Competitor Critique Solicitation Prohibition Invoked Against Engineer C
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/20#Competitor_Critique_Solicitation_Prohibition_Invoked_Against_Engineer_C
Properties
Instance of
CompetitorCritiqueSolicitationProhibition
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompetitorCritiqueSolicitationProhibition
Applied to
Engineer C's participation in evaluation of Engineer B's work for Client A
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Honesty
Concrete expression
Engineer C, a competitor for future work with Client A, was asked by the City Administrator to evaluate Engineer B's work while Engineer B remained under active contract, creating a direct conflict of interest that should have caused Engineer C to decline participation
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
The prohibition on competitor critique solicitation applies with full force when the competing engineer is asked to evaluate specific work products of the incumbent, as Engineer C was asked to do here, because the competitive advantage gained from such participation corrupts the professional evaluation process
Invoked by
Engineer C Solicited Competitor Critic
Tension resolution
The prohibition on competitor critique overrides any obligation Engineer C might feel to answer the City Administrator's questions honestly, because participation itself — regardless of truthfulness — constitutes improper conduct in this competitive context
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer C has been put in a difficult position by Client A. Engineer C has been asked to evaluate another engineer's work, which in turn could give Engineer C a significant advantage in securing future work.
Text references
Engineer C has been asked to evaluate another engineer's work, which in turn could give Engineer C a significant advantage in securing future work
Engineer C's conversation with Client A could easily be seen as improper and questionable
Engineers shall not attempt to obtain employment or advancement or professional engagements by untruthfully criticizing other engineers, or by other improper or questionable methods
TTL
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case20:Competitor_Critique_Solicitation_Prohibition_Invoked_Against_Engineer_C a proeth:CompetitorCritiqueSolicitationProhibition,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Competitor Critique Solicitation Prohibition Invoked Against Engineer C" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer C's participation in evaluation of Engineer B's work for Client A" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Honesty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer C, a competitor for future work with Client A, was asked by the City Administrator to evaluate Engineer B's work while Engineer B remained under active contract, creating a direct conflict of interest that should have caused Engineer C to decline participation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "20" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T16:27:30.991313+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "20" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T16:27:30.991313+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The prohibition on competitor critique solicitation applies with full force when the competing engineer is asked to evaluate specific work products of the incumbent, as Engineer C was asked to do here, because the competitive advantage gained from such participation corrupts the professional evaluation process" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer C Solicited Competitor Critic" ;
proeth:principleclass "Competitor Critique Solicitation Prohibition" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer C has been put in a difficult position by Client A. Engineer C has been asked to evaluate another engineer's work, which in turn could give Engineer C a significant advantage in securing future work." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The prohibition on competitor critique overrides any obligation Engineer C might feel to answer the City Administrator's questions honestly, because participation itself — regardless of truthfulness — constitutes improper conduct in this competitive context" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer C has been asked to evaluate another engineer's work, which in turn could give Engineer C a significant advantage in securing future work",
"Engineer C's conversation with Client A could easily be seen as improper and questionable",
"Engineers shall not attempt to obtain employment or advancement or professional engagements by untruthfully criticizing other engineers, or by other improper or questionable methods" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 20 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T16:36:27.858650"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 20 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
20
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T16:27:30.991313+00:00
First case
20
Generated
2026-02-25T16:27:30.991313+00:00
Attributed to
Case 20 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T16:36:27.858650
Generated by
ProEthica Case 20 Extraction