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
licenseNon-engineer administrative official
authorityCoordinates incumbent work and heavily involved in next contract selection
prior_relationshipPrevious experience with competing firm Engineer C
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Relationships
typecoordinator
targetEngineer B Incumbent Consulting Engineer Under Contract
typeimproper_solicitor
targetEngineer C Competing Engineer Solicited for Incumbent Critique
typeprocurement_authority
targetCity A Municipal Consulting Engineering Client
Role category
employer_relationship
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
@prefix case20: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/20#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . 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
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:26
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