US-Agency-Engineers-Active-Employment-Private-Contract-Conclusion-Prohibition
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/102#US-Agency-Engineers-Active-Employment-Private-Contract-Conclusion-Prohibition
Properties
Instance of
Active-EmploymentPrivateContractConclusionProhibitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Active-EmploymentPrivateContractConclusionProhibitionObligation
Case context
The engineers concluded negotiations with a private consulting firm and formed a corporation for a joint venture while still employed by the U.S. Agency that had prepared the basic plans for the hydroelectric project; they resigned only at or about the time the negotiations with the foreign government were concluded.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
U.S. Agency Engineers Group
Obligation statement
The U.S. Agency engineers were obligated to refrain from concluding binding private contracts, forming a joint venture corporation, and finalizing cooperative arrangements with a private consulting firm for the hydroelectric project design work while they remained employed by the U.S. Agency.
Temporal scope
Throughout the period of active employment with the U.S. Agency, until formal resignation
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
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
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
Negotiations were finally concluded between this group and a firm of consulting engineers for a cooperative project to execute the work, and the group of employees formed a corporation to be a part of a joint venture to design the hydroelectric project
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:US-Agency-Engineers-Active-Employment-Private-Contract-Conclusion-Prohibition a proeth:Active-EmploymentPrivateContractConclusionProhibitionObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "US-Agency-Engineers-Active-Employment-Private-Contract-Conclusion-Prohibition" ;
proeth-core:competesWith <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/102#NSPE_Policy_52_Mobility_Right_Ethics_Conditioned_Exercise_—_U.S._Agency_Engineers> ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case102:Joint_Venture_Corporation_Formation_for_Project_Execution,
case102:US_Agency_Engineers_Active_Private_Negotiation_While_Employed ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/102#NSPE_Policy_52_Mobility_Right_Ethics_Conditioned_Exercise_—_U.S._Agency_Engineers> ;
proeth:casecontext "The engineers concluded negotiations with a private consulting firm and formed a corporation for a joint venture while still employed by the U.S. Agency that had prepared the basic plans for the hydroelectric project; they resigned only at or about the time the negotiations with the foreign government were concluded." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case102:Active-Employment_Private_Contract_Negotiation_Prohibition_Violated_by_U.S._Agency_Engineers,
case102:Pre-Departure_Promotional_Negotiation_Prohibition_Invoked_Against_U.S._Agency_Engineers ;
proeth:discoveredincase "102" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "102" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "U.S. Agency Engineers Group" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Active-Employment Private Contract Conclusion Prohibition Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The U.S. Agency engineers were obligated to refrain from concluding binding private contracts, forming a joint venture corporation, and finalizing cooperative arrangements with a private consulting firm for the hydroelectric project design work while they remained employed by the U.S. Agency." ;
proeth:sourcetext "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:temporalscope "Throughout the period of active employment with the U.S. Agency, until formal resignation" ;
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",
"Negotiations were finally concluded between this group and a firm of consulting engineers for a cooperative project to execute the work, and the group of employees formed a corporation to be a part of a joint venture to design the hydroelectric project",
"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 "2026-03-02T16:27:05.300066"^^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
2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00
First case
102
Generated
2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00
Attributed to
Case 102 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T16:27:05.300066
Generated by
ProEthica Case 102 Extraction