Engineers BER 58-1 Insider Knowledge Advantage
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/10#Engineers_BER_58-1_Insider_Knowledge_Advantage
Properties
Instance of
InsiderKnowledgeAdvantageState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#InsiderKnowledgeAdvantageState
Active period
From engineers' work on preliminary design through negotiation of private contract and resignation from government
Affected parties
Competing AE firms
Foreign government agency
US Government
US Government engineers
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Subject
US Government engineers who prepared preliminary plans for hydroelectric project
Terminated by
BER conclusion and case resolution
Triggering event
Engineers acquired intimate project knowledge and owner contacts through government employment, then negotiated private contracts to continue the work
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
The personal and intimate knowledge of the project which the employees gained from their work on the preliminary design of the project and the acquaintance they made with the representatives of the owner of the project gave them many distinct advantages over any other firms
Text references
The personal and intimate knowledge of the project which the employees gained from their work on the preliminary design of the project and the acquaintance they made with the representatives of the owner of the project gave them many distinct advantages over any other firms
it tends to bring dishonor to the profession of engineering if the [engineer] devotes his energies, while still employed, to promote his future practice or employment on the basis of having inside information
TTL
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case10:Engineers_BER_58-1_Insider_Knowledge_Advantage a proeth:InsiderKnowledgeAdvantageState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineers BER 58-1 Insider Knowledge Advantage" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From engineers' work on preliminary design through negotiation of private contract and resignation from government" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Competing AE firms",
"Foreign government agency",
"US Government",
"US Government engineers" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "10" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T20:29:00.918801+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "10" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T20:29:00.918801+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The personal and intimate knowledge of the project which the employees gained from their work on the preliminary design of the project and the acquaintance they made with the representatives of the owner of the project gave them many distinct advantages over any other firms" ;
proeth:stateclass "Insider Knowledge Advantage State" ;
proeth:subject "US Government engineers who prepared preliminary plans for hydroelectric project" ;
proeth:terminatedby "BER conclusion and case resolution" ;
proeth:textreferences "The personal and intimate knowledge of the project which the employees gained from their work on the preliminary design of the project and the acquaintance they made with the representatives of the owner of the project gave them many distinct advantages over any other firms",
"it tends to bring dishonor to the profession of engineering if the [engineer] devotes his energies, while still employed, to promote his future practice or employment on the basis of having inside information" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineers acquired intimate project knowledge and owner contacts through government employment, then negotiated private contracts to continue the work" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 10 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T20:47:25.520108"^^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
2026-02-24T20:29:00.918801+00:00
First case
10
Generated
2026-02-24T20:29:00.918801+00:00
Attributed to
Case 10 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T20:47:25.520108
Generated by
ProEthica Case 10 Extraction