Part-Time Consultant Non-Division of Loyalty in BER 74-2
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Part-Time_Consultant_Non-Division_of_Loyalty_in_BER_74-2
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Government Agency Employer
Balancing with
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Evolution Principle
Concrete expression
In BER Case 74-2, part-time consultant arrangements to municipalities by engineers in private practice did not preclude those engineers from providing normal engineering services to the same municipalities, because the engineer's loyalties were not divided
Confidence
0.8
Importance
medium
Interpretation
The absence of divided loyalties is the operative ethical criterion — when a consulting arrangement does not create competing obligations that compromise the engineer's independent judgment, it is permissible
Invoked by
Part-Time Municipal Consulting Engineer Without Divided Loyalty
Tension resolution
No tension arose in BER 74-2 because the loyalties were not divided; the case is cited as a contrast to situations where confidential information creates genuine conflict
Source Evidence
Source text
The Board noted, under the facts, that the engineer's loyalties were not divided
Text references
In BER Case No. 74-2, the Board held that a part-time consultant arrangement to municipalities by engineers in private practice did not preclude those same engineers from providing normal engineering services to the same municipalities
The Board noted, under the facts, that the engineer's loyalties were not divided
TTL
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proeth:discoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:47:28.276757+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:47:28.276757+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "The absence of divided loyalties is the operative ethical criterion — when a consulting arrangement does not create competing obligations that compromise the engineer's independent judgment, it is permissible" ;
proeth:invokedby "Part-Time Municipal Consulting Engineer Without Divided Loyalty" ;
proeth:principleclass "Loyalty" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The Board noted, under the facts, that the engineer's loyalties were not divided" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "No tension arose in BER 74-2 because the loyalties were not divided; the case is cited as a contrast to situations where confidential information creates genuine conflict" ;
proeth:textreferences "In BER Case No. 74-2, the Board held that a part-time consultant arrangement to municipalities by engineers in private practice did not preclude those same engineers from providing normal engineering services to the same municipalities",
"The Board noted, under the facts, that the engineer's loyalties were not divided" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
106
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:47:28.276757+00:00
First case
106
Generated
2026-02-28T00:47:28.276757+00:00
Attributed to
Case 106 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:58:47.906839
Generated by
ProEthica Case 106 Extraction