Insider-Knowledge-Exploiting Departing Government Engineer
Class
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Insider-Knowledge-ExploitingDepartingGovernmentEngineer
Definition
A licensed professional engineering role in which a federal or public agency engineer, while still employed, uses privileged insider knowledge, contacts, and technical work product from their government position to negotiate and secure private contracts for the very project they helped plan, then resigns to execute those contracts — generating obligations against self-dealing, misuse of public trust, unfair competitive advantage, and conflict of interest between public duties and private gain.
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Subclass of
Definition
A licensed professional engineering role in which a federal or public agency engineer, while still employed, uses privileged insider knowledge, contacts, and technical work product from their government position to negotiate and secure private contracts for the very project they helped plan, then resigns to execute those contracts — generating obligations against self-dealing, misuse of public trust, unfair competitive advantage, and conflict of interest between public duties and private gain.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] A licensed professional engineering role held by a government engineer who, while still employed in a public position, begins negotiating or organizing private employment or business arrangements related to projects for which they have insider knowledge, generating obligations to avoid unfair use of privileged contacts, associations, and technical knowledge acquired during public service.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Several engineers in the employ of the U.S. Agency responsible for the basic plans negotiated with at least two engineering firms with the intent of taking part in the design and supervision of the work
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
8cb361b45d8dda26...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
102
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-02T16:04:09.625603+00:00
First Discovered In Case
102
Generated
2026-03-02T16:04:09.625603+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 102 Extraction