Engineer A Part-Time Town Engineer BER 11-12

R · Role Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/10#Engineer_A_Part-Time_Town_Engineer_BER_11-12
Definition

Part-time town engineer with concurrent consulting practice who advised on selection of Engineer B for a road project, then reviewed and recommended termination of Engineer B, and subsequently offered his own firm to perform the terminated work—found unethical under NSPE Code Section II.4.e.

Properties
Instance of
Dual-RolePart-TimeMunicipalEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Dual-RolePart-TimeMunicipalEngineer
Attributes
licenseProfessional Engineer
employment_typePart-time town engineer plus private consulting
dual_roleTown engineer and principal of competing consulting firm
ethical_findingUnethical to offer and agree to perform work following competitor termination under II.4.e
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Relationships
typeclient
targetSmithtown
typefirm_principal
targetEngineer A Consulting Firm
typereviewer
targetEngineer B BER 11-12
Role category
employer_relationship
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A, who served as the part-time town engineer for Smithtown and also had a consulting engineering practice

Text references
Engineer A offered, and Smithtown agreed, that Engineer A's firm should perform the design work for the local road project for Smithtown
Engineer A, in his role as town engineer, reviewed Engineer B's preliminary work and became convinced Engineer B's performance on the contract did not meet the standards
Engineer A, who served as the part-time town engineer for Smithtown and also had a consulting engineering practice
TTL
@prefix case10: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/10#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case10:Engineer_A_Part-Time_Town_Engineer_BER_11-12 a proeth:Dual-RolePart-TimeMunicipalEngineer, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer A Part-Time Town Engineer BER 11-12" ; proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'employment_type': 'Part-time town engineer plus private consulting', 'dual_role': 'Town engineer and principal of competing consulting firm', 'ethical_finding': 'Unethical to offer and agree to perform work following competitor termination under II.4.e'}" ; proeth:caseinvolvement "Part-time town engineer with concurrent consulting practice who advised on selection of Engineer B for a road project, then reviewed and recommended termination of Engineer B, and subsequently offered his own firm to perform the terminated work—found unethical under NSPE Code Section II.4.e." ; 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': 'client', 'target': 'Smithtown'}", "{'type': 'firm_principal', 'target': 'Engineer A Consulting Firm'}", "{'type': 'reviewer', 'target': 'Engineer B BER 11-12'}" ; proeth:rolecategory "employer_relationship" ; proeth:roleclass "Dual-Role Part-Time Municipal Engineer" ; proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A, who served as the part-time town engineer for Smithtown and also had a consulting engineering practice" ; proeth:textreferences "Engineer A offered, and Smithtown agreed, that Engineer A's firm should perform the design work for the local road project for Smithtown", "Engineer A, in his role as town engineer, reviewed Engineer B's preliminary work and became convinced Engineer B's performance on the contract did not meet the standards", "Engineer A, who served as the part-time town engineer for Smithtown and also had a consulting engineering practice" ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 10 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T20:47:25.519251"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 10 Extraction" .
Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:26
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
2026-02-24T20:47:25.519251
Generated by
ProEthica Case 10 Extraction