City Administrator Engineering Procurement Authority
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/20#City_Administrator_Engineering_Procurement_Authority
Definition
Non-engineer municipal administrative official who coordinates the incumbent engineer's work, holds significant authority over the next contract selection, has questioned the incumbent's judgment, and improperly solicits a competitor to critique the incumbent's specific decisions.
Properties
Instance of
CityAdministratorEngineeringProcurementAuthority
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CityAdministratorEngineeringProcurementAuthority
Attributes
| license | Non-engineer administrative official |
| authority | Coordinates incumbent work and heavily involved in next contract selection |
| prior_relationship | Previous experience with competing firm Engineer C |
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | coordinator |
| target | Engineer B Incumbent Consulting Engineer Under Contract |
| type | improper_solicitor |
| target | Engineer C Competing Engineer Solicited for Incumbent Critique |
| type | procurement_authority |
| target | City A Municipal Consulting Engineering Client |
Role category
employer_relationship
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Client Procurement Process Integrity Obligation Applied to City Administrat or, Client Procurement Process Integrity Obligation Invoked By City Administrat or, Client Procurement Process Integrity Obligation Violated by City Administrat or, Fairness in Professional Competition Invoked By Engineer C and City Administrat or, Incumbent Engineer Knowledge Requirement Violated by Engineer C and Client A
hasObligation
City Administrat or Client Procurement Process Integrity Obligation Instance, City Administrat or Procurement Process Integrity Preservation Obligation Instance, Client Procurement Process Integrity City Administrat or City A, Fairness in Professional Competition Engineer C City Administrat or Procurement
Source Evidence
Source text
The City Administrator leads the effort for the city to coordinate the work of Engineer B
Text references
The City Administrator contacts Engineer C to question him on specific issues Engineer B has worked on for the City
The City Administrator has questioned the judgment of Engineer B on several occasions
The City Administrator leads the effort for the city to coordinate the work of Engineer B
The City Administrator will also be heavily involved in the effort to select the consulting firm for the next 3-year contract
TTL
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case20:City_Administrator_Engineering_Procurement_Authority a proeth:CityAdministratorEngineeringProcurementAuthority,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "City Administrator Engineering Procurement Authority" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case20:Client_Procurement_Process_Integrity_Obligation_Applied_to_City_Administrator,
case20:Client_Procurement_Process_Integrity_Obligation_Invoked_By_City_Administrator,
case20:Client_Procurement_Process_Integrity_Obligation_Violated_by_City_Administrator,
case20:Fairness_in_Professional_Competition_Invoked_By_Engineer_C_and_City_Administrator,
case20:Incumbent_Engineer_Knowledge_Requirement_Violated_by_Engineer_C_and_Client_A ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case20:City_Administrator_Client_Procurement_Process_Integrity_Obligation_Instance,
case20:City_Administrator_Procurement_Process_Integrity_Preservation_Obligation_Instance,
case20:Client_Procurement_Process_Integrity_City_Administrator_City_A,
case20:Fairness_in_Professional_Competition_Engineer_C_City_Administrator_Procurement ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Non-engineer administrative official', 'authority': 'Coordinates incumbent work and heavily involved in next contract selection', 'prior_relationship': 'Previous experience with competing firm Engineer C'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Non-engineer municipal administrative official who coordinates the incumbent engineer's work, holds significant authority over the next contract selection, has questioned the incumbent's judgment, and improperly solicits a competitor to critique the incumbent's specific decisions." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "20" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T18:10:01.986691+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "20" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T18:10:01.986691+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'coordinator', 'target': 'Engineer B Incumbent Consulting Engineer Under Contract'}",
"{'type': 'improper_solicitor', 'target': 'Engineer C Competing Engineer Solicited for Incumbent Critique'}",
"{'type': 'procurement_authority', 'target': 'City A Municipal Consulting Engineering Client'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "employer_relationship" ;
proeth:roleclass "City Administrator Engineering Procurement Authority" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The City Administrator leads the effort for the city to coordinate the work of Engineer B" ;
proeth:textreferences "The City Administrator contacts Engineer C to question him on specific issues Engineer B has worked on for the City",
"The City Administrator has questioned the judgment of Engineer B on several occasions",
"The City Administrator leads the effort for the city to coordinate the work of Engineer B",
"The City Administrator will also be heavily involved in the effort to select the consulting firm for the next 3-year contract" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 20 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T18:27:44.471631"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 20 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
20
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-25T18:10:01.986691+00:00
First case
20
Generated
2026-02-25T18:10:01.986691+00:00
Attributed to
Case 20 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T18:27:44.471631
Generated by
ProEthica Case 20 Extraction