NSPE-BER-Case-74-2
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Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/164#NSPE-BER-Case-74-2
Properties
Instance of
Confidence
0.98
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Document title
NSPE Board of Ethical Review Case No. 74-2
Importance
high
Used by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review in analogical reasoning for the present case
Used in context
Establishes that it is ethical for an engineer to serve as municipal engineer while their consulting firm also provides engineering services for capital improvement projects to the same municipality, particularly for smaller communities that cannot afford full-time municipal engineers
Version
1974
Source Evidence
Source text
Later, in BER Case No. 74-2, the Board considered a case involving a state law that required that every municipality have a municipal engineer whose duties and compensation are to be fixed by a municipal ordinance.
Text references
In deciding that it is ethical for the engineer to serve as a municipal engineer and participate in a consulting firm providing engineering services to the same municipality under the stated conditions, the Board determined that the public interest is best served by providing to the small municipalities the most competent engineering services which they can acquire.
Later, in BER Case No. 74-2, the Board considered a case involving a state law that required that every municipality have a municipal engineer whose duties and compensation are to be fixed by a municipal ordinance.
Turning to the facts, the Board believes many of the same considerations present in BER Case Nos. 63-5 and 74-2 are applicable to the present case.
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
164
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T03:11:21.262822+00:00
First case
164
Generated
2026-03-01T03:11:21.262822+00:00
Attributed to
Case 164 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T03:45:22.754482
Generated by
ProEthica Case 164 Extraction