Joint Venture Unified Qualification Legal Entity State
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#JointVentureUnifiedQualificationLegalEntityState
Definition
State in which multiple engineering firms have formed or are proposing to form a joint venture for a single project, such that the joint venture constitutes the legal 'firm' for purposes of qualification-based selection law and professional ethics codes — with all constituent firms bearing joint legal responsibility for the project assignment. This state determines how qualification standards, competence obligations, and specialist-engagement duties apply: they attach to the joint venture as a unified entity rather than to individual constituent firms, and the ethical obligations of Code provisions regarding expert engagement apply to the joint venture's collective qualifications rather than to any single firm's standalone capabilities.
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State in which multiple engineering firms have formed or are proposing to form a joint venture for a single project, such that the joint venture constitutes the legal 'firm' for purposes of qualification-based selection law and professional ethics codes — with all constituent firms bearing joint legal responsibility for the project assignment. This state determines how qualification standards, competence obligations, and specialist-engagement duties apply: they attach to the joint venture as a unified entity rather than to individual constituent firms, and the ethical obligations of Code provisions regarding expert engagement apply to the joint venture's collective qualifications rather than to any single firm's standalone capabilities.
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In the context of this case the 'firm' would include a joint venture, which is a legal entity for the one project
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Ontology
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Content Hash
15cd1f1ec1ee5099...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
162
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-03-02T02:38:29.060171+00:00
First Discovered In Case
162
Generated
2026-03-02T02:38:29.060171+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 162 Extraction