City-Initiated Engineer Independence Encouragement State
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#City-InitiatedEngineerIndependenceEncouragementState
Definition
State in which a public client entity — having developed a favorable relationship with an individual engineer employed by a contracted firm — actively encourages that engineer to establish an independent practice and signals intent to award future contracts to the new firm, creating a structural tension between the engineer's loyalty obligations to the current employer, the ethical permissibility of acting on the client's encouragement, and the public interest in competitive procurement.
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Definition
State in which a public client entity — having developed a favorable relationship with an individual engineer employed by a contracted firm — actively encourages that engineer to establish an independent practice and signals intent to award future contracts to the new firm, creating a structural tension between the engineer's loyalty obligations to the current employer, the ethical permissibility of acting on the client's encouragement, and the public interest in competitive procurement.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Recently, officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City.
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
5a8ac5786718b2f1...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
178
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T08:22:42.507572+00:00
First Discovered In Case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:22:42.507572+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 178 Extraction