Engineer A Departing Engineer Client Solicitation Honesty Obligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/127#Engineer_A_Departing_Engineer_Client_Solicitation_Honesty_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
DepartingEngineerFormerEmployerClientSolicitationHonestyObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DepartingEngineerFormerEmployerClientSolicitationHonestyObligation
Case context
Engineer A used knowledge of Engineer C's anticipated departure — knowledge he possessed because he had recruited Engineer C — to make representations to Firm X's clients designed to undermine confidence in Firm X and divert business to Firm Y.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to conduct any solicitation of Firm X's clients honestly and without misrepresentation of Firm X's capabilities, refraining from using insider knowledge of Engineer C's departure as a basis for misleading representations about Firm X's capacity.
Temporal scope
During the period of competitive client solicitation following departure from Firm X
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Artfully Misleading Client Representations, Engineer A Non-Competition Representation Fidelity Violation
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Post-Employment Non-Compete Misrepresentation
derivedFromPrinciple
Honesty in Professional Representations Violated By Engineer A Toward 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_Departing_Engineer_Client_Solicitation_Honesty_Obligation a proeth:DepartingEngineerFormerEmployerClientSolicitationHonestyObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Departing Engineer Client Solicitation Honesty Obligation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case127:Engineer_A_Artfully_Misleading_Client_Representations,
case127:Engineer_A_Non-Competition_Representation_Fidelity_Violation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case127:Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Non-Compete_Misrepresentation ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A used knowledge of Engineer C's anticipated departure — knowledge he possessed because he had recruited Engineer C — to make representations to Firm X's clients designed to undermine confidence in Firm X and divert business to Firm Y." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case127:Honesty_in_Professional_Representations_Violated_By_Engineer_A_Toward_Firm_X ;
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 "Departing Engineer Former Employer Client Solicitation Honesty Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to conduct any solicitation of Firm X's clients honestly and without misrepresentation of Firm X's capabilities, refraining from using insider knowledge of Engineer C's departure as a basis for misleading representations about Firm X's capacity." ;
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 "During the period of competitive client solicitation following 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 "2026-03-01T03:44:36.622119"^^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
2026-03-01T03:44:36.622119
Generated by
ProEthica Case 127 Extraction