US-Agency-Engineers-Specialized-Knowledge-Disclosure-Before-Competitive-Use
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/102#US-Agency-Engineers-Specialized-Knowledge-Disclosure-Before-Competitive-Use
Properties
Instance of
SpecializedKnowledgeEmployerDisclosureBeforeCompetitiveUseObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SpecializedKnowledgeEmployerDisclosureBeforeCompetitiveUseObligation
Case context
The engineers gained specialized knowledge of the hydroelectric project's technical parameters, design basis, and owner relationships through their public agency work; they used this knowledge competitively without disclosing their private negotiations to their employer.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
U.S. Agency Engineers Group
Obligation statement
The U.S. Agency engineers were obligated to make full disclosure to their U.S. Agency employer before using or leveraging their particular and specialized knowledge of the hydroelectric project — gained by preparing the basic plans in their public capacity — in competitive solicitation of the foreign government client.
Temporal scope
Prior to initiating or concluding private negotiations with consulting firms or the foreign government
Relationships
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
Text references
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
The basic plans for the project were prepared by an agency of the Federal Government of the United States
TTL
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case102:US-Agency-Engineers-Specialized-Knowledge-Disclosure-Before-Competitive-Use a proeth:SpecializedKnowledgeEmployerDisclosureBeforeCompetitiveUseObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "US-Agency-Engineers-Specialized-Knowledge-Disclosure-Before-Competitive-Use" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case102:Prior_Specialized_Knowledge_Bar_on_Same_Project_Execution,
case102:US_Agency_Engineers_Active_Private_Negotiation_While_Employed ;
proeth:casecontext "The engineers gained specialized knowledge of the hydroelectric project's technical parameters, design basis, and owner relationships through their public agency work; they used this knowledge competitively without disclosing their private negotiations to their employer." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case102:Current-Employment_Specialized_Knowledge_Disclosure_Obligation_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 "Specialized Knowledge Employer Disclosure Before Competitive Use Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The U.S. Agency engineers were obligated to make full disclosure to their U.S. Agency employer before using or leveraging their particular and specialized knowledge of the hydroelectric project — gained by preparing the basic plans in their public capacity — in competitive solicitation of the foreign government client." ;
proeth:sourcetext "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" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Prior to initiating or concluding private negotiations with consulting firms or the foreign government" ;
proeth:textreferences "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",
"The basic plans for the project were prepared by an agency of the Federal Government of the United States" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 102 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T16:27:05.300322"^^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
2026-03-02T16:27:05.300322
Generated by
ProEthica Case 102 Extraction