Dual Public-Private Employment Conflict State
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cdbe4888
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DualPublic-PrivateEmploymentConflictState
Definition
State in which a licensed professional engineer simultaneously holds employment or an official role with a governmental or public body and a private consulting or employment role in a substantively related domain, such that decisions, recommendations, or representations made in one role could compromise the integrity, objectivity, or faithful agency obligations of the other role — creating an ongoing structural conflict of interest that persists regardless of whether the engineer subjectively intends to act impartially.
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Definition
State in which a licensed professional engineer simultaneously holds employment or an official role with a governmental or public body and a private consulting or employment role in a substantively related domain, such that decisions, recommendations, or representations made in one role could compromise the integrity, objectivity, or faithful agency obligations of the other role — creating an ongoing structural conflict of interest that persists regardless of whether the engineer subjectively intends to act impartially.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] State in which a professional engineer simultaneously holds an advisory or oversight role for a public client (e.g., part-time municipal engineer) and is also positioned to be retained by that same client for design or technical services, creating a structural tension between the advisory duty to act in the client's best interest and the self-interest in securing design work.
Source Evidence
Source Text
John Doe, a professional engineer, was a county engineer and a member of the county planning board. He also engaged in part-time consulting practice.
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
cdbe488868c8ac8c...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
129
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-27T19:35:01.322580+00:00
First Discovered In Case
129
Generated
2026-02-27T19:35:01.322580+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 129 Extraction