DP5
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/6#DP5
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP5
Decision question
Did Engineer A correctly distinguish between the Firm X contract situation — procured through a compliant RFQ with extensions within authorized scope — and the Firm Z situation involving unauthorized awards, and would Engineer A have been equally obligated to report Firm X violations had they existed?
Focus
Distinguishing Firm X's Compliant Contract from Firm Z's Non-Compliant Awards and Applying Uniform Procurement Standards
Option1
Treat Firm X and Firm Z situations as categorically distinct based on procurement compliance status, uphold the compliant Firm X contract, and apply the same objective compliance standard to all contracts including Firm X's extensions
Option2
Treat Firm X's long-term contract as ethically equivalent to Firm Z's non-compliant awards on competitive fairness grounds and recommend re-bidding the Firm X engagement to restore competitive access for other firms
Option3
Limit the investigation selectively to Firm Z contracts as identified in Engineer B's complaint without applying the same compliance scrutiny to Firm X's contract extensions
Role
Engineer A
TTL
@prefix case6: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/6#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix proeth-cases: <http://proethica.org/ontology/cases#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case6:DP5 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP5" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP5" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "Did Engineer A correctly distinguish between the Firm X contract situation — procured through a compliant RFQ with extensions within authorized scope — and the Firm Z situation involving unauthorized awards, and would Engineer A have been equally obligated to report Firm X violations had they existed?" ;
proeth:focus "Distinguishing Firm X's Compliant Contract from Firm Z's Non-Compliant Awards and Applying Uniform Procurement Standards" ;
proeth:option1 "Treat Firm X and Firm Z situations as categorically distinct based on procurement compliance status, uphold the compliant Firm X contract, and apply the same objective compliance standard to all contracts including Firm X's extensions" ;
proeth:option2 "Treat Firm X's long-term contract as ethically equivalent to Firm Z's non-compliant awards on competitive fairness grounds and recommend re-bidding the Firm X engagement to restore competitive access for other firms" ;
proeth:option3 "Limit the investigation selectively to Firm Z contracts as identified in Engineer B's complaint without applying the same compliance scrutiny to Firm X's contract extensions" ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer A" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T22:18:11.357199"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 6 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
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2026-02-24T22:18:11.357199
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ProEthica Case 6 Extraction