Engineer D Post-Public-Service Recusal Obligation Instance
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/10#Engineer_D_Post-Public-Service_Recusal_Obligation_Instance
Properties
Instance of
Post-Public-ServiceRecusalObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-Public-ServiceRecusalObligation
Case context
Engineer D transitioned directly from City Engineer — with primary contracting authority over AE&R — to an associate position at AE&R, which plans to continue pursuing City contracts; no cooling-off period or recusal mechanism was identified.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer D
Obligation statement
Engineer D was obligated to recuse themselves from any involvement in AE&R's preparation, submission, or negotiation of proposals or contracts with the City for a sufficient cooling-off period following departure from the City Engineer role, given D's prior contracting authority over AE&R.
Temporal scope
From the date of accepting the AE&R position through a sufficient cooling-off period to eliminate the appearance and reality of improper advantage
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer D Absence of Revolving Do or Contractual Constraint, Engineer D Post-Employment Conflict of Interest
derivedFromPrinciple
Post-Public-Service Conflict Avoidance Invoked for Engineer D and AER
Source Evidence
Source text
AE&R completed many projects for the City during Engineer D's tenure as City Engineer, and the firm plans to continue submitting proposals and performing consulting work for the City.
Text references
AE&R completed many projects for the City during Engineer D's tenure as City Engineer, and the firm plans to continue submitting proposals and performing consulting work for the City.
Engineer D has been one of the City's main points of contact for AE firms and contractors in the area, both with respect to contract negotiation and award
The City does not include 'revolving door' provisions in employment contracts for its senior-level employees.
TTL
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case10:Engineer_D_Post-Public-Service_Recusal_Obligation_Instance a proeth:Post-Public-ServiceRecusalObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer D Post-Public-Service Recusal Obligation Instance" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case10:Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Employment_Acceptance_Integrity_Obligation_Instance ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case10:Engineer_D_Absence_of_Revolving_Door_Contractual_Constraint,
case10:Engineer_D_Post-Employment_Conflict_of_Interest ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case10:Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Employment_Acceptance_Integrity_Obligation_Instance ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer D transitioned directly from City Engineer — with primary contracting authority over AE&R — to an associate position at AE&R, which plans to continue pursuing City contracts; no cooling-off period or recusal mechanism was identified." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case10:Post-Public-Service_Conflict_Avoidance_Invoked_for_Engineer_D_and_AER ;
proeth:discoveredincase "10" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T20:31:58.305239+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "10" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T20:31:58.305239+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer D" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Post-Public-Service Recusal Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer D was obligated to recuse themselves from any involvement in AE&R's preparation, submission, or negotiation of proposals or contracts with the City for a sufficient cooling-off period following departure from the City Engineer role, given D's prior contracting authority over AE&R." ;
proeth:sourcetext "AE&R completed many projects for the City during Engineer D's tenure as City Engineer, and the firm plans to continue submitting proposals and performing consulting work for the City." ;
proeth:temporalscope "From the date of accepting the AE&R position through a sufficient cooling-off period to eliminate the appearance and reality of improper advantage" ;
proeth:textreferences "AE&R completed many projects for the City during Engineer D's tenure as City Engineer, and the firm plans to continue submitting proposals and performing consulting work for the City.",
"Engineer D has been one of the City's main points of contact for AE firms and contractors in the area, both with respect to contract negotiation and award",
"The City does not include 'revolving door' provisions in employment contracts for its senior-level employees." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 10 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T20:47:25.523090"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 10 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
10
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-24T20:31:58.305239+00:00
First case
10
Generated
2026-02-24T20:31:58.305239+00:00
Attributed to
Case 10 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T20:47:25.523090
Generated by
ProEthica Case 10 Extraction