Engineer A State DOT Airport Consultant
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/144#Engineer_A_State_DOT_Airport_Consultant
Definition
State highway employee who was solicited by a former employer to perform part-time airport consulting for municipalities that also interact with his state DOT employer on highway matters; the Board finds a violation of the NSPE Code based on conflict-of-interest and faithful agent/trustee obligations.
Properties
Instance of
StateDOTEngineerConcurrentAirportConsultant
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#StateDOTEngineerConcurrentAirportConsultant
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| primary_employer | State highway/DOT agency |
| secondary_role | Part-time airport design consultant for private engineering firm |
| conflict_domain | Highway-airport infrastructure interconnection |
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | employed_by |
| target | State DOT / Highway Agency |
| type | serves |
| target | Municipal Airport Improvement Grant Recipient |
| type | solicited_by |
| target | Former Employer Soliciting Part-Time Airport Consultant |
Role category
employer_relationship
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Appearance of Impropriety in Engineer A Dual Role, Comparative Case Precedent Distinguishing in Engineer A Moonlighting Analysis, Competitive Employment Freedom Constraint Invoked for Former Firm Solicitation, Cross-Doma in Infrastructure Linkage Defeating Domain-Separation Defense, Cross-Doma in Same-Client Conflict Applied to Engineer A Highway-Airport Roles, Cross-Doma in Same-Client Conflict Invoked for Engineer A Municipal Overlap, Dual-Role Public-Private Conflict Invoked for Engineer A Airport Consulting, Dual Role Appearance of Impropriety Invoked for Municipal Client Overlap, Employer Awareness Non-Sufficient to Cure Structural Conflict in Engineer A Case, Faithful Agent Trustee Obligation Violated by Structural Conflict, Government Grant Authority Non-Exploitation Applied to Engineer A DOT-Municipality Relationship, Government Grant Authority Non-Exploitation Invoked for Airport Grant Municipalities, Government Procedure Compliance Caution to Engineer A, Moonlighting Contextual Assessment Applied to Engineer A Airport Consulting, Public Resource Non-Exploitation Caution to Engineer A
hasObligation
Conflict of Interest Recusal Traffic Signal Review Engineer A Municipal Airport Clients, Cross-Doma in Same-Client Conflict Non-Engagement Engineer A Municipal Airport Consulting, Dual Role Appearance of Impropriety Avoidance Engineer A Municipal Overlap, FAA QBS Selection Integrity Non-Interference Engineer A Airport Consultant Solicitation, Government Grant Authority Non-Exploitation Engineer A Airport Grant Municipalities, Governmental Procedure Policy Compliance Engineer A Dual Employment Outside Work, State DOT Employer Pri or Approval Disclosure Engineer A Airport Consulting Solicitation
Source Evidence
Source text
the Board can easily foresee the potential for a conflict of interest for Engineer A in his relations with municipality's work as a state highway employee and in his relations with the same municipalities as a representative for the consulting firm working on municipal airports
Text references
Engineer A to be mindful of the issues raised earlier relating to the need to carefully follow all applicable government procedures and policies, liability concerns, and the avoiding the use of public resources in the performance of private work
the Board can easily foresee the potential for a conflict of interest for Engineer A in his relations with municipality's work as a state highway employee and in his relations with the same municipalities as a representative for the consulting firm working on municipal airports
the engineer's obligation to serve as faithful agent and trustee that there is a violation of the NSPE Code of Ethics under the facts and circumstances presented here
TTL
@prefix case144: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/144#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case144:Engineer_A_State_DOT_Airport_Consultant a proeth:StateDOTEngineerConcurrentAirportConsultant,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A State DOT Airport Consultant" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case144:Appearance_of_Impropriety_in_Engineer_A_Dual_Role,
case144:Comparative_Case_Precedent_Distinguishing_in_Engineer_A_Moonlighting_Analysis,
case144:Competitive_Employment_Freedom_Constraint_Invoked_for_Former_Firm_Solicitation,
case144:Cross-Domain_Infrastructure_Linkage_Defeating_Domain-Separation_Defense,
