Engineer D Former City Engineer

R · Role Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/10#Engineer_D_Former_City_Engineer
Definition

Former City Engineer of a mid-sized municipality who resigned and shortly thereafter accepted an associate position at Firm AE&R, a consulting firm with which Engineer D regularly interacted during tenure as City Engineer, without a contractual revolving-door prohibition but subject to ethical obligations under the NSPE Code.

Properties
Instance of
RevolvingDoorEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#RevolvingDoorEngineer
Attributes
licenseProfessional Engineer
prior_roleCity Engineer
new_roleAssociate at Firm AE&R
contractual_prohibitionNone
ethical_obligations['Avoid improper use of insider contacts and knowledge', 'Maintain confidentiality of city information', 'Disclose conflicts on active city projects', 'Consider voluntary cooling-off period for procurement matters', 'Avoid being placed in responsible charge of formerly overseen projects without disclosure and city acceptance']
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Relationships
typeformer_client_relationship
targetFirm AE&R
typeformer_employer
targetMid-Sized Municipality
typenew_employer
targetFirm AE&R
Role category
public_responsibility
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer D who resigned the position as City Engineer in a mid-sized municipality, and shortly thereafter accepted the position of 'associate' at Firm AE&R

Text references
Engineer D could voluntarily abstain from participation in procurement matters before the City
Engineer D who resigned the position as City Engineer in a mid-sized municipality, and shortly thereafter accepted the position of 'associate' at Firm AE&R
Engineer D's prior responsibilities with the City for projects currently under contract by D's new employer would raise concerns about objectivity and fairness
a consultant with whom Engineer D would have regularly interacted during tenure with the City
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 proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @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_D_Former_City_Engineer a proeth:RevolvingDoorEngineer, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer D Former City Engineer" ; proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case10:Loyalty_Principle_Tension_in_Engineer_D_Dual_Obligations, case10:Post-Public-Service_Conflict_Avoidance_Invoked_for_Engineer_D_and_AER, case10:Procurement_Integrity_in_Public_Engineering_Invoked_for_Engineer_D_Case, case10:Professional_Accountability_Invoked_for_Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Conduct, case10:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_in_Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Case, case10:Revolving_Door_Integrity_Invoked_for_Engineer_D_Transition, case10:Transparency_Principle_Invoked_for_Disclosure_of_Engineer_D_Transition ; proeth-core:hasObligation case10:Engineer_D_Post-Public-Service_Recusal_Obligation_Instance, case10:Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Conflict_Disclosure_Obligation_Instance, case10:Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Employment_Acceptance_Integrity_Obligation_Instance ; proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'prior_role': 'City Engineer', 'new_role': 'Associate at Firm AE&R', 'contractual_prohibition': 'None', 'ethical_obligations': ['Avoid improper use of insider contacts and knowledge', 'Maintain confidentiality of city information', 'Disclose conflicts on active city projects', 'Consider voluntary cooling-off period for procurement matters', 'Avoid being placed in responsible charge of formerly overseen projects without disclosure and city acceptance']}" ; proeth:caseinvolvement "Former City Engineer of a mid-sized municipality who resigned and shortly thereafter accepted an associate position at Firm AE&R, a consulting firm with which Engineer D regularly interacted during tenure as City Engineer, without a contractual revolving-door prohibition but subject to ethical obligations under the NSPE Code." ; proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ; proeth:confidence "0.95" ; 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_relationship', 'target': 'Firm AE&R'}", "{'type': 'former_employer', 'target': 'Mid-Sized Municipality'}", "{'type': 'new_employer', 'target': 'Firm AE&R'}" ; proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ; proeth:roleclass "Revolving Door Engineer" ; proeth:sourcetext "Engineer D who resigned the position as City Engineer in a mid-sized municipality, and shortly thereafter accepted the position of 'associate' at Firm AE&R" ; proeth:textreferences "Engineer D could voluntarily abstain from participation in procurement matters before the City", "Engineer D who resigned the position as City Engineer in a mid-sized municipality, and shortly thereafter accepted the position of 'associate' at Firm AE&R", "Engineer D's prior responsibilities with the City for projects currently under contract by D's new employer would raise concerns about objectivity and fairness", "a consultant with whom Engineer D would have regularly interacted during tenure with the City" ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 10 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T20:47:25.519695"^^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
2026-02-24T20:47:25.519695
Generated by
ProEthica Case 10 Extraction