Conflict of Interest Created

E · Event Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/14#Conflict_of_Interest_Created
Definition

When Engineer A recommended Progressive-Design-Build, the method under which Engineer A's own firm stood to benefit directly, a conflict of interest came into existence between Engineer A's professional duty to provide objective advice and Engineer A's firm's financial interest in the outcome.

Properties
Instance of
Event
http://proethica.org/ontology/core#Event
Causes State Change
Engineer A's advisory role became compromised by an undisclosed personal financial interest in the recommended outcome.
Event Type
automatic_trigger
Initiates Text
Compromised Advisory Integrity
Undisclosed Conflict of Interest
Severity
high
Temporal Extent
instant
Temporal Marker
At the point Engineer A's recommendation was made within the memo
Temporal Sequence
8
Terminates Text
Disinterested Advisory Relationship
Synthesis Literal
causesStateChange
description
eventType
severity
temporalExtent
temporalMarker
temporalSequence
TTL
@prefix case14: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/14#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix proeth-prov: <http://proethica.org/provenance#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix time: <http://www.w3.org/2006/time#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case14:Conflict_of_Interest_Created a proeth-core:Event, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Conflict of Interest Created" ; proeth-core:initiates case14:Engineer_A_Conflict_of_Interest_Undisclosed ; proeth-core:terminates case14:Engineer_A_Free_Services_Extension ; proeth:causedByAction case14:Biased_Method_Recommendation ; proeth:causesStateChange "Engineer A's advisory role became compromised by an undisclosed personal financial interest in the recommended outcome." ; proeth:conceptCategory "Event" ; proeth:eventType "automatic_trigger" ; proeth:initiatesText "Compromised Advisory Integrity", "Undisclosed Conflict of Interest" ; proeth:severity "high" ; proeth:temporalExtent "instant" ; proeth:temporalMarker "At the point Engineer A's recommendation was made within the memo" ; proeth:temporalSequence 8 ; proeth:terminatesText "Disinterested Advisory Relationship" ; proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "causesStateChange", "description", "eventType", "severity", "temporalExtent", "temporalMarker", "temporalSequence" ; rdfs:comment "When Engineer A recommended Progressive-Design-Build, the method under which Engineer A's own firm stood to benefit directly, a conflict of interest came into existence between Engineer A's professional duty to provide objective advice and Engineer A's firm's financial interest in the outcome." ; time:hasTime case14:time_Conflict_of_Interest_Created ; prov:wasAttributedTo "claude-sonnet-4-6" ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 14 Extraction" .
Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-06-05 09:40
Attributed to
claude-sonnet-4-6
Generated by
ProEthica Case 14 Extraction