case144:Cross-Domain_Same-Client_Conflict_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Highway-Airport_Roles,
case144:Cross-Domain_Same-Client_Conflict_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Municipal_Overlap,
case144:Dual-Role_Public-Private_Conflict_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Airport_Consulting,
case144:Dual_Role_Appearance_of_Impropriety_Invoked_for_Municipal_Client_Overlap,
case144:Employer_Awareness_Non-Sufficient_to_Cure_Structural_Conflict_in_Engineer_A_Case,
case144:Faithful_Agent_Trustee_Obligation_Violated_by_Structural_Conflict,
case144:Government_Grant_Authority_Non-Exploitation_Applied_to_Engineer_A_DOT-Municipality_Relationship,
case144:Government_Grant_Authority_Non-Exploitation_Invoked_for_Airport_Grant_Municipalities,
case144:Government_Procedure_Compliance_Caution_to_Engineer_A,
case144:Moonlighting_Contextual_Assessment_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Airport_Consulting,
case144:Public_Resource_Non-Exploitation_Caution_to_Engineer_A ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case144:Conflict_of_Interest_Recusal_Traffic_Signal_Review_Engineer_A_Municipal_Airport_Clients,
case144:Cross-Domain_Same-Client_Conflict_Non-Engagement_Engineer_A_Municipal_Airport_Consulting,
case144:Dual_Role_Appearance_of_Impropriety_Avoidance_Engineer_A_Municipal_Overlap,
case144:FAA_QBS_Selection_Integrity_Non-Interference_Engineer_A_Airport_Consultant_Solicitation,
case144:Government_Grant_Authority_Non-Exploitation_Engineer_A_Airport_Grant_Municipalities,
case144:Governmental_Procedure_Policy_Compliance_Engineer_A_Dual_Employment_Outside_Work,
case144:State_DOT_Employer_Prior_Approval_Disclosure_Engineer_A_Airport_Consulting_Solicitation ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'primary_employer': 'State highway/DOT agency', 'secondary_role': 'Part-time airport design consultant for private engineering firm', 'conflict_domain': 'Highway-airport infrastructure interconnection'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "State highway employee who was solicited by a former employer to perform part-time airport consulting for municipalities that also interact with his state DOT employer on highway matters; the Board finds a violation of the NSPE Code based on conflict-of-interest and faithful agent/trustee obligations." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "144" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T23:37:08.213089+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "144" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T23:37:08.213089+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'employed_by', 'target': 'State DOT / Highway Agency'}",
"{'type': 'serves', 'target': 'Municipal Airport Improvement Grant Recipient'}",
"{'type': 'solicited_by', 'target': 'Former Employer Soliciting Part-Time Airport Consultant'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "employer_relationship" ;
proeth:roleclass "State DOT Engineer Concurrent Airport Consultant" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the Board can easily foresee the potential for a conflict of interest for Engineer A in his relations with municipality's work as a state highway employee and in his relations with the same municipalities as a representative for the consulting firm working on municipal airports" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A to be mindful of the issues raised earlier relating to the need to carefully follow all applicable government procedures and policies, liability concerns, and the avoiding the use of public resources in the performance of private work",
"the Board can easily foresee the potential for a conflict of interest for Engineer A in his relations with municipality's work as a state highway employee and in his relations with the same municipalities as a representative for the consulting firm working on municipal airports",
"the engineer's obligation to serve as faithful agent and trustee that there is a violation of the NSPE Code of Ethics under the facts and circumstances presented here" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 144 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T23:57:16.260484"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 144 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
144
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T23:37:08.213089+00:00
First case
144
Generated
2026-02-28T23:37:08.213089+00:00
Attributed to
Case 144 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T23:57:16.260484
Generated by
ProEthica Case 144 Extraction