City Administrator Engineering Procurement Authority Individual
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/20#City_Administrator_Engineering_Procurement_Authority_Individual
Definition
Non-engineer municipal administrator who coordinates Engineer B's work, questions Engineer B's judgment, holds significant authority over the next contract selection, has prior experience with competitor Engineer C, and improperly solicited Engineer C's critical opinions on Engineer B's work during the active contract period.
Properties
Instance of
CityAdministratorEngineeringProcurementAuthority
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CityAdministratorEngineeringProcurementAuthority
Attributes
| license | Non-engineer administrative official |
| dual_role | Incumbent contract coordinator and renewal selection authority |
| prior_relationship | Previous experience with competing firm Engineer C |
| conduct | Solicited competitor critique of incumbent engineer during active contract |
Confidence
0.85
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | coordinator_of |
| target | Engineer B Incumbent Consulting Engineer |
| type | selection_authority_for |
| target | City A Municipal Consulting Engineering Client |
| type | solicited_critique_from |
| target | Engineer C Competing Engineer Improperly Solicited for Incumbent Critique |
Role category
public_responsibility
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Client Procurement Process Integrity Obligation Applied to 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
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 during the contract period
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_Individual a proeth:CityAdministratorEngineeringProcurementAuthority,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "City Administrator Engineering Procurement Authority Individual" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case20:Client_Procurement_Process_Integrity_Obligation_Applied_to_City_Administrator,
case20:Client_Procurement_Process_Integrity_Obligation_Violated_by_City_Administrator,
case20:Fairness_in_Professional_Competition_Invoked_By_Engineer_C_and_City_Administrator ;
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', 'dual_role': 'Incumbent contract coordinator and renewal selection authority', 'prior_relationship': 'Previous experience with competing firm Engineer C', 'conduct': 'Solicited competitor critique of incumbent engineer during active contract'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Non-engineer municipal administrator who coordinates Engineer B's work, questions Engineer B's judgment, holds significant authority over the next contract selection, has prior experience with competitor Engineer C, and improperly solicited Engineer C's critical opinions on Engineer B's work during the active contract period." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "20" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T16:20:54.803959+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "20" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T16:20:54.803959+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'coordinator_of', 'target': 'Engineer B Incumbent Consulting Engineer'}",
"{'type': 'selection_authority_for', 'target': 'City A Municipal Consulting Engineering Client'}",
"{'type': 'solicited_critique_from', 'target': 'Engineer C Competing Engineer Improperly Solicited for Incumbent Critique'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
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 during the contract period",
"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 "2026-02-25T16:36:27.855534"^^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
2026-02-25T16:20:54.803959+00:00
First case
20
Generated
2026-02-25T16:20:54.803959+00:00
Attributed to
Case 20 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T16:36:27.855534
Generated by
ProEthica Case 20 Extraction