Engineer C Conflict of Interest in Procurement Competition
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/20#Engineer_C_Conflict_of_Interest_in_Procurement_Competition
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From City Administrator's contact with Engineer C through conclusion of the procurement process
Affected parties
City (Client A)
City Administrator
Engineer B
Engineer C
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer C's simultaneous role as technical commentator on Engineer B's work and competitor for the contract Engineer B currently holds
Terminated by
Conclusion of procurement process or Engineer C's recusal from either the consultation or the competition
Triggering event
City Administrator solicits Engineer C's technical opinions while Engineer C is a competitor for the upcoming 3-year contract
Urgency level
high
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.
Text references
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.
The City Administrator also has previous experiences with a competing firm, Engineer C.
TTL
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case20:Engineer_C_Conflict_of_Interest_in_Procurement_Competition a proeth:ConflictofInterestState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer C Conflict of Interest in Procurement Competition" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From City Administrator's contact with Engineer C through conclusion of the procurement process" ;
proeth:affectedparties "City (Client A)",
"City Administrator",
"Engineer B",
"Engineer C" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "20" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T16:20:36.580700+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "20" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T16:20:36.580700+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "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." ;
proeth:stateclass "Conflict of Interest State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer C's simultaneous role as technical commentator on Engineer B's work and competitor for the contract Engineer B currently holds" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Conclusion of procurement process or Engineer C's recusal from either the consultation or the competition" ;
proeth:textreferences "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.",
"The City Administrator also has previous experiences with a competing firm, Engineer C." ;
proeth:triggeringevent "City Administrator solicits Engineer C's technical opinions while Engineer C is a competitor for the upcoming 3-year contract" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 20 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T16:36:27.854026"^^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
2026-02-25T16:20:36.580700+00:00
First case
20
Generated
2026-02-25T16:20:36.580700+00:00
Attributed to
Case 20 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T16:36:27.854026
Generated by
ProEthica Case 20 Extraction