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
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'] |
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | former_client_relationship |
| target | Firm AE&R |
| type | former_employer |
| target | Mid-Sized Municipality |
| type | new_employer |
| target | Firm AE&R |
Role category
public_responsibility
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Loyalty Principle Tension in Engineer D Dual Obligations, Post-Public-Service Conflict Avoidance Invoked for Engineer D and AER, Procurement Integrity in Public Engineering Invoked for Engineer D Case, Professional Accountability Invoked for Engineer D Revolving Do or Conduct, Public Welfare Paramount Invoked in Engineer D Revolving Do or Case, Revolving Do or Integrity Invoked for Engineer D Transition, Transparency Principle Invoked for Disclosure of Engineer D Transition
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
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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
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
2026-02-24T20:47:25.519695
Generated by
ProEthica Case 10 Extraction