Engineer A Local Intermediary Kickback Arrangement Non-Participation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/91#Engineer_A_Local_Intermediary_Kickback_Arrangement_Non-Participation
Properties
Instance of
LocalIntermediaryKickbackArrangementNon-ParticipationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#LocalIntermediaryKickbackArrangementNon-ParticipationObligation
Case context
Engineer B, a local engineer in Country A who had previously worked with Engineer A, was encouraged by Country A's government to associate with Engineer A's firm, creating the risk of a kickback-facilitation arrangement.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A is obligated to refuse to enter into, authorize, or benefit from any arrangement with Engineer B or any other local intermediary that involves facilitating cash payments or in-kind transfers to Country A government officials as a condition or mechanism for obtaining the water project contract, even if such an arrangement is proposed or encouraged by Country A's government and is consistent with local business customs.
Temporal scope
Prior to and during the proposal and negotiation phase for the Country A water project contract
Relationships
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_Local_Intermediary_Kickback_Arrangement_Non-Participation a proeth:LocalIntermediaryKickbackArrangementNon-ParticipationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Local Intermediary Kickback Arrangement Non-Participation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case91:Engineer_A_Foreign_Official_Corrupt_Payment_Prohibition_BER_Case_Discussion_Section ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case91:Engineer_A_Home_Country_Legal_Permissibility_of_Foreign_Official_Payments ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer B, a local engineer in Country A who had previously worked with Engineer A, was encouraged by Country A's government to associate with Engineer A's firm, creating the risk of a kickback-facilitation arrangement." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
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 "Local Intermediary Kickback Arrangement Non-Participation Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A is obligated to refuse to enter into, authorize, or benefit from any arrangement with Engineer B or any other local intermediary that involves facilitating cash payments or in-kind transfers to Country A government officials as a condition or mechanism for obtaining the water project contract, even if such an arrangement is proposed or encouraged by Country A's government and is consistent with local business customs." ;
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 "Prior to and during the proposal and negotiation phase for the Country A water project contract" ;
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 "2026-03-01T06:33:38.124940"^^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
2026-03-01T06:33:38.124940
Generated by
ProEthica Case 91 Extraction