Engineer A Confidentiality-Bound Government Agency Engineer

R · Role Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Engineer_A_Confidentiality-Bound_Government_Agency_Engineer
Definition

Engineer A worked for a government agency with access to confidential and proprietary design information from private companies including Company X, then left to join Company Y, a direct competitor of Company X, creating a conflict between confidentiality obligations and new employment.

Properties
Instance of
Confidentiality-BoundGovernmentAgencyEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Confidentiality-BoundGovernmentAgencyEngineer
Attributes
licenseProfessional Engineer (implied)
employer_typeGovernment agency
information_accessConfidential and proprietary facility design submissions from regulated companies
transitionGovernment agency to private sector competitor
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
typeemployer
targetGovernment Agency
typenew_employer
targetCompany Y
typeregulatory_reviewer_of
targetCompany X
Role category
employer_relationship
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A works for a government agency involved in the design and construction of facilities

Text references
Engineer A ends her employment with the government agency and accepts an engineering position with Company Y, a competitor of Company X
Engineer A receives access to confidential and proprietary design information provided by companies seeking approval from the government agency
Engineer A works for a government agency involved in the design and construction of facilities
TTL
@prefix case106: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case106:Engineer_A_Confidentiality-Bound_Government_Agency_Engineer a proeth:Confidentiality-BoundGovernmentAgencyEngineer, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer A Confidentiality-Bound Government Agency Engineer" ; proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case106:Competitive_Employment_Freedom_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Joining_Company_Y, case106:Confidentiality_Obligation_Invoked_for_Company_X_Information_Held_by_Engineer_A, case106:Confidentiality_Obligation_of_Engineer_A_Toward_Company_X_Regulatory_Submissions, case106:Conflict_of_Interest_Avoidance_Through_Confidentiality_Maintenance, case106:Conflict_of_Interest_Disclosure_Evolution_Principle_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Dual_Relationship, case106:Faithful_Agent_Confidentiality_Obligation_Grounding_Engineer_As_Duty, case106:Former_Client_Adversarial_Participation_Prohibition_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Company_X_Knowledge, case106:Loyalty_Obligation_of_Engineer_A_to_Company_Y_Within_Ethical_Limits, case106:Post-Public-Service_Conflict_Avoidance_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Transition_to_Company_Y, case106:Regulatory_Submission_Confidentiality_Protection_Applied_to_Company_X_Information, case106:Regulatory_Submission_Confidentiality_Protection_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Access_to_Company_X_Information, case106:Revolving_Door_Integrity_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Government-to-Private_Transition ; proeth-core:hasObligation case106:Engineer_A_Conflict_of_Interest_Disclosure_Evolution_Compliance, case106:Engineer_A_Conflict_of_Interest_Disclosure_to_Company_Y_Regarding_Company_X_Access, case106:Engineer_A_Former_Regulatory_Access_Adversarial_Non-Participation, case106:Engineer_A_Former_Regulatory_Access_Adversarial_Non-Participation_Company_X, case106:Engineer_A_Government-to-Private_Competitive_Employment_Acceptance_With_Confidentiality_Constraint, case106:Engineer_A_Post-Public-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use, case106:Engineer_A_Post-Public-Service_Competitor_Employment_Conflict_Avoidance, case106:Engineer_A_Regulatory_Submission_Confidentiality_Protection, case106:Engineer_A_Regulatory_Submission_Confidentiality_Protection_Company_X ; proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer (implied)', 'employer_type': 'Government agency', 'information_access': 'Confidential and proprietary facility design submissions from regulated companies', 'transition': 'Government agency to private sector competitor'}" ; proeth:caseinvolvement "Engineer A worked for a government agency with access to confidential and proprietary design information from private companies including Company X, then left to join Company Y, a direct competitor of Company X, creating a conflict between confidentiality obligations and new employment." ; proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ; proeth:confidence "0.92" ; proeth:discoveredincase "106" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:40:24.975472+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "106" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:40:24.975472+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:relationships "{'type': 'employer', 'target': 'Government Agency'}", "{'type': 'new_employer', 'target': 'Company Y'}", "{'type': 'regulatory_reviewer_of', 'target': 'Company X'}" ; proeth:rolecategory "employer_relationship" ; proeth:roleclass "Confidentiality-Bound Government Agency Engineer" ; proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A works for a government agency involved in the design and construction of facilities" ; proeth:textreferences "Engineer A ends her employment with the government agency and accepts an engineering position with Company Y, a competitor of Company X", "Engineer A receives access to confidential and proprietary design information provided by companies seeking approval from the government agency", "Engineer A works for a government agency involved in the design and construction of facilities" ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 106 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:58:47.907602"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 106 Extraction" .
Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:26
Discovered in case
106
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:40:24.975472+00:00
First case
106
Generated
2026-02-28T00:40:24.975472+00:00
Attributed to
Case 106 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:58:47.907602
Generated by
ProEthica Case 106 Extraction