Corrupt Payment Prohibition Invoked Against Engineer A Kickback Arrangement
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/91#Corrupt_Payment_Prohibition_Invoked_Against_Engineer_A_Kickback_Arrangement
Properties
Instance of
CorruptPaymentProhibitioninProfessionalEngagementProcurement
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CorruptPaymentProhibitioninProfessionalEngagementProcurement
Applied to
Cash payments or in-kind property to Country A government officials
Engineer B Local Intermediary Kickback Facilitating Engineer role
Balancing with
Competitive disadvantage in Country A market
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer A is prohibited under NSPE ethics from authorizing or participating in cash payments or in-kind property transfers to foreign government officials — or from engaging Engineer B as a kickback-facilitating intermediary — in order to obtain the Country A water project contract, regardless of the home-country legal authorization for such payments
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
The corrupt payment prohibition applies to both direct payments to officials and to arrangements through local intermediaries whose function is to facilitate such payments; the intermediary structure does not insulate Engineer A from ethical responsibility
Invoked by
Engineer A International Government Consulting Engineer
Tension resolution
The corrupt payment prohibition is categorical and cannot be overridden by competitive pressure, local legal permissiveness, or the use of intermediaries to create distance from the corrupt payment
Source Evidence
Source text
Under the laws of Engineer A's home country, it is not illegal for individuals and companies to provide cash payments or in-kind property to public officials in foreign countries in order to obtain and retain business from those public officials.
Text references
Under the laws of Engineer A's home country, it is not illegal for individuals and companies to provide cash payments or in-kind property to public officials in foreign countries in order to obtain and retain business from those public officials.
the laws of Engineer A's home country permit companies to claim a business tax deduction for cash payment or in-kind property to foreign officials in order to obtain or retain work
TTL
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case91:Corrupt_Payment_Prohibition_Invoked_Against_Engineer_A_Kickback_Arrangement a proeth:CorruptPaymentProhibitioninProfessionalEngagementProcurement,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Corrupt Payment Prohibition Invoked Against Engineer A Kickback Arrangement" ;
proeth:appliedto "Cash payments or in-kind property to Country A government officials",
"Engineer B Local Intermediary Kickback Facilitating Engineer role" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Competitive disadvantage in Country A market",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A is prohibited under NSPE ethics from authorizing or participating in cash payments or in-kind property transfers to foreign government officials — or from engaging Engineer B as a kickback-facilitating intermediary — in order to obtain the Country A water project contract, regardless of the home-country legal authorization for such payments" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "91" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T06:15:55.153406+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "91" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T06:15:55.153406+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The corrupt payment prohibition applies to both direct payments to officials and to arrangements through local intermediaries whose function is to facilitate such payments; the intermediary structure does not insulate Engineer A from ethical responsibility" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A International Government Consulting Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Corrupt Payment Prohibition in Professional Engagement Procurement" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Under the laws of Engineer A's home country, it is not illegal for individuals and companies to provide cash payments or in-kind property to public officials in foreign countries in order to obtain and retain business from those public officials." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The corrupt payment prohibition is categorical and cannot be overridden by competitive pressure, local legal permissiveness, or the use of intermediaries to create distance from the corrupt payment" ;
proeth:textreferences "Under the laws of Engineer A's home country, it is not illegal for individuals and companies to provide cash payments or in-kind property to public officials in foreign countries in order to obtain and retain business from those public officials.",
"the laws of Engineer A's home country permit companies to claim a business tax deduction for cash payment or in-kind property to foreign officials in order to obtain or retain work" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 91 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T06:33:38.123007"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 91 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
91
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T06:15:55.153406+00:00
First case
91
Generated
2026-03-01T06:15:55.153406+00:00
Attributed to
Case 91 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T06:33:38.123007
Generated by
ProEthica Case 91 Extraction