Engineer B FOIA-Requesting Competing Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/141#Engineer_B_FOIA-Requesting_Competing_Engineer
Definition
Engineer B, a competitor of Engineer A, submits a state FOIA request prior to the interview process to obtain Engineer A's qualifications submission, and thereafter submits his own firm's qualifications to the same state agency for the same public project.
Properties
Instance of
FOIA-RequestingCompetingEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FOIA-RequestingCompetingEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| foia_timing | Prior to interview process, before submitting own qualifications |
| procurement_context | State public procurement procedures |
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | client |
| target | State Agency |
| type | competitor |
| target | Engineer A Public RFQ Submitting Engineer |
Role category
public_responsibility
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
FOIA Competit or Intelligence Ethical Use Invoked By Engineer B, FOIA Procurement Timing Integrity Invoked By Engineer B, Fairness in Professional Competition Implicated By Engineer B FOIA Conduct, Good Intent Does Not Cure Procedural Impropriety Invoked Against Engineer B, Procurement Integrity in Public Engineering Implicated By State Agency Disclosure
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 submits his firm's engineering qualifications to the state agency for the same public project
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
TTL
@prefix case141: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/141#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case141:Engineer_B_FOIA-Requesting_Competing_Engineer a proeth:FOIA-RequestingCompetingEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B FOIA-Requesting Competing Engineer" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case141:FOIA_Competitor_Intelligence_Ethical_Use_Invoked_By_Engineer_B,
case141:FOIA_Procurement_Timing_Integrity_Invoked_By_Engineer_B,
case141:Fairness_in_Professional_Competition_Implicated_By_Engineer_B_FOIA_Conduct,
case141:Good_Intent_Does_Not_Cure_Procedural_Impropriety_Invoked_Against_Engineer_B,
case141:Procurement_Integrity_in_Public_Engineering_Implicated_By_State_Agency_Disclosure ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case141:Engineer_B_Competitive_Procurement_Fairness_Obligation,
case141:Engineer_B_FOIA_Content_Non-Exploitation_Obligation,
case141:Engineer_B_FOIA_Pre-Submission_Timing_Violation_Obligation,
case141:Engineer_B_Good_Intent_Non-Justification_Procurement_Obligation,
case141:Engineer_B_Honorable_Procurement_Conduct_Obligation ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'foia_timing': 'Prior to interview process, before submitting own qualifications', 'procurement_context': 'State public procurement procedures'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Engineer B, a competitor of Engineer A, submits a state FOIA request prior to the interview process to obtain Engineer A's qualifications submission, and thereafter submits his own firm's qualifications to the same state agency for the same public project." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "141" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T13:39:40.730980+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "141" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T13:39:40.730980+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'client', 'target': 'State Agency'}",
"{'type': 'competitor', 'target': 'Engineer A Public RFQ Submitting Engineer'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "FOIA-Requesting Competing Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "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" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B submits his firm's engineering qualifications to the state agency for the same public project",
"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" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 141 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T13:59:20.686443"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 141 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
141
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T13:39:40.730980+00:00
First case
141
Generated
2026-02-28T13:39:40.730980+00:00
Attributed to
Case 141 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T13:59:20.686443
Generated by
ProEthica Case 141 Extraction