Verbal Promise in Public Procurement Standard
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#VerbalPromiseinPublicProcurementStandard
Definition
Professional norms and ethical obligations governing the propriety of verbal commitments or promises made by public officials to award future engineering contracts as recognition or reward for prior services, including the ethical obligations of both the promisee engineer and the promising official in such situations
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Professional norms and ethical obligations governing the propriety of verbal commitments or promises made by public officials to award future engineering contracts as recognition or reward for prior services, including the ethical obligations of both the promisee engineer and the promising official in such situations
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] Professional norms, ethical obligations, and regulatory standards governing the equitable treatment of all bidders in public engineering procurement processes, including the obligation to provide all material information — such as existing drawings, site conditions, and technical documentation — to all prospective bidders simultaneously and prior to bid submission, so that bids are prepared on a consistent informational basis.
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Engineer C, the chief city engineer, verbally promises to select Engineer A's firm on a future engineering project for City X
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fab3f2f6ebbddcd1...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
117
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-28T15:44:14.520368+00:00
First Discovered In Case
117
Generated
2026-02-28T15:44:14.520368+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 117 Extraction