Termination Non-Cure Adversarial Conflict Engineer A Dam Failure
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/170#Termination_Non-Cure_Adversarial_Conflict_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure
Properties
Instance of
TerminationNon-CureofSame-MatterAdversarialConflictObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#TerminationNon-CureofSame-MatterAdversarialConflictObligation
Case context
The case facts imply that Engineer A's government engagement concluded before the contractor retainer was accepted ('Later Engineer A is retained by the contractor'). The obligation requires Engineer A to recognize that this temporal gap does not extinguish the conflict.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the conclusion or termination of the government engagement did not cure the ethical conflict created by accepting the contractor's retainer in the same dam failure matter, because Engineer A's prior access to the government's confidential forensic findings cannot be erased from professional judgment regardless of the formal end of the prior engagement.
Temporal scope
At the time of accepting the contractor's retainer and throughout the contractor engagement
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:Termination_Non-Cure_Adversarial_Conflict_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure a proeth:TerminationNon-CureofSame-MatterAdversarialConflictObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Termination Non-Cure Adversarial Conflict Engineer A Dam Failure" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case170:Former_Client_Adversarial_Consent_Prerequisite_Engineer_A_U.S._Government_Dam_Failure,
case170:Proceeding_Duration_Loyalty_Persistence_Engineer_A_U.S._Government_Dam_Failure ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case170:Sequential_Opposing-Party_Retention_in_Same_Dam_Failure_Investigative_Matter ;
proeth:casecontext "The case facts imply that Engineer A's government engagement concluded before the contractor retainer was accepted ('Later Engineer A is retained by the contractor'). The obligation requires Engineer A to recognize that this temporal gap does not extinguish the conflict." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case170:Loyalty_Principle_Invoked_for_Former_Client_Government_Protection ;
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 "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Termination Non-Cure of Same-Matter Adversarial Conflict Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the conclusion or termination of the government engagement did not cure the ethical conflict created by accepting the contractor's retainer in the same dam failure matter, because Engineer A's prior access to the government's confidential forensic findings cannot be erased from professional judgment regardless of the formal end of the prior engagement." ;
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 the contractor's retainer and throughout the contractor engagement" ;
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 "2026-03-01T21:17:58.659977"^^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
2026-03-01T21:17:58.659977
Generated by
ProEthica Case 170 Extraction