Competitor Conduct in Procurement Standard - FOIA Use Context
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58177927
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/141#Competitor_Conduct_in_Procurement_Standard_-_FOIA_Use_Context
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Parent
CompetitorConductinProcurementStandard
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompetitorConductinProcurementStandard
Concept Category
Resource
Confidence
0.88
Createdby
Professional engineering community / NSPE
Documenttitle
Professional Norms Governing Competitor Conduct in Engineering Procurement
Importance
high
Resourceclass
Competitor Conduct in Procurement Standard
Usedby
Engineer B; ethics reviewers
Usedincontext
Governs whether Engineer B's use of a FOIA request to access Engineer A's submitted qualifications during an active procurement process constitutes an ethical or unethical competitive tactic, including whether it constitutes an attempt to gain unfair competitive advantage
Version
Current professional consensus
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer B, a competitor of Engineer A, whose firm also intends to respond to the same RFQ, submits a state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in order to obtain a copy of the qualifications information Engineer A submitted to the state.
Text References
Engineer B, a competitor of Engineer A, whose firm also intends to respond to the same RFQ, submits a state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in order to obtain a copy of the qualifications information Engineer A submitted to the state.
Thereafter, Engineer B submits his firm's engineering qualifications to the state agency for the same public project.
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Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
58177927fa5ef9b8...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
141
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-02-28T13:40:01.240628+00:00
First Case
141
Generated
2026-02-28T13:40:01.240628+00:00
Attributed To
Case 141 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T13:59:20.687043
Generated By
ProEthica Case 141 Extraction