Non-Aiding Unlawful Practice Engineer A Investigation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/6#Non-Aiding_Unlawful_Practice_Engineer_A_Investigation
Properties
Instance of
Non-AidingUnlawfulEngineeringPracticeObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Non-AidingUnlawfulEngineeringPracticeObligation
Case context
Engineer A investigated Engineer B's allegations and confirmed that two Firm Z contracts were awarded outside required competitive QBS procurement processes; the City D Engineer refused corrective action.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Upon being made aware of potential unlawful procurement practices involving Firm Z contracts, Engineer A was obligated to refrain from aiding or abetting the continuation of those unlawful practices, including by not ratifying or ignoring the violations discovered during the investigation.
Temporal scope
Upon confirmation of procurement violations and continuing through the City D Engineer's refusal to act
Relationships
competesWith
Employer Loyalty Boundary Engineer A Post-Refusal
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Competing Duties State
prevailsOver
Employer Loyalty Boundary Engineer A Post-Refusal
derivedFromPrinciple
Procurement Integrity Invoked By Engineer A Investigation
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A was made aware of potential unlawful practices, so A has an obligation to not aid or abet the unlawful practice of engineering.
Text references
Engineer A was made aware of potential unlawful practices, so A has an obligation to not aid or abet the unlawful practice of engineering.
Reviewing contracting procedures and notifying relevant parties about potential violations of established procedures is consistent with these Code of Ethics requirements.
TTL
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case6:Non-Aiding_Unlawful_Practice_Engineer_A_Investigation a proeth:Non-AidingUnlawfulEngineeringPracticeObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Non-Aiding Unlawful Practice Engineer A Investigation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case6:Employer_Loyalty_Boundary_Engineer_A_Post-Refusal ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case6:Engineer_A_Competing_Duties_State ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case6:Employer_Loyalty_Boundary_Engineer_A_Post-Refusal ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A investigated Engineer B's allegations and confirmed that two Firm Z contracts were awarded outside required competitive QBS procurement processes; the City D Engineer refused corrective action." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case6:Procurement_Integrity_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Investigation ;
proeth:discoveredincase "6" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T07:16:08.589778+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "6" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T07:16:08.589778+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Non-Aiding Unlawful Engineering Practice Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Upon being made aware of potential unlawful procurement practices involving Firm Z contracts, Engineer A was obligated to refrain from aiding or abetting the continuation of those unlawful practices, including by not ratifying or ignoring the violations discovered during the investigation." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A was made aware of potential unlawful practices, so A has an obligation to not aid or abet the unlawful practice of engineering." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon confirmation of procurement violations and continuing through the City D Engineer's refusal to act" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A was made aware of potential unlawful practices, so A has an obligation to not aid or abet the unlawful practice of engineering.",
"Reviewing contracting procedures and notifying relevant parties about potential violations of established procedures is consistent with these Code of Ethics requirements." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 6 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T07:27:08.604007"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 6 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
6
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-24T07:16:08.589778+00:00
First case
6
Generated
2026-02-24T07:16:08.589778+00:00
Attributed to
Case 6 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T07:27:08.604007
Generated by
ProEthica Case 6 Extraction