Engineer A Conflict of Interest — Simultaneous Opposing-Side Obligations
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/172#Engineer_A_Conflict_of_Interest_—_Simultaneous_Opposing-Side_Obligations
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From Engineer A's acceptance of retention by Attorney X through Board determination
Affected parties
Attorney X
Attorney Z
Defendant
Engineer A
Plaintiff
Confidence
0.96
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's structural conflict arising from having served plaintiff's side and then accepting retention by defendant's side in the same active legal proceeding
Terminated by
Board's ethical determination; Engineer A's disengagement from the cross-side role
Triggering event
Engineer A accepting engagement from Attorney X while holding confidential information and continuing loyalty obligations to Attorney Z's client
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
All of the aforementioned cases represent longheld BER views relating to the question of conflicts of interest and the duty of engineers who gain, or are perceived to have gained, access to knowledge that may be advantageous to one client and disadvantageous to another
Text references
All of the aforementioned cases represent longheld BER views relating to the question of conflicts of interest and the duty of engineers who gain, or are perceived to have gained, access to knowledge that may be advantageous to one client and disadvantageous to another
Section III.4.b. is clear in this regard
the ethical dilemma at hand
TTL
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"Section III.4.b. is clear in this regard",
"the ethical dilemma at hand" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
172
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T18:09:00.386512+00:00
First case
172
Generated
2026-03-01T18:09:00.386512+00:00
Attributed to
Case 172 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T18:28:40.764644
Generated by
ProEthica Case 172 Extraction