Obligation-Conflict Resolution
Case 78-5 (1978) · Post lnterview Change in Joint Venture Team
Professional obligations conflict, and the board applies no fixed rule for which one wins.
Each resolution is recorded as three edges:
competesWith (the tension),
prevailsOver (the obligation the board allowed to win in this case), and
defeasibleUnder (the situation under which the yielding obligation gives way).
The same tension is then traced across comparable cases, where its resolution shifts with context.
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How this case resolved it
No resolved obligation competitions are committed for this case.
Open tensions recorded without a resolution:
Firm A Fair Competition Duty vs Utility Authority Procurement Compliance Duty
What the board concluded
- It was ethical for Firm A to seek to alter its qualification proposal in order to improve its position to secure the contract.