BER Case 94-5
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/96#BER_Case_94-5
Properties
Instance of
Confidence
0.97
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Document title
NSPE Board of Ethical Review Case 94-5
Importance
high
Used by
BER in current case analysis to ground reasoning about conflict of interest in dual-role engineering service contexts
Used in context
Cited as precedent establishing that an engineer serving simultaneously as a city's reviewing engineer and as a private design/inspection provider for developers within that same city creates an impermissible conflict of interest, as the engineer cannot adequately represent the separate and sometimes differing interests of multiple clients
Source Evidence
Source text
In BER Case 94-5, a city engaged the services of a private consulting engineering firm, Firm A, to provide design review and construction inspection.
Text references
In BER Case 94-5, a city engaged the services of a private consulting engineering firm, Firm A, to provide design review and construction inspection.
In determining that it was unethical for Engineer A to serve as city engineer and provide review and inspection services for private developers within the city, the BER noted that it could not see how an engineer can wear multiple hats and ethically serve multiple interests while representing the best interest of his clients.
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
96
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T21:44:14.315827+00:00
First case
96
Generated
2026-02-27T21:44:14.315827+00:00
Attributed to
Case 96 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T22:02:18.111782
Generated by
ProEthica Case 96 Extraction