Engineer A Same-Domain DOE Coal Bed Methane Private Consulting Non-Engagement Violation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/145#Engineer_A_Same-Domain_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Private_Consulting_Non-Engagement_Violation
Properties
Instance of
Same-DomainFederalGovernmentPrivateConsultingNon-EngagementObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Same-DomainFederalGovernmentPrivateConsultingNon-EngagementObligation
Case context
Engineer A held a position in the coal bed methane division of the U.S. DOE while simultaneously operating a private consulting practice primarily serving coal bed methane companies, testifying at a State Y Environmental Quality Council hearing on coal bed methane discharge permits with attendance paid for by a private coal bed methane company.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A, as an employee of the U.S. DOE working in the coal bed methane division, was obligated to refrain from simultaneously performing private consulting services for coal bed methane companies in the same domain.
Temporal scope
Throughout the period of simultaneous DOE employment and private consulting engagement
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
As an employee of the U.S. Department of Energy, working in the coal bed methane division of the U.S. DOE, 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—which the facts suggest Engineer A in fact did.
Text references
As an employee of the U.S. Department of Energy, working in the coal bed methane division of the U.S. DOE, 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—which the facts suggest Engineer A in fact did.
To do so would be to breach the basic trust as an honest and faithful agent for his employer.
TTL
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proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
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proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A, as an employee of the U.S. DOE working in the coal bed methane division, was obligated to refrain from simultaneously performing private consulting services for coal bed methane companies in the same domain." ;
proeth:sourcetext "As an employee of the U.S. Department of Energy, working in the coal bed methane division of the U.S. DOE, 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—which the facts suggest Engineer A in fact did." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the period of simultaneous DOE employment and private consulting engagement" ;
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"To do so would be to breach the basic trust as an honest and faithful agent for his employer." ;
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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
2026-02-28T18:32:03.193286
Generated by
ProEthica Case 145 Extraction