Roe Firm Cross-Cultural Consistent Ethical Compass Maintenance
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/167#Roe_Firm_Cross-Cultural_Consistent_Ethical_Compass_Maintenance
Properties
Instance of
Cross-CulturalEngineeringPracticeConsistentEthicalCompassObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Cross-CulturalEngineeringPracticeConsistentEthicalCompassObligation
Case context
NSPE BER analysis of the extraterritorial application of Section 11b; the Board held that the prohibition applies with equal force in foreign countries as in the United States.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Richard Roe / US Engineering Firm Seeking Foreign Government Contract
Obligation statement
Roe's firm was obligated to maintain a consistent ethical compass in its foreign practice, applying the same fundamental ethical principles regarding gift-giving and corrupt payments regardless of the geographic location, cultural context, or prevailing norms of the host country.
Temporal scope
Throughout the foreign contract negotiation and procurement process
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Roe When-in-Rome Situational Ethics Argument
derivedFromPrinciple
Situational Ethics Rejection in Foreign Gift-Giving Context
Source Evidence
Source text
Even though the practice may be legal and accepted in the foreign country, and even though some might argue on pragmatic grounds that United State commercial companies should 'go along' to protect the jobs of employees in this country, we cannot accept it for professional services.
Text references
Even though the practice may be legal and accepted in the foreign country, and even though some might argue on pragmatic grounds that United State commercial companies should 'go along' to protect the jobs of employees in this country, we cannot accept it for professional services.
we believe that the code must be read on this most basic point of honor and integrity, not only literally, but in the spirit of its purpose--to uphold the highest standards of the profession.
TTL
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proeth-core:prevailsOver case167:Roe_Firm_Situational_Ethics_Non-Practice_Foreign_Context ;
proeth:casecontext "NSPE BER analysis of the extraterritorial application of Section 11b; the Board held that the prohibition applies with equal force in foreign countries as in the United States." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "167" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Richard Roe / US Engineering Firm Seeking Foreign Government Contract" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Cross-Cultural Engineering Practice Consistent Ethical Compass Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Roe's firm was obligated to maintain a consistent ethical compass in its foreign practice, applying the same fundamental ethical principles regarding gift-giving and corrupt payments regardless of the geographic location, cultural context, or prevailing norms of the host country." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Even though the practice may be legal and accepted in the foreign country, and even though some might argue on pragmatic grounds that United State commercial companies should 'go along' to protect the jobs of employees in this country, we cannot accept it for professional services." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the foreign contract negotiation and procurement process" ;
proeth:textreferences "Even though the practice may be legal and accepted in the foreign country, and even though some might argue on pragmatic grounds that United State commercial companies should 'go along' to protect the jobs of employees in this country, we cannot accept it for professional services.",
"we believe that the code must be read on this most basic point of honor and integrity, not only literally, but in the spirit of its purpose--to uphold the highest standards of the profession." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 167 Extraction" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
167
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T10:18:18.218286+00:00
First case
167
Generated
2026-03-02T10:18:18.218286+00:00
Attributed to
Case 167 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T10:28:27.338351
Generated by
ProEthica Case 167 Extraction