Roe When-in-Rome Situational Ethics Argument
Individual
576e90d9
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/167#Roe_When-in-Rome_Situational_Ethics_Argument
Properties
Parent
SituationalEthicsProhibitionPrecedentActiveState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SituationalEthicsProhibitionPrecedentActiveState
Activeperiod
From the moment Roe receives the local-custom justification through his final ethical determination
Affectedparties
Richard Roe
Roe's engineering firm
Concept Category
State
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Stateclass
Situational Ethics Prohibition Precedent Active State
Subject
Richard Roe's ethical reasoning regarding local gift-giving practice
Terminatedby
Roe's definitive ethical determination applying or rejecting the situational ethics argument
Triggeringevent
Foreign official invokes local legality and established custom as justification for gift-giving, implicitly raising a 'When in Rome' argument
Urgencylevel
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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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
576e90d9d7527c63...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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