Dual Role Advisory and Design State

Class 47e22f47
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DualRoleAdvisoryandDesignState
Definition

State in which a professional engineer simultaneously holds an advisory or oversight role for a public client (e.g., part-time municipal engineer) and is also positioned to be retained by that same client for design or technical services, creating a structural tension between the advisory duty to act in the client's best interest and the self-interest in securing design work.

Properties
Subclass of
State
http://proethica.org/ontology/core#State
Definition
State in which a professional engineer simultaneously holds an advisory or oversight role for a public client (e.g., part-time municipal engineer) and is also positioned to be retained by that same client for design or technical services, creating a structural tension between the advisory duty to act in the client's best interest and the self-interest in securing design work.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer B was engaged in full-time private practice and treated his part-time service to the community as a public service. In addition to general advisory services to the city, Engineer B was selected by the city council for the preparation of plans and specifications for a city project
TTL
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proethica_intermediate_extended: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate-extended> . <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DualRoleAdvisoryandDesignState> a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Dual Role Advisory and Design State" ; rdfs:comment "State in which a professional engineer simultaneously holds an advisory or oversight role for a public client (e.g., part-time municipal engineer) and is also positioned to be retained by that same client for design or technical services, creating a structural tension between the advisory duty to act in the client's best interest and the self-interest in securing design work." ; rdfs:subClassOf <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#State> .
Metadata
Type
Class
Content Hash
47e22f47e7c77c4f...
Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
10
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-24T20:29:00.918801+00:00
First Discovered In Case
10
Generated
2026-02-24T20:29:00.918801+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 10 Extraction