DP4
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/164#DP4
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP4
Decision question
Should WXY Engineers accept the city engineer role for City H while retaining its three active design contracts, or decline the appointment to preserve structural independence from self-oversight?
Focus
Engineer A / WXY Engineers Dual-Role Acceptance Decision: Whether WXY Engineers should accept appointment as city engineer for City H while simultaneously holding three active design contracts with the city, given the structural self-oversight conflict and the small-municipality public interest justification.
Option1
Accept the city engineer appointment while proactively disclosing all three active design contracts to City H officials before any formal appointment discussion, and commit to ongoing disclosure of all known and potential conflicts as the arrangement evolves, relying on the small-municipality public interest justification and the no-private-work mitigation factor as established in BER 74-2.
Option2
Decline the city engineer appointment on the grounds that holding three active design contracts with City H creates a structural self-oversight conflict that disclosure alone cannot cure, and instead recommend that City H seek an independent full-time city engineer or a firm without existing city contracts, thereby fully satisfying the non-self-serving advisory obligation.
Option3
Accept the city engineer appointment conditioned on a formal recusal protocol under which WXY refrains from any advisory recommendation that could directly trigger a new design contract opportunity for WXY, with an independent party or city council committee making those determinations on City H's behalf, thereby preserving the public interest benefit while providing structural safeguards beyond disclosure alone.
Role
Engineer A (WXY Engineers)
TTL
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proeth:decisionQuestion "Should WXY Engineers accept the city engineer role for City H while retaining its three active design contracts, or decline the appointment to preserve structural independence from self-oversight?" ;
proeth:focus "Engineer A / WXY Engineers Dual-Role Acceptance Decision: Whether WXY Engineers should accept appointment as city engineer for City H while simultaneously holding three active design contracts with the city, given the structural self-oversight conflict and the small-municipality public interest justification." ;
proeth:option1 "Accept the city engineer appointment while proactively disclosing all three active design contracts to City H officials before any formal appointment discussion, and commit to ongoing disclosure of all known and potential conflicts as the arrangement evolves, relying on the small-municipality public interest justification and the no-private-work mitigation factor as established in BER 74-2." ;
proeth:option2 "Decline the city engineer appointment on the grounds that holding three active design contracts with City H creates a structural self-oversight conflict that disclosure alone cannot cure, and instead recommend that City H seek an independent full-time city engineer or a firm without existing city contracts, thereby fully satisfying the non-self-serving advisory obligation." ;
proeth:option3 "Accept the city engineer appointment conditioned on a formal recusal protocol under which WXY refrains from any advisory recommendation that could directly trigger a new design contract opportunity for WXY, with an independent party or city council committee making those determinations on City H's behalf, thereby preserving the public interest benefit while providing structural safeguards beyond disclosure alone." ;
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ProEthica Case 164 Extraction