Engineer C Conflict of Interest from Promise
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/117#Engineer_C_Conflict_of_Interest_from_Promise
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From the moment of the verbal promise through any future procurement decision involving Engineer A's firm
Affected parties
City X
Competing firms
Engineer A's firm
Engineer C
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer C's personal commitment to Engineer A's firm conflicting with official duty to conduct impartial procurement
Terminated by
Formal recusal from future procurement, or rescission of promise and proper process
Triggering event
Engineer C makes a personal verbal promise to select Engineer A's firm, creating a personal obligation that conflicts with official impartiality duties
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer C, the chief city engineer, verbally promises to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X
Text references
Engineer C, the chief city engineer, verbally promises to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X
In recognition of Engineer A's work in securing the grant
TTL
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case117:Engineer_C_Conflict_of_Interest_from_Promise a proeth:ConflictofInterestState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer C Conflict of Interest from Promise" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From the moment of the verbal promise through any future procurement decision involving Engineer A's firm" ;
proeth:affectedparties "City X",
"Competing firms",
"Engineer A's firm",
"Engineer C" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "117" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T15:44:23.750941+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "117" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T15:44:23.750941+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer C, the chief city engineer, verbally promises to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X" ;
proeth:stateclass "Conflict of Interest State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer C's personal commitment to Engineer A's firm conflicting with official duty to conduct impartial procurement" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Formal recusal from future procurement, or rescission of promise and proper process" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer C, the chief city engineer, verbally promises to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X",
"In recognition of Engineer A's work in securing the grant" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer C makes a personal verbal promise to select Engineer A's firm, creating a personal obligation that conflicts with official impartiality duties" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 117 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T16:01:19.946578"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 117 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
117
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T15:44:23.750941+00:00
First case
117
Generated
2026-02-28T15:44:23.750941+00:00
Attributed to
Case 117 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T16:01:19.946578
Generated by
ProEthica Case 117 Extraction