Dual-Role Conflict of Interest Prohibition Invoked By John Doe
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/143#Dual-Role_Conflict_of_Interest_Prohibition_Invoked_By_John_Doe
Properties
Instance of
Dual-RoleConflictofInterestProhibitioninPublic-PrivateEngineering
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Dual-RoleConflictofInterestProhibitioninPublic-PrivateEngineering
Applied to
Simultaneous county engineer and private consulting roles on the same subdivision project
Balancing with
Dual Capacity Without Divided Loyalty Permissibility Principle
Concrete expression
Doe simultaneously served as a public county engineer (with authority over subdivision plan recommendations) and as a private consulting engineer (designing the very subdivision plans subject to that authority), creating an actual and apparent conflict of interest in both roles
Confidence
0.96
Importance
high
Interpretation
The governmental role and private consulting role directly intersected on the same project, making independent judgment in either role structurally impossible
Invoked by
John Doe County Engineer Planning Board Member
John Doe Subdivision Design Engineer
Tension resolution
The Dual Capacity Without Divided Loyalty Permissibility Principle cannot apply here because the engineer's advisory role and design role were not for the same client — the county and the subdivision developer are distinct parties with potentially divergent interests, and the engineer's financial interest in the design commission materially compromised his advisory independence
Source Evidence
Source text
John Doe, a professional engineer, is a county engineer and a member of the county planning board. He also engages in part-time consulting practice.
Text references
Doe prepared the plans for a subdivision development in his capacity as a consulting engineer, then as county engineer recommended approval of his plans
He also engages in part-time consulting practice
John Doe, a professional engineer, is a county engineer and a member of the county planning board
TTL
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rdfs:label "Dual-Role Conflict of Interest Prohibition Invoked By John Doe" ;
proeth:appliedto "Simultaneous county engineer and private consulting roles on the same subdivision project" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Dual Capacity Without Divided Loyalty Permissibility Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Doe simultaneously served as a public county engineer (with authority over subdivision plan recommendations) and as a private consulting engineer (designing the very subdivision plans subject to that authority), creating an actual and apparent conflict of interest in both roles" ;
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proeth:discoveredincase "143" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T13:36:36.769527+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "143" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T13:36:36.769527+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The governmental role and private consulting role directly intersected on the same project, making independent judgment in either role structurally impossible" ;
proeth:invokedby "John Doe County Engineer Planning Board Member",
"John Doe Subdivision Design Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Dual-Role Conflict of Interest Prohibition in Public-Private Engineering" ;
proeth:sourcetext "John Doe, a professional engineer, is a county engineer and a member of the county planning board. He also engages in part-time consulting practice." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The Dual Capacity Without Divided Loyalty Permissibility Principle cannot apply here because the engineer's advisory role and design role were not for the same client — the county and the subdivision developer are distinct parties with potentially divergent interests, and the engineer's financial interest in the design commission materially compromised his advisory independence" ;
proeth:textreferences "Doe prepared the plans for a subdivision development in his capacity as a consulting engineer, then as county engineer recommended approval of his plans",
"He also engages in part-time consulting practice",
"John Doe, a professional engineer, is a county engineer and a member of the county planning board" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 143 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T13:52:09.582856"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 143 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
143
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T13:36:36.769527+00:00
First case
143
Generated
2026-03-02T13:36:36.769527+00:00
Attributed to
Case 143 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T13:52:09.582856
Generated by
ProEthica Case 143 Extraction