Competitor Informal Consultation State
Class
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompetitorInformalConsultationState
Definition
State in which a client authority with procurement influence over an upcoming contract contacts a competing professional firm to solicit technical opinions on the incumbent professional's work, where the competing professional recognizes that answering in a particular way could provide a competitive advantage in the upcoming selection process, creating direct tension between honest professional opinion, competitive self-interest, and obligations of fairness to the incumbent professional.
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Subclass of
Definition
State in which a client authority with procurement influence over an upcoming contract contacts a competing professional firm to solicit technical opinions on the incumbent professional's work, where the competing professional recognizes that answering in a particular way could provide a competitive advantage in the upcoming selection process, creating direct tension between honest professional opinion, competitive self-interest, and obligations of fairness to the incumbent professional.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer C fully realizes that answering these questions in a certain perspective would be a pretext to gaining an advantage in the competition for the next 3-year contract.
TTL
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rdfs:label "Competitor Informal Consultation State" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a client authority with procurement influence over an upcoming contract contacts a competing professional firm to solicit technical opinions on the incumbent professional's work, where the competing professional recognizes that answering in a particular way could provide a competitive advantage in the upcoming selection process, creating direct tension between honest professional opinion, competitive self-interest, and obligations of fairness to the incumbent professional." ;
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Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
6bf6d83dfa4ad8e1...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
20
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-25T16:20:36.580700+00:00
First Discovered In Case
20
Generated
2026-02-25T16:20:36.580700+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 20 Extraction