Engineer A Collegial Obligation Non-Disparagement of Firm X
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/127#Engineer_A_Collegial_Obligation_Non-Disparagement_of_Firm_X
Properties
Instance of
Case context
Engineer A's campaign of disparaging representations to Firm X's clients constitutes a direct violation of the collegial duty of respect and fairness owed to professional peers, compounded by the fact that Engineer A was formerly a member of Firm X.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated, as a matter of collegial duty toward his former professional peers at Firm X, to refrain from making representations to clients that were designed to injure Firm X's professional standing and undermine its client relationships.
Temporal scope
Ongoing from the date of departure from Firm X
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A has contacted Firm X's clients and is making representations that because Engineer C is going to be leaving Firm X to work for Firm Y, Firm X will be 'hard pressed' to perform successfully on its projects and that Firm X's clients should hire Firm Y to perform engineering services.
Text references
Engineer A has contacted Firm X's clients and is making representations that because Engineer C is going to be leaving Firm X to work for Firm Y, Firm X will be 'hard pressed' to perform successfully on its projects and that Firm X's clients should hire Firm Y to perform engineering services.
TTL
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case127:Engineer_A_Collegial_Obligation_Non-Disparagement_of_Firm_X a proeth:CollegialObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Collegial Obligation Non-Disparagement of Firm X" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case127:Engineer_A_Competitor_Reputation_Injury_Predictive_Disparagement_Violation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/127#Engineer_A_Continuing_Post-Termination_Loyalty_Obligation_—_Firm_X>,
case127:Engineer_A_Former_Employer_Client_Solicitation_with_Capacity_Disparagement ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A's campaign of disparaging representations to Firm X's clients constitutes a direct violation of the collegial duty of respect and fairness owed to professional peers, compounded by the fact that Engineer A was formerly a member of Firm X." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/127#Prohibition_on_Reputation_Injury_Through_Competitive_Critique_—_Engineer_A_NSPE_Code_Violation> ;
proeth:discoveredincase "127" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T03:16:39.611045+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "127" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T03:16:39.611045+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Collegial Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated, as a matter of collegial duty toward his former professional peers at Firm X, to refrain from making representations to clients that were designed to injure Firm X's professional standing and undermine its client relationships." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A has contacted Firm X's clients and is making representations that because Engineer C is going to be leaving Firm X to work for Firm Y, Firm X will be 'hard pressed' to perform successfully on its projects and that Firm X's clients should hire Firm Y to perform engineering services." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Ongoing from the date of departure from Firm X" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A has contacted Firm X's clients and is making representations that because Engineer C is going to be leaving Firm X to work for Firm Y, Firm X will be 'hard pressed' to perform successfully on its projects and that Firm X's clients should hire Firm Y to perform engineering services." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 127 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T03:44:36.622900"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 127 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
127
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T03:16:39.611045+00:00
First case
127
Generated
2026-03-01T03:16:39.611045+00:00
Attributed to
Case 127 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T03:44:36.622900
Generated by
ProEthica Case 127 Extraction