Public Procurement Fairness Standard - Verbal Promise Application
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/117#Public_Procurement_Fairness_Standard_-_Verbal_Promise_Application
Properties
Instance of
PublicProcurementFairnessStandard
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PublicProcurementFairnessStandard
Confidence
0.88
Created by
Professional engineering ethics bodies; NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Document title
Public Procurement Fairness Standard
Importance
high
Used by
Engineer A (as promisee), Engineer C (as public official making promise)
Used in context
Governs whether Engineer C's verbal promise to award future work to Engineer A's firm as recognition for grant-securing services is ethically permissible; establishes that public engineering contracts must be awarded through equitable, competitive processes rather than informal pre-commitments
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
TTL
@prefix case117: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/117#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case117:Public_Procurement_Fairness_Standard_-_Verbal_Promise_Application a proeth:PublicProcurementFairnessStandard,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Public Procurement Fairness Standard - Verbal Promise Application" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Resource" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:createdby "Professional engineering ethics bodies; NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "117" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:documenttitle "Public Procurement Fairness Standard" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T15:44:14.520368+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "117" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T15:44:14.520368+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:resourceclass "Public Procurement Fairness Standard" ;
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:textreferences "Engineer C, the chief city engineer, verbally promises to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X" ;
proeth:usedby "Engineer A (as promisee), Engineer C (as public official making promise)" ;
proeth:usedincontext "Governs whether Engineer C's verbal promise to award future work to Engineer A's firm as recognition for grant-securing services is ethically permissible; establishes that public engineering contracts must be awarded through equitable, competitive processes rather than informal pre-commitments" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 117 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T16:01:19.943726"^^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
2026-02-28T15:44:14.520368+00:00
First case
117
Generated
2026-02-28T15:44:14.520368+00:00
Attributed to
Case 117 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T16:01:19.943726
Generated by
ProEthica Case 117 Extraction