John Doe County Engineer Faithful Agent Breach Self-Approval
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/145#John_Doe_County_Engineer_Faithful_Agent_Breach_Self-Approval
Properties
Instance of
Case context
John Doe exploited his dual roles as county engineer and planning board member to recommend and approve his own privately-prepared subdivision plans, breaching the faithful agent duty owed to the county as his governmental employer.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
John Doe
Obligation statement
John Doe was obligated to act as a faithful agent and trustee for the county by refraining from using his governmental positions to approve plans he had personally prepared in his private consulting capacity.
Temporal scope
At the time of recommending and voting to approve the subdivision plans
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
BER 67-1 Doe County Engineer Self-Approval Conflict
derivedFromPrinciple
Self-Review Prohibition — John Doe County Engineer Planning Board
Source Evidence
Source text
In his capacity as an engineer in private practice, Doe had prepared plans for approval by a governmental body on which he served as a member.
Text references
In his capacity as an engineer in private practice, Doe had prepared plans for approval by a governmental body on which he served as a member.
Said the Board, '(Doe) would be in violation of NSPE Code even if he had not been a member of the county planning board by virtue of his employment as the county engineer and the responsibility of the county engineer to submit the plans to the county planning board with recommendation.'
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "John Doe County Engineer Faithful Agent Breach Self-Approval" ;
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proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case145:BER_67-1_Doe_County_Engineer_Self-Approval_Conflict ;
proeth:casecontext "John Doe exploited his dual roles as county engineer and planning board member to recommend and approve his own privately-prepared subdivision plans, breaching the faithful agent duty owed to the county as his governmental employer." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
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proeth:discoveredincase "145" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T18:23:11.416072+00:00" ;
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proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T18:23:11.416072+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "John Doe" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Faithful Agent Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "John Doe was obligated to act as a faithful agent and trustee for the county by refraining from using his governmental positions to approve plans he had personally prepared in his private consulting capacity." ;
proeth:sourcetext "In his capacity as an engineer in private practice, Doe had prepared plans for approval by a governmental body on which he served as a member." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of recommending and voting to approve the subdivision plans" ;
proeth:textreferences "In his capacity as an engineer in private practice, Doe had prepared plans for approval by a governmental body on which he served as a member.",
"Said the Board, '(Doe) would be in violation of NSPE Code even if he had not been a member of the county planning board by virtue of his employment as the county engineer and the responsibility of the county engineer to submit the plans to the county planning board with recommendation.'" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 145 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T18:32:03.195383"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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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
2026-02-28T18:32:03.195383
Generated by
ProEthica Case 145 Extraction