Home-Country Code Extraterritorial Applicability Contest
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/167#Home-Country_Code_Extraterritorial_Applicability_Contest
Properties
Instance of
Home-CountryEthicsCodeExtraterritorialApplicationContestedState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Home-CountryEthicsCodeExtraterritorialApplicationContestedState
Active period
From the engineer's engagement with foreign officials through the ethics board's definitive ruling on extraterritorial applicability
Affected parties
Engineer
Foreign government
NSPE Ethics Board
Professional engineering community
Confidence
0.94
Importance
high
Subject
NSPE Code Section 11b's applicability to engineer performing work in foreign country where gifts to officials are legal and customary
Terminated by
Ethics board ruling that the code applies extraterritorially and the rescinded 'When in Rome' clause confirms no geographic exception exists
Triggering event
Foreign officials invoking local law and custom to justify gift-giving practice that would violate NSPE Code Section 11b
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
the basic issue remaining is whether the flat prohibition in Section 11b applies to work in a foreign country where the laws and customs permit the gifts to government officials
Text references
even though the practice may be legal and accepted in the foreign country
the Board of Directors in January 1968 rescinded the 'When in Rome' clause
the NSPE Board of Directors in July 1966 adopted a so-called 'When in Rome' clause
the basic issue remaining is whether the flat prohibition in Section 11b applies to work in a foreign country where the laws and customs permit the gifts to government officials
TTL
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case167:Home-Country_Code_Extraterritorial_Applicability_Contest a proeth:Home-CountryEthicsCodeExtraterritorialApplicationContestedState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Home-Country Code Extraterritorial Applicability Contest" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From the engineer's engagement with foreign officials through the ethics board's definitive ruling on extraterritorial applicability" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Engineer",
"Foreign government",
"NSPE Ethics Board",
"Professional engineering community" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.94" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "167" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T10:07:10.536278+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "167" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T10:07:10.536278+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the basic issue remaining is whether the flat prohibition in Section 11b applies to work in a foreign country where the laws and customs permit the gifts to government officials" ;
proeth:stateclass "Home-Country Ethics Code Extraterritorial Application Contested State" ;
proeth:subject "NSPE Code Section 11b's applicability to engineer performing work in foreign country where gifts to officials are legal and customary" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Ethics board ruling that the code applies extraterritorially and the rescinded 'When in Rome' clause confirms no geographic exception exists" ;
proeth:textreferences "even though the practice may be legal and accepted in the foreign country",
"the Board of Directors in January 1968 rescinded the 'When in Rome' clause",
"the NSPE Board of Directors in July 1966 adopted a so-called 'When in Rome' clause",
"the basic issue remaining is whether the flat prohibition in Section 11b applies to work in a foreign country where the laws and customs permit the gifts to government officials" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Foreign officials invoking local law and custom to justify gift-giving practice that would violate NSPE Code Section 11b" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 167 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T10:28:27.327790"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 167 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
167
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T10:07:10.536278+00:00
First case
167
Generated
2026-03-02T10:07:10.536278+00:00
Attributed to
Case 167 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T10:28:27.327790
Generated by
ProEthica Case 167 Extraction