Engineer A Collusion Avoidance Through Impartial Performance
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/176#Engineer_A_Collusion_Avoidance_Through_Impartial_Performance
Properties
Instance of
ContractuallyDesignatedDisputeResolverImpartialityObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ContractuallyDesignatedDisputeResolverImpartialityObligation
Case context
The Board noted that Engineer A's impartial performance avoided a charge that the Owner and Engineer A may have colluded against the Contractor — an additional dimension of the impartiality obligation beyond mere technical correctness.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.87
Importance
medium
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to perform the contractually designated impartial arbiter role in a manner that avoided any appearance of collusion with the Owner against the Contractor, recognizing that partisan findings in the Owner's favor would expose both the Owner and Engineer A to collusion allegations.
Temporal scope
Throughout the dispute resolution process
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Collusion Allegation Avoidance Through Impartiality
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A's action also complied with the terms of the agreement and avoided a charge that the Owner and Engineer A may have 'colluded' against the Contractor.
Text references
Engineer A's action also complied with the terms of the agreement and avoided a charge that the Owner and Engineer A may have 'colluded' against the Contractor.
TTL
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case176:Engineer_A_Collusion_Avoidance_Through_Impartial_Performance a proeth:ContractuallyDesignatedDisputeResolverImpartialityObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Collusion Avoidance Through Impartial Performance" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case176:Engineer_A_Collusion_Allegation_Avoidance_Through_Impartiality ;
proeth:casecontext "The Board noted that Engineer A's impartial performance avoided a charge that the Owner and Engineer A may have colluded against the Contractor — an additional dimension of the impartiality obligation beyond mere technical correctness." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case176:Impartiality_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_In_Concrete_Pour_Dispute,
case176:Impartiality_Obligation_Invoked_in_Engineer_A_Dispute_Role ;
proeth:discoveredincase "176" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T11:05:20.105198+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "176" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T11:05:20.105198+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Contractually Designated Dispute Resolver Impartiality Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to perform the contractually designated impartial arbiter role in a manner that avoided any appearance of collusion with the Owner against the Contractor, recognizing that partisan findings in the Owner's favor would expose both the Owner and Engineer A to collusion allegations." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A's action also complied with the terms of the agreement and avoided a charge that the Owner and Engineer A may have 'colluded' against the Contractor." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the dispute resolution process" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A's action also complied with the terms of the agreement and avoided a charge that the Owner and Engineer A may have 'colluded' against the Contractor." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 176 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T11:13:16.201086"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 176 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
176
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T11:05:20.105198+00:00
First case
176
Generated
2026-03-01T11:05:20.105198+00:00
Attributed to
Case 176 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T11:13:16.201086
Generated by
ProEthica Case 176 Extraction