Engineer D Revolving Door Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/10#Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Engineer
Definition
Transitions from City Engineer role with contracting authority over AE&R to associate position at AE&R, which plans to continue pursuing municipal contracts, raising revolving-door ethical concerns in the absence of formal contractual restrictions.
Properties
Instance of
Attributes
| license | Licensed Professional Engineer |
| prior_role | City Engineer with contracting authority |
| new_role | Associate at Firm AE&R |
| ethical_trigger | Prior contracting authority over new employer during public tenure; no revolving door contractual restrictions |
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | former_employer |
| target | Municipality |
| type | new_employer |
| target | Firm AE&R |
| type | prior_contracting_authority_over |
| target | Firm AE&R |
Role category
public_responsibility
Relationships
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
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
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_Engineer a proeth:RevolvingDoorEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer D Revolving Door Engineer" ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case10:Engineer_D_Revolving_Door_Employment_Acceptance_Integrity_Obligation_Instance ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Licensed Professional Engineer', 'prior_role': 'City Engineer with contracting authority', 'new_role': 'Associate at Firm AE&R', 'ethical_trigger': 'Prior contracting authority over new employer during public tenure; no revolving door contractual restrictions'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Transitions from City Engineer role with contracting authority over AE&R to associate position at AE&R, which plans to continue pursuing municipal contracts, raising revolving-door ethical concerns in the absence of formal contractual restrictions." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "10" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T20:26:50.915470+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "10" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T20:26:50.915470+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'former_employer', 'target': 'Municipality'}",
"{'type': 'new_employer', 'target': 'Firm AE&R'}",
"{'type': 'prior_contracting_authority_over', 'target': 'Firm AE&R'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Revolving Door Engineer" ;
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:textreferences "AE&R completed many projects for the City during Engineer D's tenure as City Engineer",
"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",
"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 "2026-02-24T20:47:25.516607"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 10 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
10
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-24T20:26:50.915470+00:00
First case
10
Generated
2026-02-24T20:26:50.915470+00:00
Attributed to
Case 10 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T20:47:25.516607
Generated by
ProEthica Case 10 Extraction