Objectivity Principle Violated By Engineer C
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/20#Objectivity_Principle_Violated_By_Engineer_C
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Engineer C's professional assessment of Engineer B's specific engineering decisions
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Honesty
Truthfulness
Concrete expression
Engineer C's critical evaluation of Engineer B's decisions was rendered with the knowledge that critical answers would advantage Engineer C in the upcoming contract competition, compromising the objectivity that professional engineering opinions require
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, Engineer C's competitive interest in the outcome of his critique of Engineer B was sufficiently proximate and material to compromise the objectivity of his professional assessment — Engineer C could not render an objective professional opinion about a competitor's work when the content of that opinion directly affected Engineer C's competitive prospects
Invoked by
Engineer C
Tension resolution
The objectivity principle required Engineer C to recognize that his competitive interest in the outcome of his critique disqualified him from rendering an objective professional opinion, and to decline to provide the critique on that basis
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. Engineer C answers the City Administrator's questions on the specific issues and is critical of Engineer B's decisions.
Text references
Engineer C answers the City Administrator's questions on the specific issues and is critical of Engineer B's decisions.
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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case20:Objectivity_Principle_Violated_By_Engineer_C a proeth:Objectivity,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Objectivity Principle Violated By Engineer C" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer C's professional assessment of Engineer B's specific engineering decisions" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Honesty",
"Truthfulness" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer C's critical evaluation of Engineer B's decisions was rendered with the knowledge that critical answers would advantage Engineer C in the upcoming contract competition, compromising the objectivity that professional engineering opinions require" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "20" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T18:12:49.348529+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "20" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T18:12:49.348529+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, Engineer C's competitive interest in the outcome of his critique of Engineer B was sufficiently proximate and material to compromise the objectivity of his professional assessment — Engineer C could not render an objective professional opinion about a competitor's work when the content of that opinion directly affected Engineer C's competitive prospects" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer C" ;
proeth:principleclass "Objectivity" ;
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. Engineer C answers the City Administrator's questions on the specific issues and is critical of Engineer B's decisions." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The objectivity principle required Engineer C to recognize that his competitive interest in the outcome of his critique disqualified him from rendering an objective professional opinion, and to decline to provide the critique on that basis" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer C answers the City Administrator's questions on the specific issues and is critical of Engineer B's decisions.",
"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:wasattributedto "Case 20 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T18:27:44.474621"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 20 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
20
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-25T18:12:49.348529+00:00
First case
20
Generated
2026-02-25T18:12:49.348529+00:00
Attributed to
Case 20 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T18:27:44.474621
Generated by
ProEthica Case 20 Extraction