Engineer A Gratuitous Services Extension
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/14#Engineer_A_Gratuitous_Services_Extension
Definition
Engineer A provided a free advisory memo recommending Progressive-Design-Build, a delivery method under which Engineer A was qualified to provide subsequent paid construction services, thereby extending free services as valuable consideration to secure future work.
Properties
Instance of
GratuitousServicesProhibitionPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#GratuitousServicesProhibitionPrinciple
Applied to
Free summary memo provided to City B Municipal Client
Balancing with
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Principle
Concrete expression
Engineer A provided a free advisory memo recommending Progressive-Design-Build, a delivery method under which Engineer A was qualified to provide subsequent paid construction services, thereby extending free services as valuable consideration to secure future work.
Confidence
0.88
Interpretation
The NSPE Code prohibition on offering valuable consideration to secure work applies to the extension of free professional services that are structured to benefit the engineer's subsequent engagement prospects.
Tension resolution
The BER found both the incompleteness and the extension of free services independently unethical, with no countervailing principle justifying either conduct.
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
Both aspects of the conduct were unethical in the view of the BER
not offer any gift or other valuable consideration in order to secure work
the conduct constituted both incomplete and self-serving information (as in 95-5 and 99-8) and the extension of free services
Source text
the conduct constituted both incomplete and self-serving information (as in 95-5 and 99-8) and the extension of free services. Both aspects of the conduct were unethical in the view of the BER.
TTL
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case14:Engineer_A_Gratuitous_Services_Extension a proeth:GratuitousServicesProhibitionPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Gratuitous Services Extension" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case14:Agent_Engineer_A ;
proeth:appliedTo "Free summary memo provided to City B Municipal Client" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Conflict of Interest Disclosure Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "Engineer A provided a free advisory memo recommending Progressive-Design-Build, a delivery method under which Engineer A was qualified to provide subsequent paid construction services, thereby extending free services as valuable consideration to secure future work." ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:interpretation "The NSPE Code prohibition on offering valuable consideration to secure work applies to the extension of free professional services that are structured to benefit the engineer's subsequent engagement prospects." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer A Delivery Advisor Incomplete" ;
proeth:principleClass "Gratuitous Services Prohibition Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The BER found both the incompleteness and the extension of free services independently unethical, with no countervailing principle justifying either conduct." ;
proeth:textReferences "Both aspects of the conduct were unethical in the view of the BER",
"not offer any gift or other valuable consideration in order to secure work",
"the conduct constituted both incomplete and self-serving information (as in 95-5 and 99-8) and the extension of free services" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T08:46:54.906706+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.0 ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "the conduct constituted both incomplete and self-serving information (as in 95-5 and 99-8) and the extension of free services. Both aspects of the conduct were unethical in the view of the BER." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "appliedTo",
"balancingWith",
"concreteExpression",
"confidence",
"interpretation",
"principleClass",
"tensionResolution",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A provided a free advisory memo recommending Progressive-Design-Build, a delivery method under which Engineer A was qualified to provide subsequent paid construction services, thereby extending free services as valuable consideration to secure future work." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A provided a free advisory memo recommending Progressive-Design-Build, a delivery method under which Engineer A was qualified to provide subsequent paid construction services, thereby extending free services as valuable consideration to secure future work." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T08:46:54.906706+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
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T08:46:54.906706+00:00
First case
14
Generated
2026-06-04T08:46:54.906706+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 14 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 14 Extraction