Client Funding Assumption State
Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClientFundingAssumptionState
Definition
State in which a professional proceeds with or rationalizes a decision to deliver an incomplete or potentially cost-escalating work product on the assumption that a particular funding source, typically a third-party or government grant, will absorb any resulting cost overruns, without disclosing that assumption or obtaining client authorization to rely on it.
Properties
Subclass of
Action Constraints
Professional must not substitute a personal funding assumption for client-authorized scope decisions
Professional must not withhold information about foreseeable cost impacts from the client
Activation Conditions
Professional assumes a specific funding source will cover costs arising from an incomplete or deficient deliverable
That assumption is not disclosed to the client or approving authority
The assumption influences the professional's decision to proceed without correcting the deficiency
Confidence
0.82
Obligation Activation
Duty not to use funding assumptions as justification for delivering incomplete work
Duty to disclose assumptions about funding that affect project scope or cost
Duty to obtain client authorization before relying on third-party funding to cover foreseeable cost overruns
Persistence Type
inertial
Principle Transformation
Transforms faithful-agent and honest-communication principles into an obligation to disclose and obtain authorization for any assumption about third-party funding that the professional uses to justify delivering a deficient or incomplete work product.
State Category
conflict
Termination Conditions
Assumption is disclosed and validated by the funding authority
Client is informed and authorizes reliance on the assumption
Deficiency is corrected independent of the funding assumption
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A was confident that sufficient federal funds (and not local funding) would cover any potential increased costs
Source text
Engineer A was confident that sufficient federal funds (and not local funding) would cover any potential increased costs
Used in cases 1
Case ontologies that instantiate this class. Computed from each individual's type, so the list stays current as cases are extracted. The originating case is shown under Extraction details.
Case 85TTL
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proeth:ClientFundingAssumptionState a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Client Funding Assumption State" ;
proeth:actionConstraints "Professional must not substitute a personal funding assumption for client-authorized scope decisions",
"Professional must not withhold information about foreseeable cost impacts from the client" ;
proeth:activationConditions "Professional assumes a specific funding source will cover costs arising from an incomplete or deficient deliverable",
"That assumption is not disclosed to the client or approving authority",
"The assumption influences the professional's decision to proceed without correcting the deficiency" ;
proeth:confidence "0.82" ;
proeth:obligationActivation "Duty not to use funding assumptions as justification for delivering incomplete work",
"Duty to disclose assumptions about funding that affect project scope or cost",
"Duty to obtain client authorization before relying on third-party funding to cover foreseeable cost overruns" ;
proeth:persistenceType "inertial" ;
proeth:principleTransformation "Transforms faithful-agent and honest-communication principles into an obligation to disclose and obtain authorization for any assumption about third-party funding that the professional uses to justify delivering a deficient or incomplete work product." ;
proeth:stateCategory "conflict" ;
proeth:terminationConditions "Assumption is disclosed and validated by the funding authority",
"Client is informed and authorizes reliance on the assumption",
"Deficiency is corrected independent of the funding assumption" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A was confident that sufficient federal funds (and not local funding) would cover any potential increased costs" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 85 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T16:46:12.006396+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 85 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.0 ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer A was confident that sufficient federal funds (and not local funding) would cover any potential increased costs" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a professional proceeds with or rationalizes a decision to deliver an incomplete or potentially cost-escalating work product on the assumption that a particular funding source, typically a third-party or government grant, will absorb any resulting cost overruns, without disclosing that assumption or obtaining client authorization to rely on it." ;
rdfs:subClassOf proeth:ConflictState ;
skos:definition "State in which a professional proceeds with or rationalizes a decision to deliver an incomplete or potentially cost-escalating work product on the assumption that a particular funding source, typically a third-party or government grant, will absorb any resulting cost overruns, without disclosing that assumption or obtaining client authorization to rely on it." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T16:46:12.006396+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 85 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
85
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T16:46:12.006396+00:00
First case
85
Generated
2026-06-04T16:46:12.006396+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 85 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']