Engineer B Engineering Subsidiary Prospective Buyer Deception Non-Commission
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/134#Engineer_B_Engineering_Subsidiary_Prospective_Buyer_Deception_Non-Commission
Properties
Instance of
ArtfullyMisleadingStatementProhibitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ArtfullyMisleadingStatementProhibitionObligation
Case context
Engineer B was the direct recipient of Engineer A's misleading statement and was the party whose decision-making was materially affected by the false impression of active competing interest from Engineer C.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated not to deceive Engineer B — the prospective buyer — by creating a false impression of competitive urgency, as Engineer B was entitled to make an informed acquisition decision based on accurate information about the actual state of third-party interest.
Temporal scope
Throughout the negotiation period in which Engineer A communicated with Engineer B
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B has been stalling.
Text references
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_Deception_Non-Commission a proeth:ArtfullyMisleadingStatementProhibitionObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Engineering Subsidiary Prospective Buyer Deception Non-Commission" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case134:Material_Harm_Potential_from_Engineer_As_Misrepresentation_-_Present_Case ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer B was the direct recipient of Engineer A's misleading statement and was the party whose decision-making was materially affected by the false impression of active competing interest from Engineer C." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case134:Professional_Accountability_Invoked_For_Engineer_A_Deceptive_Negotiation_Conduct,
case134:Technically_True_But_Misleading_Statement_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_In_Subsidiary_Sale_Negotiation ;
proeth:discoveredincase "134" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T21:17:04.638361+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "134" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T21:17:04.638361+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Artfully Misleading Statement Prohibition Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated not to deceive Engineer B — the prospective buyer — by creating a false impression of competitive urgency, as Engineer B was entitled to make an informed acquisition decision based on accurate information about the actual state of third-party interest." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B has been stalling." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the negotiation period in which Engineer A communicated with Engineer B" ;
proeth:textreferences "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 "2026-02-28T21:30:32.615359"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 134 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
134
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T21:17:04.638361+00:00
First case
134
Generated
2026-02-28T21:17:04.638361+00:00
Attributed to
Case 134 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T21:30:32.615359
Generated by
ProEthica Case 134 Extraction