Situation 3 Counterfactual - Unlicensed Firm Business Development Solicitation
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/128#Situation_3_Counterfactual_-_Unlicensed_Firm_Business_Development_Solicitation
Properties
Instance of
UnlicensedFirmBusinessDevelopmentSolicitationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#UnlicensedFirmBusinessDevelopmentSolicitationState
Active period
Duration of solicitation activities in the jurisdiction without firm licensure
Affected parties
Business development engineer
Engineering firm
Prospective clients
State licensure board
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Subject
Hypothetical business development engineer soliciting work for a firm with no licensed engineers in the target jurisdiction
Terminated by
Firm obtains licensure in the jurisdiction, or ceases solicitation activities
Triggering event
Business development representative prospects for engineering work in a jurisdiction where neither the representative nor the firm's engineers hold licensure
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
this Board feels it would not be ethical for this same (business development) engineer to engage in business development activities if that person's firm did not have engineers who were duly licensed in the state
Text references
This type of situation amounts to deception and goes beyond the fact of tendering a business card
prospecting for work would not appear to satisfy the intent of the state's engineering laws and regulations and therefore would not be ethical
this Board feels it would not be ethical for this same (business development) engineer to engage in business development activities if that person's firm did not have engineers who were duly licensed in the state
TTL
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case128:Situation_3_Counterfactual_-_Unlicensed_Firm_Business_Development_Solicitation a proeth:UnlicensedFirmBusinessDevelopmentSolicitationState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Situation 3 Counterfactual - Unlicensed Firm Business Development Solicitation" ;
proeth:activeperiod "Duration of solicitation activities in the jurisdiction without firm licensure" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Business development engineer",
"Engineering firm",
"Prospective clients",
"State licensure board" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "128" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T21:52:58.966138+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "128" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T21:52:58.966138+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "this Board feels it would not be ethical for this same (business development) engineer to engage in business development activities if that person's firm did not have engineers who were duly licensed in the state" ;
proeth:stateclass "Unlicensed Firm Business Development Solicitation State" ;
proeth:subject "Hypothetical business development engineer soliciting work for a firm with no licensed engineers in the target jurisdiction" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Firm obtains licensure in the jurisdiction, or ceases solicitation activities" ;
proeth:textreferences "This type of situation amounts to deception and goes beyond the fact of tendering a business card",
"prospecting for work would not appear to satisfy the intent of the state's engineering laws and regulations and therefore would not be ethical",
"this Board feels it would not be ethical for this same (business development) engineer to engage in business development activities if that person's firm did not have engineers who were duly licensed in the state" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Business development representative prospects for engineering work in a jurisdiction where neither the representative nor the firm's engineers hold licensure" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 128 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T22:14:48.647684"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 128 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
128
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T21:52:58.966138+00:00
First case
128
Generated
2026-02-28T21:52:58.966138+00:00
Attributed to
Case 128 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T22:14:48.647684
Generated by
ProEthica Case 128 Extraction