Engineer B Political Lobbying Non-Substitution County Commission
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/12#Engineer_B_Political_Lobbying_Non-Substitution_County_Commission
Properties
Instance of
PoliticalLobbyingNon-SubstitutionforTechnicalQualificationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PoliticalLobbyingNon-SubstitutionforTechnicalQualificationObligation
Case context
Engineer B lobbied the County Commission directly in favor of receiving the rural roadway design contract award, substituting political advocacy to elected officials for technical qualification-based selection, in a domain where the firm lacked the requisite competence.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.85
Importance
medium
Obligated party
Engineer B
Obligation statement
Engineer B was obligated to refrain from lobbying the County Commission directly in favor of receiving the roadway design contract award, and to compete for the contract solely on the basis of demonstrated technical qualifications rather than substituting political influence for the qualification-based selection process.
Temporal scope
During the procurement process for the rural roadway design contract
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Procurement Integrity Implicated By Engineer B Lobbying County Commission
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B did not meet this standard when bidding and accepting a contract involving work for which the firm did not have adequate competence.
Text references
Engineer B did not meet this standard when bidding and accepting a contract involving work for which the firm did not have adequate competence.
I.6 indicates that engineers shall conduct themselves in a way so to enhance the honor, reputation, and usefulness of the profession.
TTL
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case12:Engineer_B_Political_Lobbying_Non-Substitution_County_Commission a proeth:PoliticalLobbyingNon-SubstitutionforTechnicalQualificationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Political Lobbying Non-Substitution County Commission" ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case12:Engineer_B_Political_Lobbying_County_Commission_Rural_Roadway_Contract ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer B lobbied the County Commission directly in favor of receiving the rural roadway design contract award, substituting political advocacy to elected officials for technical qualification-based selection, in a domain where the firm lacked the requisite competence." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case12:Procurement_Integrity_Implicated_By_Engineer_B_Lobbying_County_Commission ;
proeth:discoveredincase "12" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T19:55:00.057965+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "12" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T19:55:00.057965+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer B" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Political Lobbying Non-Substitution for Technical Qualification Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer B was obligated to refrain from lobbying the County Commission directly in favor of receiving the roadway design contract award, and to compete for the contract solely on the basis of demonstrated technical qualifications rather than substituting political influence for the qualification-based selection process." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B did not meet this standard when bidding and accepting a contract involving work for which the firm did not have adequate competence." ;
proeth:temporalscope "During the procurement process for the rural roadway design contract" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B did not meet this standard when bidding and accepting a contract involving work for which the firm did not have adequate competence.",
"I.6 indicates that engineers shall conduct themselves in a way so to enhance the honor, reputation, and usefulness of the profession." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 12 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T20:03:54.193976"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 12 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
12
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-24T19:55:00.057965+00:00
First case
12
Generated
2026-02-24T19:55:00.057965+00:00
Attributed to
Case 12 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T20:03:54.193976
Generated by
ProEthica Case 12 Extraction