Firm A Dual-Role City Engineer Private Developer Service Conflict BER 94-5

@prefix case96: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/96#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case96:Firm_A_Dual-Role_City_Engineer_Private_Developer_Service_Conflict_BER_94-5 a proeth:Dual-RoleCityEngineerPrivateDeveloperServiceConflictProhibitionObligation, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Firm A Dual-Role City Engineer Private Developer Service Conflict BER 94-5" ; proeth-core:competesWith case96:Firm_A_Public_Agency_Role_Marketing_Exploitation_BER_94-5 ; proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case96:Dual_Role_City_Engineer_and_Private_Developer_Consultant_-_Firm_A ; proeth:casecontext "Firm A was engaged by the city to provide design review and construction inspection for private developers under local ordinance, while simultaneously providing design and inspection services for those same private developers in a private capacity, and using its city engineer role as a marketing tool." ; proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ; proeth:confidence "0.91" ; proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case96:Dual-Role_Conflict_of_Interest_Invoked_in_BER_Case_94-5 ; proeth:discoveredincase "96" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T21:53:35.223708+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "96" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T21:53:35.223708+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:obligatedparty "Firm A (private consulting engineering firm)" ; proeth:obligationclass "Dual-Role City Engineer Private Developer Service Conflict Prohibition Obligation" ; proeth:obligationstatement "Firm A was obligated to refrain from simultaneously providing design and inspection services for private developers within the city while serving as the city's plan reviewer and inspection authority for those same developers, as the firm could not adequately represent the separate and sometimes differing interests of both the city and the private developers." ; proeth:sourcetext "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." ; proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the period of dual engagement as city engineer and private developer consultant" ; proeth:textreferences "Firm A, a private consulting engineering firm regularly prepared drawings for developers and at the same time reviews those drawings at developer expense for the benefit of the city, while performing inspection services at developer expense for the benefit of the city.", "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.", "The BER could not see how Firm A could adequately represent the separate and sometimes differing interests of its clients under the facts presented." ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 96 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T22:02:18.319013"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 96 Extraction" .