Mandatory Reporting Obligation of Engineer A Despite Competitive Interest
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/93#Mandatory_Reporting_Obligation_of_Engineer_A_Despite_Competitive_Interest
Properties
Instance of
MandatoryCompetitorMisconductReportingObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#MandatoryCompetitorMisconductReportingObligation
Applied to
Engineer X XYZ Engineering Owner Unlicensed Firm Practice
State P licensing board
Balancing with
Incomplete Situational Knowledge Restraint in Competitor Critique
Prohibition on Reputation Injury Through Competitive Critique
Proportionality in Misconduct Characterization
Concrete expression
Engineer A, having knowledge that XYZ Engineering lacks a certificate of authority to practice in State P, is obligated to report this violation to the State P licensing board in writing, notwithstanding that Engineer A has a competitive interest in the outcome as a competitor who lost Client L to XYZ Engineering
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
The mandatory reporting obligation applies even when the reporting engineer stands to benefit competitively from the report; the competitive interest does not negate the duty but does require that the report be factually grounded and not maliciously motivated
Invoked by
Engineer A ABC Engineering Owner Reporter
Tension resolution
The reporting obligation is not negated by competitive interest; however, the manner of reporting must be professional, factual, and non-malicious to avoid violating the prohibition on reputation injury through competitive critique
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A learns that XYZ Engineering does not have a current certificate of authority to practice engineering in State P.
Text references
Client L is a former client of Engineer A's firm.
Engineer A is the owner of ABC Engineering in State P.
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:Mandatory_Reporting_Obligation_of_Engineer_A_Despite_Competitive_Interest a proeth:MandatoryCompetitorMisconductReportingObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Mandatory Reporting Obligation of Engineer A Despite Competitive Interest" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer X XYZ Engineering Owner Unlicensed Firm Practice",
"State P licensing board" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Incomplete Situational Knowledge Restraint in Competitor Critique",
"Prohibition on Reputation Injury Through Competitive Critique",
"Proportionality in Misconduct Characterization" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A, having knowledge that XYZ Engineering lacks a certificate of authority to practice in State P, is obligated to report this violation to the State P licensing board in writing, notwithstanding that Engineer A has a competitive interest in the outcome as a competitor who lost Client L to XYZ Engineering" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "93" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T15:11:01.147316+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "93" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T15:11:01.147316+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The mandatory reporting obligation applies even when the reporting engineer stands to benefit competitively from the report; the competitive interest does not negate the duty but does require that the report be factually grounded and not maliciously motivated" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A ABC Engineering Owner Reporter" ;
proeth:principleclass "Mandatory Competitor Misconduct Reporting Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A learns that XYZ Engineering does not have a current certificate of authority to practice engineering in State P." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The reporting obligation is not negated by competitive interest; however, the manner of reporting must be professional, factual, and non-malicious to avoid violating the prohibition on reputation injury through competitive critique" ;
proeth:textreferences "Client L is a former client of Engineer A's firm.",
"Engineer A is the owner of ABC Engineering in State P.",
"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 "2026-02-28T15:27:04.017845"^^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
2026-02-28T15:11:01.147316+00:00
First case
93
Generated
2026-02-28T15:11:01.147316+00:00
Attributed to
Case 93 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T15:27:04.017845
Generated by
ProEthica Case 93 Extraction