BER 58-1 US Government Engineers
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/10#BER_58-1_US_Government_Engineers
Definition
Engineers employed by a US government agency who prepared preliminary plans for a hydroelectric project, then while still employed negotiated with AE firms, formed a private corporation, and secured a contract to continue design work on the same project before resigning from government service.
Properties
Instance of
GovernmentEngineerTransitioningtoPrivateSector
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#GovernmentEngineerTransitioningtoPrivateSector
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| employer | US Government Agency |
| transition_type | Public to private on same project |
| violation_finding | Violated spirit of Canons and Rules though not specific paragraphs |
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | former_client |
| target | Foreign Government Agency |
| type | former_employer |
| target | US Government Agency |
| type | new_employer |
| target | Joint Venture Corporation |
Role category
public_responsibility
Source Evidence
Source text
engineers negotiated with at least two AE firms with the intent of taking part in the design and supervision of the work
Text references
The engineers formed a corporation to be part of a joint venture to design the hydroelectric project
engineers negotiated with at least two AE firms with the intent of taking part in the design and supervision of the work
the engineers resigned from their US government positions and entered into a contract with the foreign government
TTL
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case10:BER_58-1_US_Government_Engineers a proeth:GovernmentEngineerTransitioningtoPrivateSector,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "BER 58-1 US Government Engineers" ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'employer': 'US Government Agency', 'transition_type': 'Public to private on same project', 'violation_finding': 'Violated spirit of Canons and Rules though not specific paragraphs'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Engineers employed by a US government agency who prepared preliminary plans for a hydroelectric project, then while still employed negotiated with AE firms, formed a private corporation, and secured a contract to continue design work on the same project before resigning from government service." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "10" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T20:28:36.547233+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "10" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T20:28:36.547233+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'former_client', 'target': 'Foreign Government Agency'}",
"{'type': 'former_employer', 'target': 'US Government Agency'}",
"{'type': 'new_employer', 'target': 'Joint Venture Corporation'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Government Engineer Transitioning to Private Sector" ;
proeth:sourcetext "engineers negotiated with at least two AE firms with the intent of taking part in the design and supervision of the work" ;
proeth:textreferences "The engineers formed a corporation to be part of a joint venture to design the hydroelectric project",
"engineers negotiated with at least two AE firms with the intent of taking part in the design and supervision of the work",
"the engineers resigned from their US government positions and entered into a contract with the foreign government" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 10 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T20:47:25.518979"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 10 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
10
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-24T20:28:36.547233+00:00
First case
10
Generated
2026-02-24T20:28:36.547233+00:00
Attributed to
Case 10 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T20:47:25.518979
Generated by
ProEthica Case 10 Extraction