Free and Open Competition as Engineering Ethics Boundary Condition
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94abcb31
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FreeandOpenCompetitionasEngineeringEthicsBoundaryCondition
Definition
Fundamental principle recognizing that free and open competition is a basic legal and ethical rule governing engineering practice, and that while certain competitive practices are clearly beyond legal and ethical bounds, engineers must operate within a framework that respects competitive market access — including the removal of formerly anti-competitive provisions from ethics codes — while still maintaining professional integrity obligations that constrain how competition is conducted
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Fundamental principle recognizing that free and open competition is a basic legal and ethical rule governing engineering practice, and that while certain competitive practices are clearly beyond legal and ethical bounds, engineers must operate within a framework that respects competitive market access — including the removal of formerly anti-competitive provisions from ethics codes — while still maintaining professional integrity obligations that constrain how competition is conducted
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The practice of engineering is a business as well as a profession.
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94abcb3197a39239...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
['93', '118', '141', '178']
Discovered In Pass
2
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-28T13:49:21.568290+00:00
First Discovered In Case
141
Generated
2026-02-28T13:49:21.568290+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 141 Extraction