Engineer A Regulatory Submission Confidentiality Protection
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Engineer_A_Regulatory_Submission_Confidentiality_Protection
Properties
Instance of
RegulatorySubmissionConfidentialityProtectionbyGovernmentEngineerObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#RegulatorySubmissionConfidentialityProtectionbyGovernmentEngineerObligation
Case context
Engineer A received Company X's confidential regulatory submissions as a government agency engineer and subsequently accepted employment at Company Y, a competitor of Company X.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A is obligated to protect Company X's confidential and proprietary design information — received in the course of the government agency's regulatory approval process — from unauthorized disclosure or use, including refraining from using it for the benefit of Company Y in any competitive context, recognizing that the government agency's receipt of confidential submissions created a trust relationship with Company X that Engineer A is obligated to honor.
Temporal scope
Ongoing from the date of access to Company X's confidential information; survives termination of government employment
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Conflict of Interest Disclosure Evolution Compliance, Engineer A Government-to-Private Competitive Employment Acceptance With Confidentiality Constraint
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Government Regulatory Access to Confidential Submissions, Engineer A Post-Government Competit or Employment Conflict
Source Evidence
Source text
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.
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:Engineer_A_Regulatory_Submission_Confidentiality_Protection a proeth:RegulatorySubmissionConfidentialityProtectionbyGovernmentEngineerObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Regulatory Submission Confidentiality Protection" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case106:Engineer_A_Conflict_of_Interest_Disclosure_Evolution_Compliance,
case106:Engineer_A_Government-to-Private_Competitive_Employment_Acceptance_With_Confidentiality_Constraint ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case106:Engineer_A_Government_Regulatory_Access_to_Confidential_Submissions,
case106:Engineer_A_Post-Government_Competitor_Employment_Conflict ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case106:Engineer_A_Government-to-Private_Competitive_Employment_Acceptance_With_Confidentiality_Constraint ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A received Company X's confidential regulatory submissions as a government agency engineer and subsequently accepted employment at Company Y, a competitor of Company X." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple 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 ;
proeth:discoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:44:03.581232+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:44:03.581232+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Regulatory Submission Confidentiality Protection by Government Engineer Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A is obligated to protect Company X's confidential and proprietary design information — received in the course of the government agency's regulatory approval process — from unauthorized disclosure or use, including refraining from using it for the benefit of Company Y in any competitive context, recognizing that the government agency's receipt of confidential submissions created a trust relationship with Company X that Engineer A is obligated to honor." ;
proeth:sourcetext "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." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Ongoing from the date of access to Company X's confidential information; survives termination of government employment" ;
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 "2026-02-28T00:58:47.914786"^^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
2026-02-28T00:44:03.581232+00:00
First case
106
Generated
2026-02-28T00:44:03.581232+00:00
Attributed to
Case 106 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:58:47.914786
Generated by
ProEthica Case 106 Extraction