Partial Analysis Disclosure State
Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PartialAnalysisDisclosureState
Definition
State in which a professional provides an analysis or evaluation that is incomplete in scope, omitting methodologies, alternatives, or considerations that would be material to the recipient's decision, and where the omission serves or appears to serve the professional's own interests rather than the client's informational needs.
Properties
Subclass of
Action Constraints
Professional must not omit methodologies or alternatives that would disadvantage the professional's preferred recommendation
Professional must not present partial analysis as if it were complete
Activation Conditions
Omitted options or information would be material to the client's decision
Professional provides comparative analysis covering only a subset of relevant options or methodologies
The partial analysis favors an outcome beneficial to the professional
Confidence
0.85
Obligation Activation
Duty to avoid self-serving omissions in professional communications
Duty to disclose limitations in the scope of analysis provided
Duty to provide complete and unbiased professional advice
Persistence Type
inertial
Principle Transformation
Transforms the general duty of objectivity and completeness into a specific obligation to disclose the scope limitations of any analysis provided and to refrain from presenting partial evaluations as comprehensive professional advice.
State Category
conflict
Termination Conditions
Client referred to comprehensive independent resources
Complete analysis provided to the client
Professional discloses the limitation and supplements the analysis
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A could have provided a complete analysis of the four methodologies, with all the pros and cons
by providing only a partial, comparative engineering evaluation with no analysis and a recommendation to Engineer A's benefit
the conduct constituted both incomplete and self-serving information
Source text
by providing only a partial, comparative engineering evaluation with no analysis and a recommendation to Engineer A's benefit
Used in cases 1
Case ontologies that instantiate this class. Computed from each individual's type, so the list stays current as cases are extracted. The originating case is shown under Extraction details.
Case 71TTL
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proeth:PartialAnalysisDisclosureState a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Partial Analysis Disclosure State" ;
proeth:actionConstraints "Professional must not omit methodologies or alternatives that would disadvantage the professional's preferred recommendation",
"Professional must not present partial analysis as if it were complete" ;
proeth:activationConditions "Omitted options or information would be material to the client's decision",
"Professional provides comparative analysis covering only a subset of relevant options or methodologies",
"The partial analysis favors an outcome beneficial to the professional" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:obligationActivation "Duty to avoid self-serving omissions in professional communications",
"Duty to disclose limitations in the scope of analysis provided",
"Duty to provide complete and unbiased professional advice" ;
proeth:persistenceType "inertial" ;
proeth:principleTransformation "Transforms the general duty of objectivity and completeness into a specific obligation to disclose the scope limitations of any analysis provided and to refrain from presenting partial evaluations as comprehensive professional advice." ;
proeth:stateCategory "conflict" ;
proeth:terminationConditions "Client referred to comprehensive independent resources",
"Complete analysis provided to the client",
"Professional discloses the limitation and supplements the analysis" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A could have provided a complete analysis of the four methodologies, with all the pros and cons",
"by providing only a partial, comparative engineering evaluation with no analysis and a recommendation to Engineer A's benefit",
"the conduct constituted both incomplete and self-serving information" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T08:42:02.559155+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.0 ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "by providing only a partial, comparative engineering evaluation with no analysis and a recommendation to Engineer A's benefit" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a professional provides an analysis or evaluation that is incomplete in scope, omitting methodologies, alternatives, or considerations that would be material to the recipient's decision, and where the omission serves or appears to serve the professional's own interests rather than the client's informational needs." ;
rdfs:subClassOf proeth:ConflictState ;
skos:definition "State in which a professional provides an analysis or evaluation that is incomplete in scope, omitting methodologies, alternatives, or considerations that would be material to the recipient's decision, and where the omission serves or appears to serve the professional's own interests rather than the client's informational needs." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T08:42:02.559155+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 14 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
14
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T08:42:02.559155+00:00
First case
14
Generated
2026-06-04T08:42:02.559155+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 14 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']