DP5
Individual
91837028
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#DP5
Properties
Parent
Decision Point Id
DP5
Decision Question
If Company X and Company Y become adversaries in a regulatory or legal proceeding, is Engineer A categorically barred from contributing technical analysis on Company Y's behalf — even analysis she characterizes as drawing only on general expertise — given her prior government access to Company X's confidential submissions?
Focus
Whether Engineer A's participation in any adversarial regulatory or legal proceeding at Company Y involving Company X is categorically barred by the switching-sides prohibition from BER Case 85-4, and whether claimed reliance on general expertise rather than Company X's specific submissions provides any mitigation.
Option1
Recuse categorically from any technical contribution to Company Y's position in any adversarial regulatory or legal proceeding involving Company X, regardless of whether the contribution is characterized as drawing on general expertise rather than Company X's specific confidential submissions, and notify Company Y of this constraint at the outset of employment
Option2
Participate in Company Y's adversarial proceedings against Company X in a limited advisory capacity — reviewing general technical arguments without authoring expert opinions — on the grounds that passive review of publicly available information does not constitute the active switching-sides conduct prohibited by BER Case 85-4
Option3
Participate in Company Y's adversarial proceedings against Company X only in domains where Engineer A can affirmatively demonstrate — through documented analysis — that her contribution draws exclusively on publicly available information and general engineering principles with no overlap with the specific design domains covered by Company X's confidential regulatory submissions
Role Label
Engineer A
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Content Hash
918370281ed5767a...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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2026-02-28T01:11:27.595078
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ProEthica Case 106 Extraction