DP3
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/164#DP3
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP3
Decision question
Should Engineer A recuse himself and WXY from advising City H on whether to hire a consulting city engineer versus a full-time city engineer, or may Engineer A provide that advisory input after disclosing WXY's direct financial interest in the consulting-firm outcome?
Focus
Engineer A must decide whether to advise City H on the threshold structural question of whether to hire a consulting firm as city engineer versus a full-time city engineer, given that WXY Engineers is itself a candidate for the consulting role and stands to benefit financially from the consulting-firm outcome. This decision point addresses the non-self-serving advisory obligation and the self-interest advisory non-distortion duty, determining whether Engineer A must recuse from advising on the structural question or may advise with disclosure.
Option1
Engineer A declines to offer any advisory recommendation to City H on whether to hire a consulting city engineer versus a full-time city engineer, discloses WXY's direct financial interest in the consulting-firm outcome, and allows City H officials to reach that threshold decision independently before any discussion of WXY's potential appointment begins.
Option2
Engineer A discloses WXY's direct financial interest in the consulting-firm outcome to City H officials before offering any advisory input, then provides his professional assessment of the consulting-firm model's merits for City H — on the grounds that full disclosure satisfies II.4.a and that Engineer A's unique familiarity with City H's engineering needs makes his perspective genuinely valuable to the city's decision.
Option3
Engineer A discloses WXY's financial interest and limits his advisory input to factual information about how consulting city engineer arrangements have functioned in comparable small municipalities — drawing on BER precedent and industry practice — without offering a recommendation on which model City H should choose, leaving the normative judgment entirely to City H officials.
Role
Engineer
TTL
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case164:DP3 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP3" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP3" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "Should Engineer A recuse himself and WXY from advising City H on whether to hire a consulting city engineer versus a full-time city engineer, or may Engineer A provide that advisory input after disclosing WXY's direct financial interest in the consulting-firm outcome?" ;
proeth:focus "Engineer A must decide whether to advise City H on the threshold structural question of whether to hire a consulting firm as city engineer versus a full-time city engineer, given that WXY Engineers is itself a candidate for the consulting role and stands to benefit financially from the consulting-firm outcome. This decision point addresses the non-self-serving advisory obligation and the self-interest advisory non-distortion duty, determining whether Engineer A must recuse from advising on the structural question or may advise with disclosure." ;
proeth:option1 "Engineer A declines to offer any advisory recommendation to City H on whether to hire a consulting city engineer versus a full-time city engineer, discloses WXY's direct financial interest in the consulting-firm outcome, and allows City H officials to reach that threshold decision independently before any discussion of WXY's potential appointment begins." ;
proeth:option2 "Engineer A discloses WXY's direct financial interest in the consulting-firm outcome to City H officials before offering any advisory input, then provides his professional assessment of the consulting-firm model's merits for City H — on the grounds that full disclosure satisfies II.4.a and that Engineer A's unique familiarity with City H's engineering needs makes his perspective genuinely valuable to the city's decision." ;
proeth:option3 "Engineer A discloses WXY's financial interest and limits his advisory input to factual information about how consulting city engineer arrangements have functioned in comparable small municipalities — drawing on BER precedent and industry practice — without offering a recommendation on which model City H should choose, leaving the normative judgment entirely to City H officials." ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T03:59:13.032287"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 164 Extraction" .
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