Engineer A Faithful Agent Breach DOE Private Consulting
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/145#Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Breach_DOE_Private_Consulting
Properties
Instance of
Case context
Engineer A simultaneously held a position with the U.S. DOE in the coal bed methane arena and operated a private consulting practice serving coal bed methane companies whose interests were directly affected by the regulatory proceedings in which Engineer A participated.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.94
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to act as a faithful agent and trustee for his employer, the U.S. DOE, by refraining from private consulting activities in the same coal bed methane domain that directly conflicted with his governmental employer's interests and responsibilities.
Temporal scope
Throughout the period of simultaneous DOE employment and private consulting engagement
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Same-Doma in DOE Coal Bed Methane Private Consulting Non-Engagement Violation
derivedFromPrinciple
Faithful Agent Breach — Engineer A DOE Private Consulting
Source Evidence
Source text
To do so would be to breach the basic trust as an honest and faithful agent for his employer.
Text references
Engineer A had a clear conflict of interest that would make it virtually impossible for him to work as a part-time consultant in this same area for private clients.
To do so would be to breach the basic trust as an honest and faithful agent for his employer.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Faithful Agent Breach DOE Private Consulting" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case145:Engineer_A_Same-Domain_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Private_Consulting_Non-Engagement_Violation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case145:Present_Case_Engineer_A_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Same-Domain_Conflict ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A simultaneously held a position with the U.S. DOE in the coal bed methane arena and operated a private consulting practice serving coal bed methane companies whose interests were directly affected by the regulatory proceedings in which Engineer A participated." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.94" ;
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proeth:discoveredincase "145" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T18:23:11.416072+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "145" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T18:23:11.416072+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Faithful Agent Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to act as a faithful agent and trustee for his employer, the U.S. DOE, by refraining from private consulting activities in the same coal bed methane domain that directly conflicted with his governmental employer's interests and responsibilities." ;
proeth:sourcetext "To do so would be to breach the basic trust as an honest and faithful agent for his employer." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the period of simultaneous DOE employment and private consulting engagement" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A had a clear conflict of interest that would make it virtually impossible for him to work as a part-time consultant in this same area for private clients.",
"To do so would be to breach the basic trust as an honest and faithful agent for his employer." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 145 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T18:32:03.194417"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 145 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
145
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T18:23:11.416072+00:00
First case
145
Generated
2026-02-28T18:23:11.416072+00:00
Attributed to
Case 145 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T18:32:03.194417
Generated by
ProEthica Case 145 Extraction