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
licenseProfessional Engineer
primary_employerState highway/DOT agency
secondary_rolePart-time airport design consultant for private engineering firm
conflict_domainHighway-airport infrastructure interconnection
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Relationships
typeemployed_by
targetState DOT / Highway Agency
typeserves
targetMunicipal Airport Improvement Grant Recipient
typesolicited_by
targetFormer Employer Soliciting Part-Time Airport Consultant
Role category
employer_relationship
Relationships
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
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:27
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