Engineer C Verbal Pre-Selection Promise Non-Issuance City X Future Project
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/117#Engineer_C_Verbal_Pre-Selection_Promise_Non-Issuance_City_X_Future_Project
Properties
Instance of
VerbalPre-SelectionPromiseNon-IssuanceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#VerbalPre-SelectionPromiseNon-IssuanceObligation
Case context
Engineer C verbally promised to select Engineer A's firm on a future City X engineering project as recognition for Engineer A's role in securing the federal grant for wastewater treatment equipment upgrades.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer C
Obligation statement
Engineer C, as chief city engineer of City X with procurement authority over engineering contracts, was obligated to refrain from making any verbal promise to select Engineer A's firm on a future City X engineering project, regardless of Engineer A's prior contributions to the grant application, and to ensure that any future contract award would proceed through a formal competitive qualification-based selection process.
Temporal scope
At the time Engineer C made the verbal promise to Engineer A's firm, and continuing through any future contract award process
Relationships
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_Verbal_Pre-Selection_Promise_Non-Issuance_City_X_Future_Project a proeth:VerbalPre-SelectionPromiseNon-IssuanceObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer C Verbal Pre-Selection Promise Non-Issuance City X Future Project" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case117:Engineer_C_Good_Intent_Non-Justification_Procurement_Promise_City_X ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case117:Engineer_C_Conflict_of_Interest_from_Promise,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/117#Engineer_C_Procurement_Subversion_—_City_X_Future_Contract> ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case117:Engineer_C_Good_Intent_Non-Justification_Procurement_Promise_City_X ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer C verbally promised to select Engineer A's firm on a future City X engineering project as recognition for Engineer A's role in securing the federal grant for wastewater treatment equipment upgrades." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case117:Procurement_Integrity_in_Public_Engineering_Violated_by_Engineer_C,
case117:Public_Official_Pre-Selection_Promise_Prohibition_Violated_by_Engineer_C ;
proeth:discoveredincase "117" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T15:49:01.734296+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "117" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T15:49:01.734296+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer C" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Verbal Pre-Selection Promise Non-Issuance Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer C, as chief city engineer of City X with procurement authority over engineering contracts, was obligated to refrain from making any verbal promise to select Engineer A's firm on a future City X engineering project, regardless of Engineer A's prior contributions to the grant application, and to ensure that any future contract award would proceed through a formal competitive qualification-based selection process." ;
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:temporalscope "At the time Engineer C made the verbal promise to Engineer A's firm, and continuing through any future contract award 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:wasattributedto "Case 117 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T16:01:19.949576"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 117 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
117
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T15:49:01.734296+00:00
First case
117
Generated
2026-02-28T15:49:01.734296+00:00
Attributed to
Case 117 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T16:01:19.949576
Generated by
ProEthica Case 117 Extraction