Professional Ethics Persistence in Sub-Professional Bid Conduct Obligation
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProfessionalEthicsPersistenceinSub-ProfessionalBidConductObligation
Definition
Duty of a professional engineering firm whose principals are all licensed PEs to recognize that its ethical obligations under the engineering code of ethics — including honesty, non-deception, fair competition, and avoidance of conduct injurious to the profession — persist in full force when the firm submits a competitive bid for sub-professional services, and that the sub-professional character of the work does not suspend, reduce, or exempt the firm from compliance with applicable ethics code provisions governing bid representations, competitive conduct, and professional integrity.
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Duty of a professional engineering firm whose principals are all licensed PEs to recognize that its ethical obligations under the engineering code of ethics — including honesty, non-deception, fair competition, and avoidance of conduct injurious to the profession — persist in full force when the firm submits a competitive bid for sub-professional services, and that the sub-professional character of the work does not suspend, reduce, or exempt the firm from compliance with applicable ethics code provisions governing bid representations, competitive conduct, and professional integrity.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] Obligation of a professional ethics reviewing body and of licensed professional engineers to reject the narrow argument that a professional code of ethics applies only to conduct that directly prejudices or tends to prejudice the performance of professional services — and instead to interpret the ethics code expansively to encompass personal misconduct that undermines public confidence in the profession's integrity, honesty, and decorous behavior, recognizing that the foundational purpose of a professional ethics code is to regulate practitioners so that the public may have confidence in them, not merely to police technical engineering conduct.
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An engineering firm in which all the principals are professional engineers provides services on occasion of a type and nature regarded as sub-professional in character, although related to professional engineering services.
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b9df54340842b61e...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
90
Discovered In Pass
2
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-02T16:08:16.472263+00:00
First Discovered In Case
90
Generated
2026-03-02T16:08:16.472263+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 90 Extraction