Roe When-in-Rome Situational Ethics Argument
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/167#Roe_When-in-Rome_Situational_Ethics_Argument
Properties
Instance of
SituationalEthicsProhibitionPrecedentActiveState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SituationalEthicsProhibitionPrecedentActiveState
Active period
From the moment Roe receives the local-custom justification through his final ethical determination
Affected parties
Richard Roe
Roe's engineering firm
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Subject
Richard Roe's ethical reasoning regarding local gift-giving practice
Terminated by
Roe's definitive ethical determination applying or rejecting the situational ethics argument
Triggering event
Foreign official invokes local legality and established custom as justification for gift-giving, implicitly raising a 'When in Rome' argument
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
it is established practice for those awarded contracts to make personal gifts
Text references
it is established practice for those awarded contracts to make personal gifts
other firms have adhered to the local practice
such practice is legal in that country
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Roe When-in-Rome Situational Ethics Argument" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From the moment Roe receives the local-custom justification through his final ethical determination" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Richard Roe",
"Roe's engineering firm" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "167" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T10:05:14.694780+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "167" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T10:05:14.694780+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "it is established practice for those awarded contracts to make personal gifts" ;
proeth:stateclass "Situational Ethics Prohibition Precedent Active State" ;
proeth:subject "Richard Roe's ethical reasoning regarding local gift-giving practice" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Roe's definitive ethical determination applying or rejecting the situational ethics argument" ;
proeth:textreferences "it is established practice for those awarded contracts to make personal gifts",
"other firms have adhered to the local practice",
"such practice is legal in that country" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Foreign official invokes local legality and established custom as justification for gift-giving, implicitly raising a 'When in Rome' argument" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 167 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T10:28:27.326375"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 167 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
167
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T10:05:14.694780+00:00
First case
167
Generated
2026-03-02T10:05:14.694780+00:00
Attributed to
Case 167 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T10:28:27.326375
Generated by
ProEthica Case 167 Extraction