BER-Case-82-6
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/172#BER-Case-82-6
Properties
Instance of
Confidence
0.98
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Document title
BER Case 82-6: Engineer Retained by Government Accepting Engagement from Adverse Contractor
Importance
high
Used by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Used in context
Precedent establishing that an engineer retained by the U.S. government to study a dam failure cannot ethically agree to represent the contractor (adverse party) in a claim against the government without former client consent; directly analogous to Engineer A switching from plaintiff to defendant representation
Version
1982
Source Evidence
Source text
in BER Case 82-6, this Board ruled that where an engineer is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure, it would be unethical for the engineer to agree to be retained by the contractor involved in the construction of the dam
Text references
in BER Case 82-6, this Board ruled that where an engineer is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure, it would be unethical for the engineer to agree to be retained by the contractor involved in the construction of the dam
TTL
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
172
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T18:08:08.354357+00:00
First case
172
Generated
2026-03-01T18:08:08.354357+00:00
Attributed to
Case 172 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T18:28:40.762684
Generated by
ProEthica Case 172 Extraction