Industry-Retained Regulatory Hearing Witness Engineer
Class
23164069
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Industry-RetainedRegulatoryHearingWitnessEngineer
Definition
A licensed professional engineer retained and compensated by an industry client to testify at a governmental or regulatory administrative hearing on proposed rules or permits affecting that industry, bearing obligations to fully disclose the retaining party's identity and financial relationship, to accurately represent licensure status in the testifying jurisdiction, and to avoid creating false impressions of independence, governmental affiliation, or neutrality through selective disclosure of credentials or employer identity.
Properties
Subclass of
Definition
A licensed professional engineer retained and compensated by an industry client to testify at a governmental or regulatory administrative hearing on proposed rules or permits affecting that industry, bearing obligations to fully disclose the retaining party's identity and financial relationship, to accurately represent licensure status in the testifying jurisdiction, and to avoid creating false impressions of independence, governmental affiliation, or neutrality through selective disclosure of credentials or employer identity.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] A licensed professional engineering role in which an engineer provides expert testimony at a regulatory or legal proceeding while presenting credentials, affiliations, or employment associations in a manner that creates a false or misleading impression of the basis or independence of the testimony — including using employer branding in presentations while testifying in a private consulting capacity, failing to disclose financial relationships with interested parties, and omitting material conflicts of interest — bearing obligations of complete transparency regarding the actual basis of testimony, the identity of the retaining party, and all relevant professional affiliations and financial relationships.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A was retained to testify by a coal bed methane company
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
23164069260c8dea...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
145
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-28T18:10:09.140230+00:00
First Discovered In Case
145
Generated
2026-02-28T18:10:09.140230+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 145 Extraction