Engineer A Advisory Role Integrity
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/14#Engineer_A_Advisory_Role_Integrity
Definition
Engineer A was engaged in a purely advisory capacity with no existing contractual relationship with City B, but used the advisory memo to simultaneously recommend a delivery method and market the firm's qualifications under that method, blending advisory and business-development functions without disclosure.
Properties
Instance of
AdvisoryRoleIntegrityPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#AdvisoryRoleIntegrityPrinciple
Applied to
City B wastewater project advisory engagement
Balancing with
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Principle
Objectivity
Concrete expression
Engineer A was engaged in a purely advisory capacity with no existing contractual relationship with City B, but used the advisory memo to simultaneously recommend a delivery method and market the firm's qualifications under that method, blending advisory and business-development functions without disclosure.
Confidence
0.87
Interpretation
The principle required Engineer A to either maintain clear separation between the advisory recommendation and any interest in follow-on work, or to disclose explicitly that the recommendation was not independent of Engineer A's business interest in the project.
Tension resolution
The advisory role integrity obligation was not satisfied. The inclusion of firm experience summaries and project references within the advisory memo converted the advisory document into a hybrid advisory-solicitation without disclosing that dual character to the non-engineer client.
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Synthesis Literal
appliedTo
balancingWith
concreteExpression
confidence
interpretation
principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
invokedBy
Agent Engineer A
Source Evidence
Text references
City B's City Administrator asked Engineer A for a recommendation on project delivery methods for their upcoming wastewater system improvements project
Engineer A currently has no contractual relationship with City B.
Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build. Accompanying the recommendation, Engineer A provided a summary of the firm's experience with Progressive-Design-Build projects and references from past projects
Source text
Engineer A currently has no contractual relationship with City B. City B's City Administrator asked Engineer A for a recommendation on project delivery methods for their upcoming wastewater system improvements project
TTL
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case14:Engineer_A_Advisory_Role_Integrity a proeth:AdvisoryRoleIntegrityPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Advisory Role Integrity" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case14:Agent_Engineer_A ;
proeth:appliedTo "City B wastewater project advisory engagement" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Conflict of Interest Disclosure Principle",
"Objectivity" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "Engineer A was engaged in a purely advisory capacity with no existing contractual relationship with City B, but used the advisory memo to simultaneously recommend a delivery method and market the firm's qualifications under that method, blending advisory and business-development functions without disclosure." ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:interpretation "The principle required Engineer A to either maintain clear separation between the advisory recommendation and any interest in follow-on work, or to disclose explicitly that the recommendation was not independent of Engineer A's business interest in the project." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer A Delivery Advisor" ;
proeth:principleClass "Advisory Role Integrity Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The advisory role integrity obligation was not satisfied. The inclusion of firm experience summaries and project references within the advisory memo converted the advisory document into a hybrid advisory-solicitation without disclosing that dual character to the non-engineer client." ;
proeth:textReferences "City B's City Administrator asked Engineer A for a recommendation on project delivery methods for their upcoming wastewater system improvements project",
"Engineer A currently has no contractual relationship with City B.",
"Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build. Accompanying the recommendation, Engineer A provided a summary of the firm's experience with Progressive-Design-Build projects and references from past projects" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T08:43:46.016802+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.0 ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer A currently has no contractual relationship with City B. City B's City Administrator asked Engineer A for a recommendation on project delivery methods for their upcoming wastewater system improvements project" ;
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"balancingWith",
"concreteExpression",
"confidence",
"interpretation",
"principleClass",
"tensionResolution",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A was engaged in a purely advisory capacity with no existing contractual relationship with City B, but used the advisory memo to simultaneously recommend a delivery method and market the firm's qualifications under that method, blending advisory and business-development functions without disclosure." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A was engaged in a purely advisory capacity with no existing contractual relationship with City B, but used the advisory memo to simultaneously recommend a delivery method and market the firm's qualifications under that method, blending advisory and business-development functions without disclosure." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T08:43:46.016802+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 14 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 14 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
14
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T08:43:46.016802+00:00
First case
14
Generated
2026-06-04T08:43:46.016802+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 14 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 14 Extraction