Honesty Applied to Engineer A Participation in Pre-Selection Arrangement
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/117#Honesty_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Participation_in_Pre-Selection_Arrangement
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Engineer A's participation in pre-selection arrangement
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Engineer A's participation in — or acquiescence to — an informal pre-selection arrangement creates a representation to City X and to competing firms that Engineer A's future selection (if it occurs) was the result of a lawful competitive process, when in fact it was predetermined by an informal promise; this implicit misrepresentation implicates the honesty principle
Confidence
0.82
Importance
medium
Interpretation
Honesty requires not only accurate affirmative representations but also avoidance of arrangements that create false impressions about the legitimacy of professional engagements; accepting a pre-selection promise creates the false impression of competitive legitimacy
Invoked by
Engineer A Procurement-Bypassing Engineering Firm
Tension resolution
The honesty obligation requires Engineer A to decline the pre-selection promise and insist on a transparent competitive process, thereby ensuring that any future engagement accurately reflects merit-based selection
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 A is a principal in a medium-sized engineering firm
Engineer C, the chief city engineer, verbally promises to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X
TTL
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proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's participation in pre-selection arrangement" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's participation in — or acquiescence to — an informal pre-selection arrangement creates a representation to City X and to competing firms that Engineer A's future selection (if it occurs) was the result of a lawful competitive process, when in fact it was predetermined by an informal promise; this implicit misrepresentation implicates the honesty principle" ;
proeth:confidence "0.82" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "117" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T15:47:33.923942+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "117" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T15:47:33.923942+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "Honesty requires not only accurate affirmative representations but also avoidance of arrangements that create false impressions about the legitimacy of professional engagements; accepting a pre-selection promise creates the false impression of competitive legitimacy" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Procurement-Bypassing Engineering Firm" ;
proeth:principleclass "Honesty" ;
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:tensionresolution "The honesty obligation requires Engineer A to decline the pre-selection promise and insist on a transparent competitive process, thereby ensuring that any future engagement accurately reflects merit-based selection" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A is a principal in a medium-sized engineering firm",
"Engineer C, the chief city engineer, verbally promises to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 117 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T16:01:19.948427"^^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
2026-02-28T15:47:33.923942+00:00
First case
117
Generated
2026-02-28T15:47:33.923942+00:00
Attributed to
Case 117 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T16:01:19.948427
Generated by
ProEthica Case 117 Extraction