Engineer D Revolving Door Employment Acceptance Integrity Obligation Instance
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/10#Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Employment_Acceptance_Integrity_Obligation_Instance
Properties
Instance of
RevolvingDoorEmploymentAcceptanceIntegrityObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#RevolvingDoorEmploymentAcceptanceIntegrityObligation
Case context
Engineer D accepted an associate position at AE&R immediately after departing as City Engineer; AE&R had completed many City projects during D's tenure and planned to continue pursuing City work; the City had no revolving door provisions.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.86
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer D
Obligation statement
Engineer D was obligated to evaluate the conflict-of-interest implications of accepting employment at AE&R — a firm that benefited extensively from contracts awarded or supervised during D's tenure as City Engineer — and to refrain from accepting that position without adequate conflict mitigation measures, a sufficient cooling-off period, or full disclosure to the City.
Temporal scope
At the time of accepting the associate position at AE&R
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer D Competitive Procurement Fairness Obligation Instance, Engineer D Concurrent Employment Negotiation Conflict Avoidance Obligation Instance, Engineer D Faithful Agent Obligation Instance, Engineer D Honorable Professional Conduct in Procurement Obligation Instance, Engineer D Post-Public-Service Recusal Obligation Instance, Engineer D Revolving Do or Conflict Disclosure Obligation Instance
defeasibleUnder
Engineer D Insider Knowledge Advantage, Engineer D No Formal Revolving Do or Prohibition, Engineer D Post-Employment Conflict of Interest, Engineer D Revolving Do or Employment
derivedFromPrinciple
Revolving Do or Integrity Invoked for Engineer D Transition
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer D announces plans to step down as the City Engineer and indicates that they accepted a position at an unnamed engineering firm in 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 announces plans to step down as the City Engineer and indicates that they accepted a position at an unnamed engineering firm in the City.
Shortly after Engineer D's announcement, Firm AE&R announces Engineer D as a newly hired associate.
The City does not include 'revolving door' provisions in employment contracts for its senior-level employees.
TTL
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case10:Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Employment_Acceptance_Integrity_Obligation_Instance a proeth:RevolvingDoorEmploymentAcceptanceIntegrityObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer D Revolving Door Employment Acceptance Integrity Obligation Instance" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case10:Engineer_D_Competitive_Procurement_Fairness_Obligation_Instance,
case10:Engineer_D_Concurrent_Employment_Negotiation_Conflict_Avoidance_Obligation_Instance,
case10:Engineer_D_Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Instance,
case10:Engineer_D_Honorable_Professional_Conduct_in_Procurement_Obligation_Instance,
case10:Engineer_D_Post-Public-Service_Recusal_Obligation_Instance,
case10:Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Conflict_Disclosure_Obligation_Instance ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case10:Engineer_D_Insider_Knowledge_Advantage,
case10:Engineer_D_No_Formal_Revolving_Door_Prohibition,
case10:Engineer_D_Post-Employment_Conflict_of_Interest,
case10:Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Employment ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer D accepted an associate position at AE&R immediately after departing as City Engineer; AE&R had completed many City projects during D's tenure and planned to continue pursuing City work; the City had no revolving door provisions." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.86" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case10:Revolving_Door_Integrity_Invoked_for_Engineer_D_Transition ;
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 "Revolving Door Employment Acceptance Integrity Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer D was obligated to evaluate the conflict-of-interest implications of accepting employment at AE&R — a firm that benefited extensively from contracts awarded or supervised during D's tenure as City Engineer — and to refrain from accepting that position without adequate conflict mitigation measures, a sufficient cooling-off period, or full disclosure to the City." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer D announces plans to step down as the City Engineer and indicates that they accepted a position at an unnamed engineering firm in the City." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of accepting the associate position at AE&R" ;
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 announces plans to step down as the City Engineer and indicates that they accepted a position at an unnamed engineering firm in the City.",
"Shortly after Engineer D's announcement, Firm AE&R announces Engineer D as a newly hired associate.",
"The City does not include 'revolving door' provisions in employment contracts for its senior-level employees." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 10 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T20:47:25.523242"^^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
2026-02-24T20:47:25.523242
Generated by
ProEthica Case 10 Extraction