Roe Competitor Gift Practice Non-Justification
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/167#Roe_Competitor_Gift_Practice_Non-Justification
Properties
Instance of
CompetitorGift-PracticeNon-JustificationComplianceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompetitorGift-PracticeNon-JustificationComplianceObligation
Case context
The government official informs Roe that 'other firms have adhered to the local practice in regard to such gifts,' which Roe might otherwise treat as evidence that the practice is professionally acceptable.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Richard Roe, P.E.
Obligation statement
Roe is obligated to refuse to use the fact that other engineering firms have adhered to the local gift-giving practice as ethical justification for his firm doing the same, bearing independent personal professional accountability for his own ethical compliance.
Temporal scope
At the time of contract negotiation and decision-making
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Roe Firm Ethics Compliance Competitive Disadvantage
derivedFromPrinciple
Peer Competit or Practice Non-Justification Invoked Against Other Firms Defense
Source Evidence
Source text
He is further told that other firms have adhered to the local practice in regard to such gifts.
Text references
He is further told that other firms have adhered to the local practice in regard to such gifts.
TTL
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rdfs:label "Roe Competitor Gift Practice Non-Justification" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case167:Roe_Firm_Ethics_Compliance_Competitive_Disadvantage ;
proeth:casecontext "The government official informs Roe that 'other firms have adhered to the local practice in regard to such gifts,' which Roe might otherwise treat as evidence that the practice is professionally acceptable." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case167:Peer_Competitor_Practice_Non-Justification_Invoked_Against_Other_Firms_Defense ;
proeth:discoveredincase "167" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T10:10:36.445176+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "167" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T10:10:36.445176+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Richard Roe, P.E." ;
proeth:obligationclass "Competitor Gift-Practice Non-Justification Compliance Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Roe is obligated to refuse to use the fact that other engineering firms have adhered to the local gift-giving practice as ethical justification for his firm doing the same, bearing independent personal professional accountability for his own ethical compliance." ;
proeth:sourcetext "He is further told that other firms have adhered to the local practice in regard to such gifts." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of contract negotiation and decision-making" ;
proeth:textreferences "He is further told that other firms have adhered to the local practice in regard to such gifts." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 167 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T10:28:27.331864"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 167 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
167
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T10:10:36.445176+00:00
First case
167
Generated
2026-03-02T10:10:36.445176+00:00
Attributed to
Case 167 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T10:28:27.331864
Generated by
ProEthica Case 167 Extraction