DP6
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/144#DP6
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP6
Decision question
Should Engineer A treat proactive disclosure to the State DOT and receipt of employer non-objection as sufficient ethical authorization to proceed with the part-time role, or must Engineer A independently conclude that the structural conflict is irresolvable regardless of the employer's response?
Focus
Engineer A: Whether Employer Disclosure and Approval Are Sufficient to Cure the Structural Dual-Employment Conflict, or Whether the Faithful Agent Obligation Requires Independent Ethical Assessment Beyond Procedural Compliance
Option1
Perform an independent ethical assessment under the NSPE Code's faithful agent and conflict-of-interest provisions, conclude that the structural overlap between DOT grant relationships and the municipalities to be privately solicited renders the engagement impermissible regardless of employer response, and decline the part-time role without relying on the State DOT's silence as authorization.
Option2
Proactively disclose the proposed part-time engagement to the State DOT in full detail, request explicit guidance or approval, and treat the employer's informed response — whether approval, conditional approval, or non-objection — as the authoritative determination of whether the engagement is institutionally permissible, supplementing that determination with personal recusal commitments.
Option3
Disclose the proposed engagement to the State DOT and simultaneously seek an advisory opinion from the NSPE Board of Ethical Review or a comparable professional ethics body before accepting or declining, treating the absence of a formal State DOT policy as a gap that warrants external ethical guidance rather than unilateral resolution by either the engineer or the employer.
Role
Engineer A
TTL
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case144:DP6 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP6" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP6" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "Should Engineer A treat proactive disclosure to the State DOT and receipt of employer non-objection as sufficient ethical authorization to proceed with the part-time role, or must Engineer A independently conclude that the structural conflict is irresolvable regardless of the employer's response?" ;
proeth:focus "Engineer A: Whether Employer Disclosure and Approval Are Sufficient to Cure the Structural Dual-Employment Conflict, or Whether the Faithful Agent Obligation Requires Independent Ethical Assessment Beyond Procedural Compliance" ;
proeth:option1 "Perform an independent ethical assessment under the NSPE Code's faithful agent and conflict-of-interest provisions, conclude that the structural overlap between DOT grant relationships and the municipalities to be privately solicited renders the engagement impermissible regardless of employer response, and decline the part-time role without relying on the State DOT's silence as authorization." ;
proeth:option2 "Proactively disclose the proposed part-time engagement to the State DOT in full detail, request explicit guidance or approval, and treat the employer's informed response — whether approval, conditional approval, or non-objection — as the authoritative determination of whether the engagement is institutionally permissible, supplementing that determination with personal recusal commitments." ;
proeth:option3 "Disclose the proposed engagement to the State DOT and simultaneously seek an advisory opinion from the NSPE Board of Ethical Review or a comparable professional ethics body before accepting or declining, treating the absence of a formal State DOT policy as a gap that warrants external ethical guidance rather than unilateral resolution by either the engineer or the employer." ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer A" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T00:11:33.202319"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 144 Extraction" .
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2026-03-01T00:11:33.202319
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ProEthica Case 144 Extraction