the concern to the client but deliberately omits that information from a written report submitted to a public authority, bearing obligations to include all relevant and pertinent environmental threat information in professional reports submitted to public authorities and to refrain from omitting material environmental findings even when the species does not meet the highest regulatory protection threshold.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] A licensed professional engineering role in which an engineer serving as a principal in an environmental engineering firm receives information from firm specialists (e.g., biologists) indicating that a proposed development project could threaten a species classified as 'threatened' (though not 'endangered') by federal and state regulators, bearing obligations to include that information in written reports submitted to public authorities, advise the client of its inclusion, and refrain from omitting material environmental findings even when the species does not meet the highest regulatory protection threshold.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A verbally mentions the concern, but Engineer A does not include the information in a written report that will be submitted to a public authority that is considering the developer's proposal
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
76aa1b176fcdd37a...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
83
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-27T18:54:56.662785+00:00
First Discovered In Case
83
Generated
2026-02-27T18:54:56.662785+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 83 Extraction