US-Agency-Engineers-Post-Public-Employment-Confidential-Information-Non-Use
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/102#US-Agency-Engineers-Post-Public-Employment-Confidential-Information-Non-Use
Properties
Instance of
Post-Public-EmploymentConfidentialInformationNon-UseObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-Public-EmploymentConfidentialInformationNon-UseObligation
Case context
The engineers used their intimate knowledge of the publicly-prepared basic plans and their personal relationships with the foreign government agency's representatives — all gained in their public capacity — as the competitive foundation for their private joint venture.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
U.S. Agency Engineers Group
Obligation statement
The U.S. Agency engineers were obligated to refrain from using or exploiting confidential technical information, project parameters, and insider knowledge gained during their public agency employment — including knowledge of the basic plans and personal acquaintance with the project owner's representatives — in their subsequent private engagement on the same hydroelectric project.
Temporal scope
From departure from U.S. Agency employment onward
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
The basic plans for the project were prepared by an agency of the Federal Government of the United States, and the project report was made by an agency of the foreign government, with the assistance of a team from the U.S. Agency
Text references
Several engineers in the employ of the U.S. Agency responsible for the basic plans negotiated with at least two engineering firms
The basic plans for the project were prepared by an agency of the Federal Government of the United States, and the project report was made by an agency of the foreign government, with the assistance of a team from the U.S. Agency
TTL
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case102:US-Agency-Engineers-Post-Public-Employment-Confidential-Information-Non-Use a proeth:Post-Public-EmploymentConfidentialInformationNon-UseObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "US-Agency-Engineers-Post-Public-Employment-Confidential-Information-Non-Use" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case102:Project_Insider_Knowledge_Competitive_Advantage_Active,
case102:US_Agency_Engineers_Insider_Knowledge_Advantage ;
proeth:casecontext "The engineers used their intimate knowledge of the publicly-prepared basic plans and their personal relationships with the foreign government agency's representatives — all gained in their public capacity — as the competitive foundation for their private joint venture." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case102:Public_Agency_Work_Product_Non-Exploitation_Principle_Violated_by_U.S._Agency_Engineers ;
proeth:discoveredincase "102" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "102" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "U.S. Agency Engineers Group" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Post-Public-Employment Confidential Information Non-Use Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The U.S. Agency engineers were obligated to refrain from using or exploiting confidential technical information, project parameters, and insider knowledge gained during their public agency employment — including knowledge of the basic plans and personal acquaintance with the project owner's representatives — in their subsequent private engagement on the same hydroelectric project." ;
proeth:sourcetext "The basic plans for the project were prepared by an agency of the Federal Government of the United States, and the project report was made by an agency of the foreign government, with the assistance of a team from the U.S. Agency" ;
proeth:temporalscope "From departure from U.S. Agency employment onward" ;
proeth:textreferences "Several engineers in the employ of the U.S. Agency responsible for the basic plans negotiated with at least two engineering firms",
"The basic plans for the project were prepared by an agency of the Federal Government of the United States, and the project report was made by an agency of the foreign government, with the assistance of a team from the U.S. Agency" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 102 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T16:27:05.300858"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 102 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
102
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00
First case
102
Generated
2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00
Attributed to
Case 102 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T16:27:05.300858
Generated by
ProEthica Case 102 Extraction