Engineer A Advisory Role to Design Contractor Transition Prohibition

O · Obligation Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/105#Engineer_A_Advisory_Role_to_Design_Contractor_Transition_Prohibition
Properties
Instance of
AdvisoryRoletoDesignContractorTransitionProhibitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#AdvisoryRoletoDesignContractorTransitionProhibitionObligation
Case context
Engineer A served as part-time town engineer, advised on Engineer B's selection, evaluated Engineer B's performance, and then offered his own firm to perform the design work after Engineer B's termination.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (Part-Time Town Engineer and Private Consultant)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from offering his firm's design services for the Smithtown road project after having advised on and concurred in the selection of Engineer B and subsequently evaluated and contributed to the termination of Engineer B's contract, because his prior advisory and evaluative roles created an irreconcilable conflict of interest barring him from transitioning to the role of design contractor on the same project.
Temporal scope
Upon Engineer B's termination and before offering his firm's services as replacement design contractor
Source Evidence
Source text
With Engineer A's advice and concurrence, Smithtown selects Engineer B to provide design services for a local road project.

Text references
Engineer A, in his role as town engineer, reviews Engineer B's preliminary work and becomes convinced that Engineer B's performance on the contract does not meet the standards as outlined in Engineer B's contract with the town.
Following the termination of Engineer B under the terms and conditions of his contract with the town, Engineer A offers, and Smithtown agrees, that Engineer A's firm should perform the design work for the local road project for Smithtown.
With Engineer A's advice and concurrence, Smithtown selects Engineer B to provide design services for a local road project.
TTL
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Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:26
Discovered in case
105
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T08:33:33.164515+00:00
First case
105
Generated
2026-02-28T08:33:33.164515+00:00
Attributed to
Case 105 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T08:46:32.088190
Generated by
ProEthica Case 105 Extraction