Engineer A Competing Engineering Firm Employee
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/19#Engineer_A_Competing_Engineering_Firm_Employee
Definition
Employee of ABC Consultants designing bridges and culverts in two states who questions the ethical and legal propriety of competitor XYZ Engineers' qualification proposal practices and considers reporting obligations under both state licensing boards
Properties
Instance of
CompetingEngineeringFirmEmployeeEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompetingEngineeringFirmEmployeeEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer (implied by licensing board review obligations) |
| employer | ABC Consultants |
| specialty | Bridge and culvert design |
| jurisdictions | ['State Q', 'State Z'] |
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | competitor |
| target | XYZ Engineers |
| type | employer |
| target | ABC Consultants |
| type | peer |
| target | Engineer B |
| type | reporting_authority |
| target | State Q Licensing Board |
| type | reporting_authority |
| target | State Z Licensing Board |
Role category
employer_relationship
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Fairness in Professional Competition Invoked By Engineer A ABC Consultants
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A works in a metropolitan area bordering on two states, and designs bridges and culverts as an employee of ABC Consultants
Text references
Engineer A decides to review the NSPE Code of Ethics and the engineering licensing board law and rules of professional conduct in both states
Engineer A questions whether this proposal/marketing practice is misleading to clients and unethical
Engineer A works in a metropolitan area bordering on two states, and designs bridges and culverts as an employee of ABC Consultants
TTL
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case19:Engineer_A_Competing_Engineering_Firm_Employee a proeth:CompetingEngineeringFirmEmployeeEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Competing Engineering Firm Employee" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case19:Fairness_in_Professional_Competition_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_ABC_Consultants ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer (implied by licensing board review obligations)', 'employer': 'ABC Consultants', 'specialty': 'Bridge and culvert design', 'jurisdictions': ['State Q', 'State Z']}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Employee of ABC Consultants designing bridges and culverts in two states who questions the ethical and legal propriety of competitor XYZ Engineers' qualification proposal practices and considers reporting obligations under both state licensing boards" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "19" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T15:40:32.773954+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "19" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T15:40:32.773954+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'competitor', 'target': 'XYZ Engineers'}",
"{'type': 'employer', 'target': 'ABC Consultants'}",
"{'type': 'peer', 'target': 'Engineer B'}",
"{'type': 'reporting_authority', 'target': 'State Q Licensing Board'}",
"{'type': 'reporting_authority', 'target': 'State Z Licensing Board'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "employer_relationship" ;
proeth:roleclass "Competing Engineering Firm Employee Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A works in a metropolitan area bordering on two states, and designs bridges and culverts as an employee of ABC Consultants" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A decides to review the NSPE Code of Ethics and the engineering licensing board law and rules of professional conduct in both states",
"Engineer A questions whether this proposal/marketing practice is misleading to clients and unethical",
"Engineer A works in a metropolitan area bordering on two states, and designs bridges and culverts as an employee of ABC Consultants" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 19 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T15:58:57.755646"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 19 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
19
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-25T15:40:32.773954+00:00
First case
19
Generated
2026-02-25T15:40:32.773954+00:00
Attributed to
Case 19 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T15:58:57.755646
Generated by
ProEthica Case 19 Extraction