Revolving Door Employment State
Class
523ce33e
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#RevolvingDoorEmploymentState
Definition
State in which a former high-level government official or public-sector engineer has left public employment and accepted a position with a private firm with which they regularly interacted, contracted, or had procurement authority during their public tenure, creating ongoing ethical obligations regarding objectivity, confidentiality, and fair dealing even in the absence of a formal legal revolving-door prohibition.
Properties
Subclass of
Definition
State in which a former high-level government official or public-sector engineer has left public employment and accepted a position with a private firm with which they regularly interacted, contracted, or had procurement authority during their public tenure, creating ongoing ethical obligations regarding objectivity, confidentiality, and fair dealing even in the absence of a formal legal revolving-door prohibition.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] State in which a former public official or senior employee, who held procurement or contract authority over private firms, accepts employment with one of those firms shortly after leaving public service, creating an appearance of impropriety and potential conflict between prior public duties and current private interests, even in the absence of a formal revolving-door contractual prohibition.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer D who resigned the position as City Engineer in a mid-sized municipality, and shortly thereafter accepted the position of 'associate' at Firm AE&R, a consultant with whom Engineer D would have regularly interacted during tenure with the City
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
523ce33e8a6bd829...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
10
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-24T20:29:00.918801+00:00
First Discovered In Case
10
Generated
2026-02-24T20:29:00.918801+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 10 Extraction