John Doe County Engineer Planning Board Member
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/143#John_Doe_County_Engineer_Planning_Board_Member
Definition
Serves as county engineer and simultaneously as a county planning board member; in the county engineer capacity recommended approval of subdivision plans he himself prepared as a private consultant; then voted to approve those same plans as a planning board member — creating a triple-layered conflict of interest through self-review and self-approval of private work product via public authority.
Properties
Parent
CountyEngineerPlanningBoardMember
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CountyEngineerPlanningBoardMember
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| public_roles | ['County Engineer', 'County Planning Board Member'] |
| private_role | Part-time consulting engineer |
| conflict_type | Self-review and self-approval of own private design work through governmental authority |
Concept Category
Role
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | board_member |
| target | County Planning Board |
| type | employer |
| target | County Government |
| type | provider |
| target | Subdivision Development Client |
| type | self_review_conflict |
| target | Subdivision Plans (own work product) |
Role Category
employer_relationship
Role Class
County Engineer Planning Board Member
Source Evidence
Source Text
John Doe, a professional engineer, is a county engineer and a member of the county planning board
Text References
As a member of the county planning board he later voted to approve these plans
Doe prepared the plans for a subdivision development in his capacity as a consulting engineer
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
then as county engineer recommended approval of his plans to the county planning board
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
8191f1a155e69134...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
143
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-03-02T13:33:39.889823+00:00
First Case
143
Generated
2026-03-02T13:33:39.889823+00:00
Attributed To
Case 143 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T13:52:09.579772
Generated By
ProEthica Case 143 Extraction