Engineer A Competitive Interest Non-Suppression of Reporting Duty XYZ Engineering
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/93#Engineer_A_Competitive_Interest_Non-Suppression_of_Reporting_Duty_XYZ_Engineering
Properties
Instance of
CompetitiveInterestNon-SubordinationofLicensureReportingDutyObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompetitiveInterestNon-SubordinationofLicensureReportingDutyObligation
Case context
The fact that Client L is a former client of ABC Engineering creates a competitive dynamic that might cause Engineer A to hesitate in reporting, or might cause others to question the motivation; neither consideration extinguishes the reporting duty.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.83
Importance
medium
Obligated party
Engineer A / ABC Engineering
Obligation statement
Engineer A must not allow the competitive discomfort of reporting a firm that has taken a former client — or the appearance of self-interest — to suppress the legitimate reporting obligation triggered by XYZ Engineering's lack of a certificate of authority in State P.
Temporal scope
Throughout the decision-making process regarding whether to report XYZ Engineering
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Former Client Relationship with Client L
Source Evidence
Source text
Client L is a former client of Engineer A's firm.
Text references
Client L is a former client of Engineer A's firm.
Engineer A learns that XYZ Engineering does not have a current certificate of authority to practice engineering in State P.
TTL
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case93:Engineer_A_Competitive_Interest_Non-Suppression_of_Reporting_Duty_XYZ_Engineering a proeth:CompetitiveInterestNon-SubordinationofLicensureReportingDutyObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Competitive Interest Non-Suppression of Reporting Duty XYZ Engineering" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case93:Engineer_A_Former_Client_Relationship_with_Client_L ;
proeth:casecontext "The fact that Client L is a former client of ABC Engineering creates a competitive dynamic that might cause Engineer A to hesitate in reporting, or might cause others to question the motivation; neither consideration extinguishes the reporting duty." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.83" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case93:Competitive_Motivation_Scrutiny_in_Engineer_As_Reporting_Decision,
case93:Mandatory_Reporting_Obligation_of_Engineer_A_Despite_Competitive_Interest ;
proeth:discoveredincase "93" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T15:12:37.739825+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "93" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T15:12:37.739825+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A / ABC Engineering" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Competitive Interest Non-Subordination of Licensure Reporting Duty Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A must not allow the competitive discomfort of reporting a firm that has taken a former client — or the appearance of self-interest — to suppress the legitimate reporting obligation triggered by XYZ Engineering's lack of a certificate of authority in State P." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Client L is a former client of Engineer A's firm." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the decision-making process regarding whether to report XYZ Engineering" ;
proeth:textreferences "Client L is a former client of Engineer A's firm.",
"Engineer A learns that XYZ Engineering does not have a current certificate of authority to practice engineering in State P." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 93 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T15:27:04.019671"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 93 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
93
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T15:12:37.739825+00:00
First case
93
Generated
2026-02-28T15:12:37.739825+00:00
Attributed to
Case 93 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T15:27:04.019671
Generated by
ProEthica Case 93 Extraction