Engineer A Self-Interested Recommendation
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/14#Engineer_A_Self-Interested_Recommendation
Definition
Engineer A's recommendation of Progressive-Design-Build, a method under which Engineer A is qualified to provide services
Properties
Instance of
Self-InterestedRecommendationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Self-InterestedRecommendationState
Active period
From the submission of the recommendation memo onward
Affected parties
City Administrator
City B
Engineer A
Confidence
0.91
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 recommendation of Progressive-Design-Build, a method under which Engineer A is qualified to provide services
Terminated by
Disclosure of Engineer A's business interest in the recommended method, or withdrawal of the recommendation
Triggering event
Engineer A recommended Progressive-Design-Build and provided firm experience summaries and references, while being qualified to provide services under that method and having omitted other options
Urgency level
high
Match Confidence
0.75
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Self-Interested Recommendation State': Conflict of Interest State captures the general condition of competing personal and professional interests. This new class is a more specific variant focused on the act of making a recommendation while holding an undisclosed business interest in the recommended option, which adds the disclosure and advice-objectivity dimensions not fully expressed by the general class.
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
Accompanying the recommendation, Engineer A provided a summary of the firm's experience with Progressive-Design-Build projects and references from past projects
Engineer A is qualified to provide construction services under Progressive-Design-Build and Construction-Manager-at-Risk delivery methods
Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build
Source text
Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build
TTL
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case14:Engineer_A_Self-Interested_Recommendation a proeth:Self-InterestedRecommendationState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Self-Interested Recommendation" ;
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 submission of the recommendation memo onward" ;
proeth:affectedParties "City Administrator",
"City B",
"Engineer A" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
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 "Self-Interested Recommendation State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's recommendation of Progressive-Design-Build, a method under which Engineer A is qualified to provide services" ;
proeth:terminatedBy "Disclosure of Engineer A's business interest in the recommended method, or withdrawal of the recommendation" ;
proeth:textReferences "Accompanying the recommendation, Engineer A provided a summary of the firm's experience with Progressive-Design-Build projects and references from past projects",
"Engineer A is qualified to provide construction services under Progressive-Design-Build and Construction-Manager-at-Risk delivery methods",
"Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build" ;
proeth:triggeringEvent "Engineer A recommended Progressive-Design-Build and provided firm experience summaries and references, while being qualified to provide services under that method and having omitted other options" ;
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 0.75 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Via class 'Self-Interested Recommendation State': Conflict of Interest State captures the general condition of competing personal and professional interests. This new class is a more specific variant focused on the act of making a recommendation while holding an undisclosed business interest in the recommended option, which adds the disclosure and advice-objectivity dimensions not fully expressed by the general class." ;
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 recommendation of Progressive-Design-Build, a method under which Engineer A is qualified to provide services" ;
skos:definition "Engineer A's recommendation of Progressive-Design-Build, a method under which Engineer A is qualified to provide services" ;
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