Engineer B Retained Professional Society Endorsement Solicitation Permissibility
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/125#Engineer_B_Retained_Professional_Society_Endorsement_Solicitation_Permissibility
Properties
Instance of
RetainedEngineerProfessionalSocietyEndorsementSolicitationPermissibilityObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#RetainedEngineerProfessionalSocietyEndorsementSolicitationPermissibilityObligation
Case context
Engineer B is a partner in the firm retained by citizens and also a member of the local chapter he is addressing
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer B
Obligation statement
Engineer B was obligated to recognize that soliciting the chapter's public endorsement of route Y — while being both a retained advocate for the citizens and a chapter member — is ethically permissible provided he disclosed the retainer relationship, presented findings honestly, answered all questions, and did not attempt to bypass the chapter's independent judgment through improper member influence.
Temporal scope
At the time of the chapter presentation and endorsement solicitation
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer B Retained Advocate Chapter Presentation Full Disclosure, Engineer B Voluntary Membership Ethics Acceptance Chapter Presentation
defeasibleUnder
Competing Duties Between Client Loyalty and Professional Society Objectivity, Engineer B Firm-Partner Advocacy Alignment, Engineer B Society Endorsement Solicitation
derivedFromPrinciple
Professional Society Endorsement Solicitation Permissibility by Engineer B
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B, a partner in the same firm as Engineer A, appears before the local chapter of the state society of which he is a member, explains the circumstances of the project, answers all questions asked of him and asks the chapter to publicly endorse route Y.
Text references
Engineer B, a partner in the same firm as Engineer A, appears before the local chapter of the state society of which he is a member, explains the circumstances of the project, answers all questions asked of him and asks the chapter to publicly endorse route Y.
TTL
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case125:Engineer_B_Retained_Professional_Society_Endorsement_Solicitation_Permissibility a proeth:RetainedEngineerProfessionalSocietyEndorsementSolicitationPermissibilityObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Retained Professional Society Endorsement Solicitation Permissibility" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case125:Engineer_B_Retained_Advocate_Chapter_Presentation_Full_Disclosure,
case125:Engineer_B_Voluntary_Membership_Ethics_Acceptance_Chapter_Presentation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case125:Competing_Duties_Between_Client_Loyalty_and_Professional_Society_Objectivity,
case125:Engineer_B_Firm-Partner_Advocacy_Alignment,
case125:Engineer_B_Society_Endorsement_Solicitation ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer B is a partner in the firm retained by citizens and also a member of the local chapter he is addressing" ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case125:Professional_Society_Endorsement_Solicitation_Permissibility_by_Engineer_B ;
proeth:discoveredincase "125" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T10:51:59.586492+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "125" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T10:51:59.586492+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer B" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Retained Engineer Professional Society Endorsement Solicitation Permissibility Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer B was obligated to recognize that soliciting the chapter's public endorsement of route Y — while being both a retained advocate for the citizens and a chapter member — is ethically permissible provided he disclosed the retainer relationship, presented findings honestly, answered all questions, and did not attempt to bypass the chapter's independent judgment through improper member influence." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B, a partner in the same firm as Engineer A, appears before the local chapter of the state society of which he is a member, explains the circumstances of the project, answers all questions asked of him and asks the chapter to publicly endorse route Y." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of the chapter presentation and endorsement solicitation" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B, a partner in the same firm as Engineer A, appears before the local chapter of the state society of which he is a member, explains the circumstances of the project, answers all questions asked of him and asks the chapter to publicly endorse route Y." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 125 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T11:07:26.784326"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 125 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
125
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T10:51:59.586492+00:00
First case
125
Generated
2026-03-02T10:51:59.586492+00:00
Attributed to
Case 125 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T11:07:26.784326
Generated by
ProEthica Case 125 Extraction