Engineer A Government-to-Private Competitive Employment Acceptance With Confidentiality Constraint
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Engineer_A_Government-to-Private_Competitive_Employment_Acceptance_With_Confidentiality_Constraint
Properties
Instance of
CompetitiveEmploymentAcceptanceWithConfidentialityConstraintObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompetitiveEmploymentAcceptanceWithConfidentialityConstraintObligation
Case context
Engineer A worked for a government agency with access to Company X's confidential and proprietary design information; Engineer A subsequently accepted employment with Company Y, a direct competitor of Company X.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A is permitted to accept employment with Company Y (a competitor of Company X) but is obligated to refrain from disclosing or using any confidential and proprietary design information about Company X that Engineer A accessed during government agency employment.
Temporal scope
Upon accepting employment with Company Y and throughout the duration of that employment
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Former Regulatory Access Adversarial Non-Participation, Engineer A Former Regulatory Access Adversarial Non-Participation Company X, Engineer A Post-Public-Employment Confidential Information Non-Use, Engineer A Regulatory Submission Confidentiality Protection
Source Evidence
Source text
it is the Board's view that while many of the considerations discussed in the previous cases are relevant to this case, the Board must conclude that Engineer A is free to pursue employment with Company Y, provided Engineer A does not disclose any confidential and proprietary design information Engineer A learned about Company X during Engineer A's employment with the government agency.
Text references
Engineer A should not be unduly limited or penalized for accepting a position with Company Y, a competitor of Company X.
Engineer A's obligation is linked to her employment with a government agency that was entrusted with Company X's confidential and proprietary design information.
it is the Board's view that while many of the considerations discussed in the previous cases are relevant to this case, the Board must conclude that Engineer A is free to pursue employment with Company Y, provided Engineer A does not disclose any confidential and proprietary design information Engineer A learned about Company X during Engineer A's employment with the government agency.
TTL
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case106:Engineer_A_Government-to-Private_Competitive_Employment_Acceptance_With_Confidentiality_Constraint a proeth:CompetitiveEmploymentAcceptanceWithConfidentialityConstraintObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Government-to-Private Competitive Employment Acceptance With Confidentiality Constraint" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case106:Engineer_A_Former_Regulatory_Access_Adversarial_Non-Participation,
case106:Engineer_A_Former_Regulatory_Access_Adversarial_Non-Participation_Company_X,
case106:Engineer_A_Post-Public-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use,
case106:Engineer_A_Regulatory_Submission_Confidentiality_Protection ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case106:Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Conflict_of_Interest,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Conflict_—_Company_Y_Competitor_Employment>,
case106:Engineer_A_Post-Government_Competitor_Employment_Conflict,
case106:Engineer_A_Revolving_Door_Transition ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A worked for a government agency with access to Company X's confidential and proprietary design information; Engineer A subsequently accepted employment with Company Y, a direct competitor of Company X." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case106:Competitive_Employment_Freedom_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Joining_Company_Y,
case106:Confidentiality_Obligation_of_Engineer_A_Toward_Company_X_Regulatory_Submissions,
case106:Revolving_Door_Integrity_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Government-to-Private_Transition ;
proeth:discoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:48:58.362061+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:48:58.362061+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Competitive Employment Acceptance With Confidentiality Constraint Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A is permitted to accept employment with Company Y (a competitor of Company X) but is obligated to refrain from disclosing or using any confidential and proprietary design information about Company X that Engineer A accessed during government agency employment." ;
proeth:sourcetext "it is the Board's view that while many of the considerations discussed in the previous cases are relevant to this case, the Board must conclude that Engineer A is free to pursue employment with Company Y, provided Engineer A does not disclose any confidential and proprietary design information Engineer A learned about Company X during Engineer A's employment with the government agency." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon accepting employment with Company Y and throughout the duration of that employment" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A should not be unduly limited or penalized for accepting a position with Company Y, a competitor of Company X.",
"Engineer A's obligation is linked to her employment with a government agency that was entrusted with Company X's confidential and proprietary design information.",
"it is the Board's view that while many of the considerations discussed in the previous cases are relevant to this case, the Board must conclude that Engineer A is free to pursue employment with Company Y, provided Engineer A does not disclose any confidential and proprietary design information Engineer A learned about Company X during Engineer A's employment with the government agency." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 106 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:58:47.919091"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 106 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
106
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:48:58.362061+00:00
First case
106
Generated
2026-02-28T00:48:58.362061+00:00
Attributed to
Case 106 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:58:47.919091
Generated by
ProEthica Case 106 Extraction