Politically Conditioned Hiring Offer — Engineer Adam Case
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/73#Politically_Conditioned_Hiring_Offer_—_Engineer_Adam_Case
Properties
Instance of
PoliticallyConditionedResourceOfferState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PoliticallyConditionedResourceOfferState
Active period
From chairman's proposal through BER's finding that Engineer Adam must refuse the bargain
Affected parties
Building inspection staff
City council chairman
Engineer Adam
Public occupants of grandfathered buildings
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Subject
Chairman's offer to authorize additional building code officials contingent on Engineer Adam's concurrence with grandfathering ordinance
Terminated by
BER finding that Engineer Adam must refuse the politically-motivated Faustian bargain
Triggering event
Chairman's conditional offer: additional inspection staff in exchange for Engineer Adam's concurrence on grandfathering specified buildings under older, less rigorous code requirements
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
the chairman seeks Engineer Adam's concurrence on a city ordinance that would permit certain specified buildings under construction to be 'grandfathered' under the older existing enforcement requirements
Text references
'righting a wrong with another wrong' does grave damage to the public health and safety
it was not ethical for Engineer Adam to concur with the chairman's proposal – a politically-motivated 'Faustian bargain' to hire additional building code officials
the chairman seeks Engineer Adam's concurrence on a city ordinance that would permit certain specified buildings under construction to be 'grandfathered' under the older existing enforcement requirements
TTL
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"City council chairman",
"Engineer Adam",
"Public occupants of grandfathered buildings" ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "73" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-26T22:28:50.636637+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the chairman seeks Engineer Adam's concurrence on a city ordinance that would permit certain specified buildings under construction to be 'grandfathered' under the older existing enforcement requirements" ;
proeth:stateclass "Politically Conditioned Resource Offer State" ;
proeth:subject "Chairman's offer to authorize additional building code officials contingent on Engineer Adam's concurrence with grandfathering ordinance" ;
proeth:terminatedby "BER finding that Engineer Adam must refuse the politically-motivated Faustian bargain" ;
proeth:textreferences "'righting a wrong with another wrong' does grave damage to the public health and safety",
"it was not ethical for Engineer Adam to concur with the chairman's proposal – a politically-motivated 'Faustian bargain' to hire additional building code officials",
"the chairman seeks Engineer Adam's concurrence on a city ordinance that would permit certain specified buildings under construction to be 'grandfathered' under the older existing enforcement requirements" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Chairman's conditional offer: additional inspection staff in exchange for Engineer Adam's concurrence on grandfathering specified buildings under older, less rigorous code requirements" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
73
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-26T22:28:50.636637+00:00
First case
73
Generated
2026-02-26T22:28:50.636637+00:00
Attributed to
Case 73 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T22:54:37.519520
Generated by
ProEthica Case 73 Extraction