Revolving Door Integrity Violation by U.S. Agency Engineers
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/102#Revolving_Door_Integrity_Violation_by_U.S._Agency_Engineers
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Transition from U.S. Agency employment to private joint venture for the same hydroelectric project
Balancing with
At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right
Competitive Employment Freedom With Confidentiality Constraint
Concrete expression
The U.S. Agency engineers transitioned from their public agency role — in which they had prepared the basic plans and had personal acquaintance with the foreign government's representatives — to a private joint venture specifically structured to execute the same project, exploiting their insider relationships and privileged technical position to benefit their new private enterprise.
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
The revolving door principle applies with particular force here because the engineers did not merely transition to a private firm in the same field — they transitioned to a private entity formed specifically to execute the project on which they held insider public roles, maximizing the exploitation of their prior public position.
Invoked by
U.S. Agency Engineers Group
Tension resolution
The revolving door principle overrides the general freedom to seek private employment when the private engagement is specifically structured to exploit the prior public role on the same project.
Source Evidence
Source text
At or about the time the negotiations with the foreign government were concluded, this group of engineers resigned their positions with the U.S. Agency and shortly thereafter entered into contract with the foreign government.
Text references
At or about the time the negotiations with the foreign government were concluded, this group of engineers resigned their positions with the U.S. Agency and shortly thereafter entered into contract with the foreign government.
Several engineers in the employ of the U.S. Agency responsible for the basic plans negotiated with at least two engineering firms with the intent of taking part in the design and supervision of the work.
TTL
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case102:Revolving_Door_Integrity_Violation_by_U.S._Agency_Engineers a proeth:RevolvingDoorIntegrity,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Revolving Door Integrity Violation by U.S. Agency Engineers" ;
proeth:appliedto "Transition from U.S. Agency employment to private joint venture for the same hydroelectric project" ;
proeth:balancingwith "At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right",
"Competitive Employment Freedom With Confidentiality Constraint" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The U.S. Agency engineers transitioned from their public agency role — in which they had prepared the basic plans and had personal acquaintance with the foreign government's representatives — to a private joint venture specifically structured to execute the same project, exploiting their insider relationships and privileged technical position to benefit their new private enterprise." ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "102" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T16:08:17.013024+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "102" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T16:08:17.013024+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The revolving door principle applies with particular force here because the engineers did not merely transition to a private firm in the same field — they transitioned to a private entity formed specifically to execute the project on which they held insider public roles, maximizing the exploitation of their prior public position." ;
proeth:invokedby "U.S. Agency Engineers Group" ;
proeth:principleclass "Revolving Door Integrity" ;
proeth:sourcetext "At or about the time the negotiations with the foreign government were concluded, this group of engineers resigned their positions with the U.S. Agency and shortly thereafter entered into contract with the foreign government." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The revolving door principle overrides the general freedom to seek private employment when the private engagement is specifically structured to exploit the prior public role on the same project." ;
proeth:textreferences "At or about the time the negotiations with the foreign government were concluded, this group of engineers resigned their positions with the U.S. Agency and shortly thereafter entered into contract with the foreign government.",
"Several engineers in the employ of the U.S. Agency responsible for the basic plans negotiated with at least two engineering firms with the intent of taking part in the design and supervision of the work." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 102 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T16:27:05.298356"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 102 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
102
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T16:08:17.013024+00:00
First case
102
Generated
2026-03-02T16:08:17.013024+00:00
Attributed to
Case 102 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T16:27:05.298356
Generated by
ProEthica Case 102 Extraction