Engineer A Transparency Advisory Memo
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/14#Engineer_A_Transparency_Advisory_Memo
Definition
Engineer A did not disclose to City B the basis for excluding two of the four approved delivery methods from the analysis, nor did Engineer A disclose the firm's interest in providing construction services under the recommended method.
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
City B wastewater project advisory relationship
Balancing with
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Principle
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Engineer A did not disclose to City B the basis for excluding two of the four approved delivery methods from the analysis, nor did Engineer A disclose the firm's interest in providing construction services under the recommended method.
Confidence
0.89
Interpretation
Transparency required Engineer A to make visible the scope limitations of the memo and the firm's competitive interest in the recommended outcome, enabling City B to make an informed judgment about the weight to give the recommendation.
Tension resolution
The transparency obligation was not met. City B, relying on a non-engineer administrator, was not positioned to identify the gaps in the analysis without Engineer A's disclosure.
Match Confidence
0.95
Match Reasoning
Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Transparency'
Matched Ontology Label
Transparency
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
appliedTo
balancingWith
concreteExpression
confidence
interpretation
principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
invokedBy
Agent Engineer A
Source Evidence
Text references
City Administrator is not a licensed professional engineer.
Engineer A prepared a summary memo to City B Administrator and only identified Design-Bid-Build and Progressive-Design-Build as viable project delivery options.
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
City Administrator is not a licensed professional engineer.
TTL
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case14:Engineer_A_Transparency_Advisory_Memo a proeth:Transparency,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Transparency Advisory Memo" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case14:Agent_Engineer_A ;
proeth:appliedTo "City B wastewater project advisory relationship" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Conflict of Interest Disclosure Principle",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "Engineer A did not disclose to City B the basis for excluding two of the four approved delivery methods from the analysis, nor did Engineer A disclose the firm's interest in providing construction services under the recommended method." ;
proeth:confidence "0.89" ;
proeth:interpretation "Transparency required Engineer A to make visible the scope limitations of the memo and the firm's competitive interest in the recommended outcome, enabling City B to make an informed judgment about the weight to give the recommendation." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer A Delivery Advisor Incomplete" ;
proeth:principleClass "Transparency" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The transparency obligation was not met. City B, relying on a non-engineer administrator, was not positioned to identify the gaps in the analysis without Engineer A's disclosure." ;
proeth:textReferences "City Administrator is not a licensed professional engineer.",
"Engineer A prepared a summary memo to City B Administrator and only identified Design-Bid-Build and Progressive-Design-Build as viable project delivery options.",
"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 0.95 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Transparency'" ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass <http://proethica.org/ontology/principles#Transparency> ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Transparency" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "City Administrator is not a licensed professional engineer." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "appliedTo",
"balancingWith",
"concreteExpression",
"confidence",
"interpretation",
"principleClass",
"tensionResolution",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A did not disclose to City B the basis for excluding two of the four approved delivery methods from the analysis, nor did Engineer A disclose the firm's interest in providing construction services under the recommended method." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A did not disclose to City B the basis for excluding two of the four approved delivery methods from the analysis, nor did Engineer A disclose the firm's interest in providing construction services under the recommended method." ;
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