Self-Interested Recommendation State
Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Self-InterestedRecommendationState
Definition
State in which a professional makes a recommendation to a client that favors an option under which the professional stands to benefit commercially, without disclosing that interest, creating a conflict between the duty of objective advice and the professional's financial or business interests.
Inherited from ConflictOfInterest
Professional situation where personal and professional interests compete
Properties
Subclass of
Action Constraints
Professional must disclose any financial interest in the recommended option before or at the time of recommendation
Professional must not recommend options solely or primarily on the basis of personal gain
Activation Conditions
Interest is not disclosed to the client
Professional has a financial or business interest in the recommended option
Professional recommends a specific option or course of action
Confidence
0.87
Obligation Activation
Duty to act in the client's best interest
Duty to disclose personal or business interest in recommended option
Duty to provide objective and unbiased professional advice
Persistence Type
inertial
Principle Transformation
Transforms the general conflict-of-interest principle into a concrete obligation to disclose business interest in a recommended project delivery method and to ensure the recommendation is grounded in the client's needs rather than the professional's commercial advantage.
State Category
conflict
Termination Conditions
Conflict of interest disclosed to client
Engagement concluded
Recommendation withdrawn or revised
Match Confidence
0.75
Match Reasoning
Conflict of Interest State captures the general condition of competing personal and professional interests. This new class is a more specific variant focused on the act of making a recommendation while holding an undisclosed business interest in the recommended option, which adds the disclosure and advice-objectivity dimensions not fully expressed by the general class.
Matched Ontology Label
Conflict of Interest State
Matches Existing
true
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A is qualified to provide construction services under Progressive-Design-Build and Construction-Manager-at-Risk delivery methods
Engineer A provided a summary of the firm's experience with Progressive-Design-Build projects and references from past projects
Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build
Source text
Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build
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 14TTL
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proeth:Self-InterestedRecommendationState a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Self-Interested Recommendation State" ;
proeth:actionConstraints "Professional must disclose any financial interest in the recommended option before or at the time of recommendation",
"Professional must not recommend options solely or primarily on the basis of personal gain" ;
proeth:activationConditions "Interest is not disclosed to the client",
"Professional has a financial or business interest in the recommended option",
"Professional recommends a specific option or course of action" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:obligationActivation "Duty to act in the client's best interest",
"Duty to disclose personal or business interest in recommended option",
"Duty to provide objective and unbiased professional advice" ;
proeth:persistenceType "inertial" ;
proeth:principleTransformation "Transforms the general conflict-of-interest principle into a concrete obligation to disclose business interest in a recommended project delivery method and to ensure the recommendation is grounded in the client's needs rather than the professional's commercial advantage." ;
proeth:stateCategory "conflict" ;
proeth:terminationConditions "Conflict of interest disclosed to client",
"Engagement concluded",
"Recommendation withdrawn or revised" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A is qualified to provide construction services under Progressive-Design-Build and Construction-Manager-at-Risk delivery methods",
"Engineer A provided a summary of the firm's experience with Progressive-Design-Build projects and references from past projects",
"Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T08:41:16.710298+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.75 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Conflict of Interest State captures the general condition of competing personal and professional interests. This new class is a more specific variant focused on the act of making a recommendation while holding an undisclosed business interest in the recommended option, which adds the disclosure and advice-objectivity dimensions not fully expressed by the general class." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:ConflictOfInterest ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Conflict of Interest State" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer A recommended Progressive Design Build" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a professional makes a recommendation to a client that favors an option under which the professional stands to benefit commercially, without disclosing that interest, creating a conflict between the duty of objective advice and the professional's financial or business interests." ;
rdfs:subClassOf proeth:ConflictState ;
skos:definition "State in which a professional makes a recommendation to a client that favors an option under which the professional stands to benefit commercially, without disclosing that interest, creating a conflict between the duty of objective advice and the professional's financial or business interests." ;
skos:scopeNote "[ConflictOfInterest] Professional situation where personal and professional interests compete" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T08:41:16.710298+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 14 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
14
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T08:41:16.710298+00:00
First case
14
Generated
2026-06-04T08:41:16.710298+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 14 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']