Same-Domain Government-Private Dual Role Non-Engagement Engineer A DOE Coal Bed Methane Consulting
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/145#Same-Domain_Government-Private_Dual_Role_Non-Engagement_Engineer_A_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Consulting
Properties
Instance of
Same-DomainGovernment-PrivateDualRoleConflictNon-EngagementObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Same-DomainGovernment-PrivateDualRoleConflictNon-EngagementObligation
Case context
Engineer A simultaneously held a U.S. DOE position in the coal bed methane arena and operated a private consulting practice primarily for coal bed methane companies, then testified at a regulatory hearing on coal bed methane discharge permits while being compensated by a coal bed methane company.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from simultaneously holding a position with the U.S. DOE in the coal bed methane arena and operating a private consulting practice primarily serving coal bed methane companies, as the identity of domains created an irreconcilable structural conflict of interest compromising objectivity in both roles.
Temporal scope
During the period of simultaneous DOE employment and private coal bed methane consulting
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A then stated that he is employed by the U.S. Department of Energy, working in the coal bed methane arena.
Text references
Although Engineer A also provides consulting services, primarily for coal bed methane companies
Engineer A then stated that he is employed by the U.S. Department of Energy, working in the coal bed methane arena.
Engineer A was retained to testify by a coal bed methane company.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Same-Domain Government-Private Dual Role Non-Engagement Engineer A DOE Coal Bed Methane Consulting" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case145:Engineer_A_Extreme_Same-Domain_Conflict_Heightened_Scrutiny_Recognition_Failure ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case145:Present_Case_Engineer_A_DOE_Coal_Bed_Methane_Same-Domain_Conflict ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case145:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Breach_DOE_Private_Consulting ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A simultaneously held a U.S. DOE position in the coal bed methane arena and operated a private consulting practice primarily for coal bed methane companies, then testified at a regulatory hearing on coal bed methane discharge permits while being compensated by a coal bed methane company." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case145:Dual-Role_Conflict_of_Interest_Prohibition_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_DOE-Consulting_Overlap,
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Same-Domain Government-Private Dual Role Conflict Non-Engagement Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from simultaneously holding a position with the U.S. DOE in the coal bed methane arena and operating a private consulting practice primarily serving coal bed methane companies, as the identity of domains created an irreconcilable structural conflict of interest compromising objectivity in both roles." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A then stated that he is employed by the U.S. Department of Energy, working in the coal bed methane arena." ;
proeth:temporalscope "During the period of simultaneous DOE employment and private coal bed methane consulting" ;
proeth:textreferences "Although Engineer A also provides consulting services, primarily for coal bed methane companies",
"Engineer A then stated that he is employed by the U.S. Department of Energy, working in the coal bed methane arena.",
"Engineer A was retained to testify by a coal bed methane company." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
145
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T18:16:18.109053+00:00
First case
145
Generated
2026-02-28T18:16:18.109053+00:00
Attributed to
Case 145 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T18:32:03.187180
Generated by
ProEthica Case 145 Extraction