BER-Case-15-8
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/10#BER-Case-15-8
Properties
Instance of
Confidence
0.98
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Document title
NSPE Board of Ethical Review Case 15-8
Importance
high
Used by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review as direct guidance on revolving door ethics and cooling-off periods applicable to Engineer D
Used in context
Precedent establishing that a top state highway official cannot circumvent a one-year revolving door waiting period by joining an AE firm as an 'independent contractor' rather than an employee, and that disclosure alone is insufficient to cure conflicts of interest in transitional employment; also introduces the cooling-off period concept
Version
2015
Source Evidence
Source text
BER Case 15-8 offers direct guidance on the ethics of transitional employment
Text references
BER Case 15-8 offers direct guidance on the ethics of transitional employment
The Board of Ethical Review believes that Engineer P's actions were unethical
as was done in Case 15-8, an embargo or 'cooling off' period, often one-year duration, can ameliorate such concerns
the agreement for a one-year hiatus after leaving government service before accepting related employment is not supported by disguising the employment as 'independent contracting'
TTL
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
10
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-24T20:28:11.805846+00:00
First case
10
Generated
2026-02-24T20:28:11.805846+00:00
Attributed to
Case 10 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T20:47:25.517765
Generated by
ProEthica Case 10 Extraction