Engineer A Self-Serving Advisory Recommendation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/14#Engineer_A_Self-Serving_Advisory_Recommendation
Definition
Engineer A was obligated to structure the advisory memo to serve City B's interests by objectively analyzing all available delivery options, rather than recommending the option most favorable to Engineer A's own subsequent commercial engagement.
Properties
Instance of
Self-ServingAdvisoryAvoidanceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Self-ServingAdvisoryAvoidanceObligation
Case context
Engineer A recommended Progressive-Design-Build, the delivery method under which Engineer A was qualified to provide construction services, while omitting analysis of two other approved methods, in a purely advisory capacity with no existing contractual relationship with City B.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.87
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to structure the advisory memo to serve City B's interests by objectively analyzing all available delivery options, rather than recommending the option most favorable to Engineer A's own subsequent commercial engagement.
Temporal scope
Throughout the preparation and delivery of the advisory memo
Match Confidence
0.72
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Self-Serving Advisory Avoidance Obligation': The Advisory Role Objectivity Obligation extracted in prior sections is the closest existing extracted class, but it is listed under previously extracted classes rather than the canonical ontology. Among the canonical ontology classes, Disclosure Obligation is the closest parent because the self-serving advisory avoidance duty is partly grounded in the requirement to inform stakeholders about conflicts and limitations. However, this class is a distinct specialization emphasizing the prohibition on structuring advisory content to serve the engineer's own interests, which goes beyond mere disclosure. Matched as a variant with medium confidence.
Matched Ontology Label
Disclosure Obligation
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
complianceStatus
confidence
obligationClass
obligationStatement
temporalScope
textReferences
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Advisory Role Objectivity
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Self-Interested Recommendation
obligatedParty
Agent Engineer A
derivedFromPrinciple
Engineer A Objectivity Failure Advisory
Source Evidence
Text references
by providing only a partial, comparative engineering evaluation with no analysis and a recommendation to Engineer A's benefit, the conduct constituted both incomplete and self-serving information
objective and truthful
Source text
objective and truthful
TTL
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case14:Engineer_A_Self-Serving_Advisory_Recommendation a proeth:Self-ServingAdvisoryAvoidanceObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Self-Serving Advisory Recommendation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case14:Engineer_A_Advisory_Role_Objectivity ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case14:Engineer_A_Self-Interested_Recommendation ;
proeth-core:obligatedParty case14:Agent_Engineer_A ;
proeth:caseContext "Engineer A recommended Progressive-Design-Build, the delivery method under which Engineer A was qualified to provide construction services, while omitting analysis of two other approved methods, in a purely advisory capacity with no existing contractual relationship with City B." ;
proeth:complianceStatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case14:Engineer_A_Objectivity_Failure_Advisory ;
proeth:obligatedParty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationClass "Self-Serving Advisory Avoidance Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationStatement "Engineer A was obligated to structure the advisory memo to serve City B's interests by objectively analyzing all available delivery options, rather than recommending the option most favorable to Engineer A's own subsequent commercial engagement." ;
proeth:temporalScope "Throughout the preparation and delivery of the advisory memo" ;
proeth:textReferences "by providing only a partial, comparative engineering evaluation with no analysis and a recommendation to Engineer A's benefit, the conduct constituted both incomplete and self-serving information",
"objective and truthful" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T08:47:48.914349+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.72 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Via class 'Self-Serving Advisory Avoidance Obligation': The Advisory Role Objectivity Obligation extracted in prior sections is the closest existing extracted class, but it is listed under previously extracted classes rather than the canonical ontology. Among the canonical ontology classes, Disclosure Obligation is the closest parent because the self-serving advisory avoidance duty is partly grounded in the requirement to inform stakeholders about conflicts and limitations. However, this class is a distinct specialization emphasizing the prohibition on structuring advisory content to serve the engineer's own interests, which goes beyond mere disclosure. Matched as a variant with medium confidence." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:DisclosureObligation ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "objective and truthful" ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "caseContext",
"complianceStatus",
"confidence",
"obligationClass",
"obligationStatement",
"temporalScope",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A was obligated to structure the advisory memo to serve City B's interests by objectively analyzing all available delivery options, rather than recommending the option most favorable to Engineer A's own subsequent commercial engagement." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A was obligated to structure the advisory memo to serve City B's interests by objectively analyzing all available delivery options, rather than recommending the option most favorable to Engineer A's own subsequent commercial engagement." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T08:47:48.914349+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
2026-06-04T08:47:48.914349+00:00
First case
14
Generated
2026-06-04T08:47:48.914349+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 14 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 14 Extraction