BER Case No. 82-6
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Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#BER_Case_No._82-6
Properties
Instance of
Confidence
0.95
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Document title
NSPE Board of Ethical Review Case No. 82-6
Importance
high
Used by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review in current case analysis
Used in context
Cited as precedent establishing that an engineer retained by the US government to study dam failure causes could not ethically agree to be retained by the contractor who filed a claim against the government, absent consent of the former client
Version
1982
Source Evidence
Source text
In BER Case No. 82-6, the Board ruled that where an engineer is retained by the US government to study the causes of a dam failure, it would not be ethical for the engineer to agree to be retained by the contractor involved in the construction of the dam.
Text references
In BER Case No. 82-6, the Board ruled that where an engineer is retained by the US government to study the causes of a dam failure, it would not be ethical for the engineer to agree to be retained by the contractor involved in the construction of the dam.
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
106
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
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First case
106
Generated
2026-02-28T00:40:58.979534+00:00
Attributed to
Case 106 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:58:47.912210
Generated by
ProEthica Case 106 Extraction