Independent Report Pledge Non-Cure Switching Sides Engineer A Dam Failure
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/170#Independent_Report_Pledge_Non-Cure_Switching_Sides_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure
Properties
Instance of
IndependentReportPledgeNon-CureofSame-MatterSwitchingSidesObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#IndependentReportPledgeNon-CureofSame-MatterSwitchingSidesObligation
Case context
The case facts do not indicate whether Engineer A made such a pledge, but the obligation applies as a matter of principle: the structural impossibility of independent analysis after a same-matter switching-sides engagement means that no pledge of independence can serve as an ethical cure.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.85
Importance
medium
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that any pledge to provide a separate and independent forensic analysis for the contractor would not cure the ethical conflict created by the prior government engagement in the same dam failure matter, because Engineer A cannot credibly segregate prior government-side knowledge from any new analysis performed for the contractor.
Temporal scope
At the time of accepting or considering the contractor's retainer
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure.
Text references
Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure.
Later Engineer A is retained by the contractor on this project, who has filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation.
TTL
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case170:Independent_Report_Pledge_Non-Cure_Switching_Sides_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure a proeth:IndependentReportPledgeNon-CureofSame-MatterSwitchingSidesObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Independent Report Pledge Non-Cure Switching Sides Engineer A Dam Failure" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case170:Forensic_Expert_Witness_Objectivity_Structurally_Compromised_Engineer_A_Contractor_Engagement ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case170:Engineer_A_Confidential_Government_Investigation_Information_Held ;
proeth:casecontext "The case facts do not indicate whether Engineer A made such a pledge, but the obligation applies as a matter of principle: the structural impossibility of independent analysis after a same-matter switching-sides engagement means that no pledge of independence can serve as an ethical cure." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case170:Switching_Sides_Prohibition_Invoked_Against_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure_Forensic_Investigation_Engineer ;
proeth:discoveredincase "170" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T21:03:02.751219+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "170" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T21:03:02.751219+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Independent Report Pledge Non-Cure of Same-Matter Switching Sides Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that any pledge to provide a separate and independent forensic analysis for the contractor would not cure the ethical conflict created by the prior government engagement in the same dam failure matter, because Engineer A cannot credibly segregate prior government-side knowledge from any new analysis performed for the contractor." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of accepting or considering the contractor's retainer" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure.",
"Later Engineer A is retained by the contractor on this project, who has filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 170 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T21:17:58.660685"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 170 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
170
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T21:03:02.751219+00:00
First case
170
Generated
2026-03-01T21:03:02.751219+00:00
Attributed to
Case 170 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T21:17:58.660685
Generated by
ProEthica Case 170 Extraction