Client and Public Receiving Mixed Professional-Commercial Engineering Services
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/90#Client_and_Public_Receiving_Mixed_Professional-Commercial_Engineering_Services
Definition
The clients and general public who receive services from a PE firm operating in both professional and sub-professional/commercial domains, and who must be clearly informed by the engineer of which category of work they are receiving, so they understand the applicable quality standards and professional protections.
Properties
Instance of
Sub-ProfessionalServicesProcurementClient
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Sub-ProfessionalServicesProcurementClient
Attributes
| information_right | Must be clearly informed of whether services are professional or sub-professional |
| protection_basis | Public protection rationale underlying prohibition on competitive bidding for professional services |
| vulnerability | Risk of confusion between professional-quality-assured and commercially-bid services |
Confidence
0.82
Importance
medium
Relationships
| type | protected_by |
| target | NSPE Canons of Ethics transparency obligations |
| type | served_by |
| target | PE Firm Principal Engaging in Mixed Professional and Sub-Professional Practice |
Role category
provider_client
Source Evidence
Source text
it becomes incumbent upon the engineer involved to be scrupulously careful to make clear to his clients and the public the distinction between the two categories of work
Text references
it becomes incumbent upon the engineer involved to be scrupulously careful to make clear to his clients and the public the distinction between the two categories of work
the prohibition against competitive bidding for professional services is based on protection of the public through avoidance of the sacrifice of quality to the lowest price
TTL
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case90:Client_and_Public_Receiving_Mixed_Professional-Commercial_Engineering_Services a proeth:Sub-ProfessionalServicesProcurementClient,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Client and Public Receiving Mixed Professional-Commercial Engineering Services" ;
proeth:attributes "{'information_right': 'Must be clearly informed of whether services are professional or sub-professional', 'protection_basis': 'Public protection rationale underlying prohibition on competitive bidding for professional services', 'vulnerability': 'Risk of confusion between professional-quality-assured and commercially-bid services'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "The clients and general public who receive services from a PE firm operating in both professional and sub-professional/commercial domains, and who must be clearly informed by the engineer of which category of work they are receiving, so they understand the applicable quality standards and professional protections." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.82" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "90" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T16:04:57.825833+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "90" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T16:04:57.825833+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'protected_by', 'target': 'NSPE Canons of Ethics transparency obligations'}",
"{'type': 'served_by', 'target': 'PE Firm Principal Engaging in Mixed Professional and Sub-Professional Practice'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ;
proeth:roleclass "Sub-Professional Services Procurement Client" ;
proeth:sourcetext "it becomes incumbent upon the engineer involved to be scrupulously careful to make clear to his clients and the public the distinction between the two categories of work" ;
proeth:textreferences "it becomes incumbent upon the engineer involved to be scrupulously careful to make clear to his clients and the public the distinction between the two categories of work",
"the prohibition against competitive bidding for professional services is based on protection of the public through avoidance of the sacrifice of quality to the lowest price" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 90 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T16:20:56.409471"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 90 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
90
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T16:04:57.825833+00:00
First case
90
Generated
2026-03-02T16:04:57.825833+00:00
Attributed to
Case 90 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T16:20:56.409471
Generated by
ProEthica Case 90 Extraction