Engineer A Foreign Official Corrupt Payment Prohibition
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/91#Engineer_A_Foreign_Official_Corrupt_Payment_Prohibition
Properties
Instance of
ForeignOfficialCorruptPaymentProhibitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ForeignOfficialCorruptPaymentProhibitionObligation
Case context
Engineer A is an NSPE International Member solicited by Country A's government for a major water project, where local custom and home-country law permit and incentivize cash payments to foreign officials to obtain contracts.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A is obligated to refrain from offering, authorizing, or participating in cash payments or in-kind property transfers to foreign government officials of Country A or any other foreign government for the purpose of obtaining or retaining engineering and construction contracting work, notwithstanding that such payments are legal and tax-deductible under his home-country law.
Temporal scope
At all times during procurement, negotiation, and performance of engineering contracts with foreign governments
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Cross-Cultural Corrupt Custom Diplomatic Sidestepping BER Case Discussion, Engineer A International Engineering Procurement Competitive Integrity
prevailsOver
Engineer A Cross-Cultural Corrupt Custom Diplomatic Sidestepping BER Case Discussion, Engineer A Local Intermediary Kickback Arrangement Non-Participation, Engineer A Voluntary Membership Competitive Disadvantage Acceptance BER Case Discussion
derivedFromPrinciple
Corrupt Payment Prohibition Invoked Against Engineer A Kickback Arrangement
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:Engineer_A_Foreign_Official_Corrupt_Payment_Prohibition a proeth:ForeignOfficialCorruptPaymentProhibitionObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Foreign Official Corrupt Payment Prohibition" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case91:Engineer_A_Cross-Cultural_Corrupt_Custom_Diplomatic_Sidestepping_BER_Case_Discussion,
case91:Engineer_A_International_Engineering_Procurement_Competitive_Integrity ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case91:Engineer_A_Cross-Cultural_Corrupt_Custom_Diplomatic_Sidestepping_BER_Case_Discussion,
case91:Engineer_A_Local_Intermediary_Kickback_Arrangement_Non-Participation,
case91:Engineer_A_Voluntary_Membership_Competitive_Disadvantage_Acceptance_BER_Case_Discussion ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A is an NSPE International Member solicited by Country A's government for a major water project, where local custom and home-country law permit and incentivize cash payments to foreign officials to obtain contracts." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case91:Corrupt_Payment_Prohibition_Invoked_Against_Engineer_A_Kickback_Arrangement ;
proeth:discoveredincase "91" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T06:17:37.472752+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "91" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T06:17:37.472752+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Foreign Official Corrupt Payment Prohibition Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A is obligated to refrain from offering, authorizing, or participating in cash payments or in-kind property transfers to foreign government officials of Country A or any other foreign government for the purpose of obtaining or retaining engineering and construction contracting work, notwithstanding that such payments are legal and tax-deductible under his home-country law." ;
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:temporalscope "At all times during procurement, negotiation, and performance of engineering contracts with foreign governments" ;
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 "2026-03-01T06:33:38.124249"^^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
2026-03-01T06:17:37.472752+00:00
First case
91
Generated
2026-03-01T06:17:37.472752+00:00
Attributed to
Case 91 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T06:33:38.124249
Generated by
ProEthica Case 91 Extraction