Post-Decision Self-Interest Recusal Obligation Invoked Against Engineer K Post-Decision Advocacy
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/4#Post-Decision_Self-Interest_Recusal_Obligation_Invoked_Against_Engineer_K_Post-Decision_Advocacy
Properties
Instance of
Post-DecisionSelf-InterestRecusalObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-DecisionSelf-InterestRecusalObligation
Applied to
Contract award process
Implementation phase
Post-City-Council-decision conduct
Balancing with
Environmental Justice as Engineering Design Obligation
Sustainable Development Advocacy Obligation
Concrete expression
After the City makes its design decision, Engineer K must refrain from actions motivated by personal preference for the sustainable approach, including any effort to influence the contract award by a public authority, which would violate NSPE Code section II.5.b
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Interpretation
The post-decision recusal obligation marks the transition point where Engineer K's role shifts from trustee-advisor (exercising professional judgment) to faithful agent (implementing client's decision) — self-interested advocacy for the rejected approach after this transition point constitutes an ethical violation
Invoked by
Engineer K Flood Control Design Engineer
Tension resolution
BER resolves by establishing a clear temporal boundary: sustainable advocacy is appropriate and obligatory during the design and presentation phase, but becomes improper self-interest after the City's decision
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer K should respect that accountability and not be motivated by self-interest in a sustainable solution if the City decides against it.
Text references
Engineer K should respect that accountability and not be motivated by self-interest in a sustainable solution if the City decides against it.
Once the decision is made, Engineer K should act as a faithful agent and follow the decision made by City officials.
These officials serve at the will of the people and are ultimately accountable to the people for their decisions.
an effort to influence the award of a contract by a public authority would be a violation of Code section II.5.b.
TTL
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"Implementation phase",
"Post-City-Council-decision conduct" ;
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"Sustainable Development Advocacy Obligation" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "After the City makes its design decision, Engineer K must refrain from actions motivated by personal preference for the sustainable approach, including any effort to influence the contract award by a public authority, which would violate NSPE Code section II.5.b" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The post-decision recusal obligation marks the transition point where Engineer K's role shifts from trustee-advisor (exercising professional judgment) to faithful agent (implementing client's decision) — self-interested advocacy for the rejected approach after this transition point constitutes an ethical violation" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer K Flood Control Design Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Post-Decision Self-Interest Recusal Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer K should respect that accountability and not be motivated by self-interest in a sustainable solution if the City decides against it." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "BER resolves by establishing a clear temporal boundary: sustainable advocacy is appropriate and obligatory during the design and presentation phase, but becomes improper self-interest after the City's decision" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer K should respect that accountability and not be motivated by self-interest in a sustainable solution if the City decides against it.",
"Once the decision is made, Engineer K should act as a faithful agent and follow the decision made by City officials.",
"These officials serve at the will of the people and are ultimately accountable to the people for their decisions.",
"an effort to influence the award of a contract by a public authority would be a violation of Code section II.5.b." ;
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
4
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-26T16:40:24.911847+00:00
First case
4
Generated
2026-02-26T16:40:24.911847+00:00
Attributed to
Case 4 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T17:17:00.274973
Generated by
ProEthica Case 4 Extraction