Self-Reviewing Dual-Authority County Engineer Consulting Designer
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Self-ReviewingDual-AuthorityCountyEngineerConsultingDesigner
Definition
A licensed professional engineering role in which a county engineer simultaneously serves as a private consulting engineer who prepares subdivision plans, then exercises governmental authority both by recommending approval of those self-prepared plans in the county engineer capacity and by voting to approve them as a planning board member — bearing obligations to avoid self-review, disclose conflicts of interest, recuse from all governmental decisions touching the engineer's own private work product, and refrain from exploiting public authority to advance private consulting interests.
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Definition
A licensed professional engineering role in which a county engineer simultaneously serves as a private consulting engineer who prepares subdivision plans, then exercises governmental authority both by recommending approval of those self-prepared plans in the county engineer capacity and by voting to approve them as a planning board member — bearing obligations to avoid self-review, disclose conflicts of interest, recuse from all governmental decisions touching the engineer's own private work product, and refrain from exploiting public authority to advance private consulting interests.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] A licensed professional engineering role in which a county engineer simultaneously serves as a voting member of the county planning board, bearing obligations to avoid voting on or recommending approval of plans that the engineer prepared in a private consulting capacity, and more broadly to avoid any situation in which governmental decision-making authority is exercised over the engineer's own private work product.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Doe prepared the plans for a subdivision development in his capacity as a consulting engineer
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
5c7ebd0e91e9acfa...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
143
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-02T13:33:39.889823+00:00
First Discovered In Case
143
Generated
2026-03-02T13:33:39.889823+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 143 Extraction