DP3

DecisionPoint
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DP3

Should Firm AE&R refrain from exploiting the incumbent advantage created by recruiting Engineer D — including refraining from immediately assigning D to City projects, disclosing the potential conflict to the City, and voluntarily imposing an internal embargo on D's City-related work — given the firm's independent ethical responsibility for its recruitment strategy?

Firm AE&R's independent ethical responsibility for its recruitment strategy and its decision to immediately assign Engineer D to City-facing projects, given the firm's full knowledge of Engineer D's prior oversight authority over AE&R's City contracts and the structural incumbent advantage this arrangement creates over competing firms.

Voluntarily assign Engineer D exclusively to projects unrelated to the City for a defined cooling-off period, disclose the potential conflict created by D's prior oversight authority to the City, establish internal protocols preventing D from contributing insider knowledge to City proposal preparation, and refrain from publicly leveraging D's prior City role as a competitive asset in City procurement

Immediately assign Engineer D to City-facing projects upon hire, publicly announce the hire in a manner that signals competitive advantage derived from D's prior City role, and proceed with City proposal submissions without establishing internal recusal protocols or disclosing the conflict to the City

Firm AE&R