Present Case Engineer A DOE Coal Bed Methane Same-Domain Conflict
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/145#Present_Case_Engineer_A_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Same-Domain_Conflict
Properties
Instance of
Same-DomainGovernment-PrivateDualEmploymentConflictState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Same-DomainGovernment-PrivateDualEmploymentConflictState
Active period
From the time Engineer A began performing private consulting in coal bed methane while employed in the DOE coal bed methane division, through the regulatory hearing
Affected parties
Engineer A
Private coal bed methane company client
Public
Regulatory body
U.S. Department of Energy
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's simultaneous role as U.S. DOE coal bed methane division employee and private consultant in coal bed methane for private clients
Terminated by
Not resolved within the case facts; ethics finding issued
Triggering event
Engineer A accepted private consulting work in coal bed methane while employed in the U.S. DOE coal bed methane division
Urgency level
high
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
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
To do so would be to breach the basic trust as an honest and faithful agent for his employer
TTL
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
145
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T18:12:21.352655+00:00
First case
145
Generated
2026-02-28T18:12:21.352655+00:00
Attributed to
Case 145 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T18:32:03.184601
Generated by
ProEthica Case 145 Extraction