Engineer-Solicitation-and-Competition-Ethics-Standard-Instance
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/126#Engineer-Solicitation-and-Competition-Ethics-Standard-Instance
Properties
Instance of
EngineerSolicitationandCompetitionEthicsStandard
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineerSolicitationandCompetitionEthicsStandard
Confidence
0.88
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review / professional consensus
Document title
Professional Norms Governing Engineer Competition and Client Solicitation
Importance
high
Used by
Engineer B when accepting the franchiser's initial review engagement and subsequent full design contract
Used in context
Governs whether Engineer B's acceptance of the franchiser's engagement — while Engineer A's contract is still active and while conducting a review of Engineer A's work — constitutes ethically permissible competition or an improper solicitation of an incumbent engineer's client
Version
Current NSPE interpretation
Source Evidence
Source text
franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review
Text references
Engineer A's agreement with the franchiser expires and the franchiser retains Engineer B as its design engineer
franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review
TTL
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case126:Engineer-Solicitation-and-Competition-Ethics-Standard-Instance a proeth:EngineerSolicitationandCompetitionEthicsStandard,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
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proeth:createdby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review / professional consensus" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:documenttitle "Professional Norms Governing Engineer Competition and Client Solicitation" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T10:09:52.574434+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T10:09:52.574434+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:resourceclass "Engineer Solicitation and Competition Ethics Standard" ;
proeth:sourcetext "franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A's agreement with the franchiser expires and the franchiser retains Engineer B as its design engineer",
"franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review" ;
proeth:usedby "Engineer B when accepting the franchiser's initial review engagement and subsequent full design contract" ;
proeth:usedincontext "Governs whether Engineer B's acceptance of the franchiser's engagement — while Engineer A's contract is still active and while conducting a review of Engineer A's work — constitutes ethically permissible competition or an improper solicitation of an incumbent engineer's client" ;
proeth:version "Current NSPE interpretation" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 126 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T10:31:55.138218"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 126 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
126
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T10:09:52.574434+00:00
First case
126
Generated
2026-03-01T10:09:52.574434+00:00
Attributed to
Case 126 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T10:31:55.138218
Generated by
ProEthica Case 126 Extraction