Engineer A Conflict of Interest Undisclosed
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/14#Engineer_A_Conflict_of_Interest_Undisclosed
Definition
Engineer A's personal business interest in the recommended project delivery method conflicting with the duty to provide objective advice to City B
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From the moment Engineer A began preparing the recommendation through any disclosure or correction
Affected parties
City Administrator
City B
Engineer A
Confidence
0.93
Principle Transformation
Transforms the general conflict-of-interest principle into a concrete obligation to disclose business interest in a recommended project delivery method and to ensure the recommendation is grounded in the client's needs rather than the professional's commercial advantage.
Subject
Engineer A's personal business interest in the recommended project delivery method conflicting with the duty to provide objective advice to City B
Terminated by
Disclosure of conflict to City B Administrator, or recusal from the advisory role
Triggering event
Engineer A, qualified to provide services under Progressive-Design-Build, recommended that method to a client without disclosing the business interest
Urgency level
high
Match Confidence
0.95
Match Reasoning
Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Conflict of Interest State'
Matched Ontology Label
Conflict of Interest State
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
activePeriod
confidence
stateClass
subject
terminatedBy
textReferences
triggeringEvent
urgencyLevel
Relationships
activatedByEvent
Conflict of Interest Created
activatesConstraint
Engineer A Self-Promotion in Advisory
activatesObligation
Engineer A Advisory Role Objectivity, Engineer A Self-Serving Advisory Recommendation
terminatedByEvent
Conflict of Interest Created
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A is qualified to provide construction services under Progressive-Design-Build and Construction-Manager-at-Risk delivery methods
Engineer A provided a summary of the firm's experience with Progressive-Design-Build projects and references from past projects
Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build
Source text
Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build
TTL
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case14:Engineer_A_Conflict_of_Interest_Undisclosed a proeth:ConflictofInterestState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Conflict of Interest Undisclosed" ;
proeth-core:activatedByEvent case14:Conflict_of_Interest_Created ;
proeth-core:activatesConstraint case14:Engineer_A_Self-Promotion_in_Advisory ;
proeth-core:activatesObligation case14:Engineer_A_Advisory_Role_Objectivity,
case14:Engineer_A_Self-Serving_Advisory_Recommendation ;
proeth-core:affects case14:Agent_City_Administrator,
case14:Agent_City_B,
case14:Agent_Engineer_A ;
proeth-core:terminatedByEvent case14:Conflict_of_Interest_Created ;
proeth:activePeriod "From the moment Engineer A began preparing the recommendation through any disclosure or correction" ;
proeth:affectedParties "City Administrator",
"City B",
"Engineer A" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:principleTransformation "Transforms the general conflict-of-interest principle into a concrete obligation to disclose business interest in a recommended project delivery method and to ensure the recommendation is grounded in the client's needs rather than the professional's commercial advantage." ;
proeth:stateClass "Conflict of Interest State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's personal business interest in the recommended project delivery method conflicting with the duty to provide objective advice to City B" ;
proeth:terminatedBy "Disclosure of conflict to City B Administrator, or recusal from the advisory role" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A is qualified to provide construction services under Progressive-Design-Build and Construction-Manager-at-Risk delivery methods",
"Engineer A provided a summary of the firm's experience with Progressive-Design-Build projects and references from past projects",
"Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build" ;
proeth:triggeringEvent "Engineer A, qualified to provide services under Progressive-Design-Build, recommended that method to a client without disclosing the business interest" ;
proeth:urgencyLevel "high" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T08:41:16.710298+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.95 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Conflict of Interest State'" ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:ConflictOfInterest ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Conflict of Interest State" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build" ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "activePeriod",
"confidence",
"stateClass",
"subject",
"terminatedBy",
"textReferences",
"triggeringEvent",
"urgencyLevel" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A's personal business interest in the recommended project delivery method conflicting with the duty to provide objective advice to City B" ;
skos:definition "Engineer A's personal business interest in the recommended project delivery method conflicting with the duty to provide objective advice to City B" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T08:41:16.710298+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
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T08:41:16.710298+00:00
First case
14
Generated
2026-06-04T08:41:16.710298+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 14 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 14 Extraction