Engineer B Engineering Subsidiary Prospective Buyer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/134#Engineer_B_Engineering_Subsidiary_Prospective_Buyer
Definition
Prospective buyer of the engineering subsidiary who has been stalling negotiations; is the target of Engineer A's deceptive statement about competing interest, intended to pressure Engineer B into accelerating the acquisition decision.
Properties
Instance of
EngineeringSubsidiaryProspectiveBuyer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineeringSubsidiaryProspectiveBuyer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer (implied) |
| negotiation_status | Active prospective buyer, stalling |
| position | Subject of deceptive pressure tactic |
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | deceived_by |
| target | Engineer A Engineering Firm Sale Negotiator |
| type | negotiating_counterparty |
| target | Engineer A Engineering Firm Sale Negotiator |
Role category
provider_client
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is acting as the chief negotiator in the sale of a small engineering subsidiary to Engineer B
Text references
Engineer A is acting as the chief negotiator in the sale of a small engineering subsidiary to Engineer B
Engineer A tells Engineer B, 'Another company has expressed an interest in buying our subsidiary, so you had better move quickly if you are interested.'
Engineer B has been stalling
TTL
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case134:Engineer_B_Engineering_Subsidiary_Prospective_Buyer a proeth:EngineeringSubsidiaryProspectiveBuyer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Engineering Subsidiary Prospective Buyer" ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer (implied)', 'negotiation_status': 'Active prospective buyer, stalling', 'position': 'Subject of deceptive pressure tactic'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Prospective buyer of the engineering subsidiary who has been stalling negotiations; is the target of Engineer A's deceptive statement about competing interest, intended to pressure Engineer B into accelerating the acquisition decision." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "134" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T21:12:13.998082+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "134" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T21:12:13.998082+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'deceived_by', 'target': 'Engineer A Engineering Firm Sale Negotiator'}",
"{'type': 'negotiating_counterparty', 'target': 'Engineer A Engineering Firm Sale Negotiator'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ;
proeth:roleclass "Engineering Subsidiary Prospective Buyer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is acting as the chief negotiator in the sale of a small engineering subsidiary to Engineer B" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A is acting as the chief negotiator in the sale of a small engineering subsidiary to Engineer B",
"Engineer A tells Engineer B, 'Another company has expressed an interest in buying our subsidiary, so you had better move quickly if you are interested.'",
"Engineer B has been stalling" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 134 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T21:30:32.611109"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 134 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
134
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T21:12:13.998082+00:00
First case
134
Generated
2026-02-28T21:12:13.998082+00:00
Attributed to
Case 134 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T21:30:32.611109
Generated by
ProEthica Case 134 Extraction