Conflict of Interest Disclosure Evolution Principle Invoked By Engineer A Dual Relationship
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Conflict_of_Interest_Disclosure_Evolution_Principle_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Dual_Relationship
Properties
Instance of
ConflictofInterestDisclosureEvolutionPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConflictofInterestDisclosureEvolutionPrinciple
Applied to
Engineer A's transition from government agency to Company Y employment
Balancing with
Confidentiality of the fact of Company X's submissions
Engineer's privacy interests
Concrete expression
Engineer A's simultaneous knowledge of Company X's confidential proprietary designs (from prior government employment) and employment with Company Y (Company X's competitor) constitutes a conflict of interest that must be disclosed to Company Y and potentially to Company X or the government agency
Confidence
0.86
Importance
high
Interpretation
The conflict of interest between Engineer A's prior access to Company X's confidential information and current employment with Company X's competitor requires disclosure and management — the modern disclosure-and-management standard requires Engineer A to surface the conflict rather than silently manage it
Invoked by
Engineer A Confidentiality-Bound Government Agency Engineer
Tension resolution
Disclosure of the existence of the conflict (prior access to competitor's confidential information) is required even if the specific content of the confidential information cannot be disclosed
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A ends her employment with the government agency and accepts an engineering position with Company Y, a competitor of Company X.
Text references
Company X is among the companies submitting confidential and proprietary design information.
During Engineer A's tenure with the government agency, Engineer A receives access to confidential and proprietary design information provided by companies seeking approval from the government agency for their facility designs.
Engineer A ends her employment with the government agency and accepts an engineering position with Company Y, a competitor of Company X.
TTL
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case106:Conflict_of_Interest_Disclosure_Evolution_Principle_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Dual_Relationship a proeth:ConflictofInterestDisclosureEvolutionPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Conflict of Interest Disclosure Evolution Principle Invoked By Engineer A Dual Relationship" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's transition from government agency to Company Y employment" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Confidentiality of the fact of Company X's submissions",
"Engineer's privacy interests" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's simultaneous knowledge of Company X's confidential proprietary designs (from prior government employment) and employment with Company Y (Company X's competitor) constitutes a conflict of interest that must be disclosed to Company Y and potentially to Company X or the government agency" ;
proeth:confidence "0.86" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:42:50.377784+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:42:50.377784+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The conflict of interest between Engineer A's prior access to Company X's confidential information and current employment with Company X's competitor requires disclosure and management — the modern disclosure-and-management standard requires Engineer A to surface the conflict rather than silently manage it" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Confidentiality-Bound Government Agency Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Conflict of Interest Disclosure Evolution Principle" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A ends her employment with the government agency and accepts an engineering position with Company Y, a competitor of Company X." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Disclosure of the existence of the conflict (prior access to competitor's confidential information) is required even if the specific content of the confidential information cannot be disclosed" ;
proeth:textreferences "Company X is among the companies submitting confidential and proprietary design information.",
"During Engineer A's tenure with the government agency, Engineer A receives access to confidential and proprietary design information provided by companies seeking approval from the government agency for their facility designs.",
"Engineer A ends her employment with the government agency and accepts an engineering position with Company Y, a competitor of Company X." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 106 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:58:47.909583"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 106 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
106
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:42:50.377784+00:00
First case
106
Generated
2026-02-28T00:42:50.377784+00:00
Attributed to
Case 106 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:58:47.909583
Generated by
ProEthica Case 106 Extraction