DP3
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#DP3
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP3
Decision question
Is Engineer A's pre-employment disclosure obligation satisfied by notifying Company Y alone, or does she also bear an obligation to notify Company X that its confidential design information is now held by an employee of a direct competitor?
Focus
Whether Engineer A's disclosure obligation runs only to Company Y as the new employer, or also extends to Company X as the party whose proprietary regulatory submissions are most directly at risk from the employment transition.
Option1
Disclose to Company Y — before accepting employment — the existence, subject-matter domain, and general scope of Engineer A's prior access to Company X's confidential submissions, framed in terms of what categories of information she cannot use, without disclosing substantive design content or competitive implications of Company X's submissions
Option2
Disclose to both Company Y and Company X — before accepting employment — that Engineer A holds Company X's confidential regulatory submission data and is transitioning to a direct competitor, allowing both parties to assess whether additional protective measures are warranted
Option3
Disclose to Company Y only at the point of specific project assignment involving Company X's design domain, treating pre-employment disclosure as unnecessary given that the confidentiality obligation itself — rather than advance notice — is the operative protection for Company X's interests
Role
Engineer A
TTL
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case106:DP3 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP3" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP3" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "Is Engineer A's pre-employment disclosure obligation satisfied by notifying Company Y alone, or does she also bear an obligation to notify Company X that its confidential design information is now held by an employee of a direct competitor?" ;
proeth:focus "Whether Engineer A's disclosure obligation runs only to Company Y as the new employer, or also extends to Company X as the party whose proprietary regulatory submissions are most directly at risk from the employment transition." ;
proeth:option1 "Disclose to Company Y — before accepting employment — the existence, subject-matter domain, and general scope of Engineer A's prior access to Company X's confidential submissions, framed in terms of what categories of information she cannot use, without disclosing substantive design content or competitive implications of Company X's submissions" ;
proeth:option2 "Disclose to both Company Y and Company X — before accepting employment — that Engineer A holds Company X's confidential regulatory submission data and is transitioning to a direct competitor, allowing both parties to assess whether additional protective measures are warranted" ;
proeth:option3 "Disclose to Company Y only at the point of specific project assignment involving Company X's design domain, treating pre-employment disclosure as unnecessary given that the confidentiality obligation itself — rather than advance notice — is the operative protection for Company X's interests" ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer A" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T01:11:27.602660"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 106 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
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2026-02-28T01:11:27.602660
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ProEthica Case 106 Extraction