Firm A Dual-Service Private Developer Prohibition
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/177#Firm_A_Dual-Service_Private_Developer_Prohibition
Properties
Instance of
Dual-RoleCityEngineerPrivateDeveloperServiceConflictProhibitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Dual-RoleCityEngineerPrivateDeveloperServiceConflictProhibitionObligation
Case context
Firm A holds the city's plan review and construction inspection contract for private developer projects while also providing private design and inspection services to those same developers within the city.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Firm A
Obligation statement
Firm A was obligated to refrain from simultaneously providing private design and inspection services to developers whose projects it was inspecting on the city's behalf, as the structural conflict between its city inspection role and its private developer client relationships was irreconcilable.
Temporal scope
Throughout the duration of Firm A's city inspection engagement
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Firm A Dual Role City Engineer and Private Developer Consultant
derivedFromPrinciple
Dual-Role Conflict Invoked by Firm A City Inspection Engagement
Source Evidence
Source text
Firm A also provides design and inspection services for private developers within the city.
Text references
City engages the services of a private consulting engineering firm, Firm A, to provide design review and construction inspection.
Firm A also provides design and inspection services for private developers within the city.
during construction the developer must also pay for inspection services, to be provided by Firm A on the city's behalf
TTL
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case177:Firm_A_Dual-Service_Private_Developer_Prohibition a proeth:Dual-RoleCityEngineerPrivateDeveloperServiceConflictProhibitionObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Firm A Dual-Service Private Developer Prohibition" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case177:Firm_A_Developer_Client_Inspection_Objectivity_Preservation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case177:Firm_A_Dual_Role_City_Engineer_and_Private_Developer_Consultant ;
proeth:casecontext "Firm A holds the city's plan review and construction inspection contract for private developer projects while also providing private design and inspection services to those same developers within the city." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case177:Dual-Role_Conflict_Invoked_by_Firm_A_City_Inspection_Engagement ;
proeth:discoveredincase "177" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T09:14:40.908177+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "177" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T09:14:40.908177+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Firm A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Dual-Role City Engineer Private Developer Service Conflict Prohibition Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Firm A was obligated to refrain from simultaneously providing private design and inspection services to developers whose projects it was inspecting on the city's behalf, as the structural conflict between its city inspection role and its private developer client relationships was irreconcilable." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Firm A also provides design and inspection services for private developers within the city." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the duration of Firm A's city inspection engagement" ;
proeth:textreferences "City engages the services of a private consulting engineering firm, Firm A, to provide design review and construction inspection.",
"Firm A also provides design and inspection services for private developers within the city.",
"during construction the developer must also pay for inspection services, to be provided by Firm A on the city's behalf" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 177 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T09:35:05.773628"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 177 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
177
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T09:14:40.908177+00:00
First case
177
Generated
2026-03-01T09:14:40.908177+00:00
Attributed to
Case 177 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T09:35:05.773628
Generated by
ProEthica Case 177 Extraction