Engineer Adam Engineering Firm Sale Negotiator Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/58#Engineer_Adam_Engineering_Firm_Sale_Negotiator_Engineer
Definition
Chief negotiator in the sale of a small engineering subsidiary who, in an effort to accelerate stalled negotiations with Engineer Baker, made an artfully misleading statement implying another company had expressed current interest in purchasing the subsidiary when in fact Engineer Mary had definitively declined interest, thereby obscuring the truth in violation of professional ethics obligations.
Properties
Instance of
EngineeringFirmSaleNegotiatorEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineeringFirmSaleNegotiatorEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| case_reference | BER Case 05-5 |
| ethical_finding | Artfully misleading statement; intentionally designed to mislead by obscuring the truth |
Confidence
0.85
Importance
medium
Relationships
| type | misrepresented_interest |
| target | Engineer Mary |
| type | negotiation_counterpart |
| target | Engineer Baker |
Role category
provider_client
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer Adam, while acting as the chief negotiator in the sale of a small engineering subsidiary to Engineer Baker
Text references
Engineer Adam told Engineer Baker, 'Another company has expressed an interest in buying our subsidiary, so you had better move quickly if you are interested.'
Engineer Adam, while acting as the chief negotiator in the sale of a small engineering subsidiary to Engineer Baker
The Board found Engineer Adam's words 'artfully misleading' or, in the words of prior BER Case 86-6, 'intentionally designed to mislead… by obscuring the truth.'
TTL
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case58:Engineer_Adam_Engineering_Firm_Sale_Negotiator_Engineer a proeth:EngineeringFirmSaleNegotiatorEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer Adam Engineering Firm Sale Negotiator Engineer" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case58:Honesty_Invoked_in_Engineer_Adam_Artfully_Misleading_Negotiation ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case58:Engineer_Adam_Artfully_Misleading_Statement_Prohibition_Firm_Sale_Negotiation,
case58:Engineer_Adam_Full_Circumstance_Disclosure_Firm_Sale_Negotiation_Engineer_Mary_Status ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'case_reference': 'BER Case 05-5', 'ethical_finding': 'Artfully misleading statement; intentionally designed to mislead by obscuring the truth'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Chief negotiator in the sale of a small engineering subsidiary who, in an effort to accelerate stalled negotiations with Engineer Baker, made an artfully misleading statement implying another company had expressed current interest in purchasing the subsidiary when in fact Engineer Mary had definitively declined interest, thereby obscuring the truth in violation of professional ethics obligations." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "58" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T21:47:15.090058+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "58" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T21:47:15.090058+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'misrepresented_interest', 'target': 'Engineer Mary'}",
"{'type': 'negotiation_counterpart', 'target': 'Engineer Baker'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ;
proeth:roleclass "Engineering Firm Sale Negotiator Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer Adam, while acting as the chief negotiator in the sale of a small engineering subsidiary to Engineer Baker" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer Adam told Engineer Baker, 'Another company has expressed an interest in buying our subsidiary, so you had better move quickly if you are interested.'",
"Engineer Adam, while acting as the chief negotiator in the sale of a small engineering subsidiary to Engineer Baker",
"The Board found Engineer Adam's words 'artfully misleading' or, in the words of prior BER Case 86-6, 'intentionally designed to mislead… by obscuring the truth.'" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 58 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T22:07:12.198511"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 58 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
58
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T21:47:15.090058+00:00
First case
58
Generated
2026-02-25T21:47:15.090058+00:00
Attributed to
Case 58 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T22:07:12.198511
Generated by
ProEthica Case 58 Extraction