Engineer A Firm Sale Negotiator
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/134#Engineer_A_Firm_Sale_Negotiator
Definition
Made artfully misleading comments to Engineer B (prospective buyer) during business negotiations for the sale of an engineering firm, failing to fully disclose the full circumstances relating to Engineer C in order to move discussions off 'dead center', constituting a material misrepresentation to an interested party.
Properties
Instance of
EngineeringFirmSaleNegotiatorEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineeringFirmSaleNegotiatorEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| conduct | Artfully misleading statements during acquisition negotiation |
| violation | Failure to fully disclose circumstances relating to Engineer C |
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | concealed_information_about |
| target | Engineer C Withdrawn Engineering Acquisition Prospect |
| type | negotiating_with |
| target | Engineer B Engineering Subsidiary Prospective Buyer |
Role category
provider_client
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A's comments to Engineer B, were misleading and are of a nature that merit the rebuke of the Board
Text references
Engineer A's comments to Engineer B, were misleading and are of a nature that merit the rebuke of the Board
Engineer A's comments were artfully misleading comments made during a business negotiation with potential purchaser intended to move discussions off 'dead center'
if Engineer A had fully disclosed the full circumstances relating to Engineer C, the Board's conclusion would have been different
TTL
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case134:Engineer_A_Firm_Sale_Negotiator a proeth:EngineeringFirmSaleNegotiatorEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Firm Sale Negotiator" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case134:Engineer_A_Business_Negotiation_Honesty_Non-Exemption,
case134:Engineer_A_Firm_Sale_Artfully_Misleading_Statement_Violation,
case134:Full_Disclosure_of_Engineer_C_Circumstances_as_Conditional_Defense ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case134:Engineer_A_Firm_Sale_Full_Circumstance_Disclosure_Conditional_Defense_Failure ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'conduct': 'Artfully misleading statements during acquisition negotiation', 'violation': 'Failure to fully disclose circumstances relating to Engineer C'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Made artfully misleading comments to Engineer B (prospective buyer) during business negotiations for the sale of an engineering firm, failing to fully disclose the full circumstances relating to Engineer C in order to move discussions off 'dead center', constituting a material misrepresentation to an interested party." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "134" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T21:13:14.723977+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "134" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T21:13:14.723977+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'concealed_information_about', 'target': 'Engineer C Withdrawn Engineering Acquisition Prospect'}",
"{'type': 'negotiating_with', 'target': 'Engineer B Engineering Subsidiary Prospective Buyer'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ;
proeth:roleclass "Engineering Firm Sale Negotiator Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A's comments to Engineer B, were misleading and are of a nature that merit the rebuke of the Board" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A's comments to Engineer B, were misleading and are of a nature that merit the rebuke of the Board",
"Engineer A's comments were artfully misleading comments made during a business negotiation with potential purchaser intended to move discussions off 'dead center'",
"if Engineer A had fully disclosed the full circumstances relating to Engineer C, the Board's conclusion would have been different" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 134 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T21:30:32.612369"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 134 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
134
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T21:13:14.723977+00:00
First case
134
Generated
2026-02-28T21:13:14.723977+00:00
Attributed to
Case 134 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T21:30:32.612369
Generated by
ProEthica Case 134 Extraction