Engineer A Departing Engineer Starting Competing Firm

@prefix case127: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/127#> . @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#> . case127:Engineer_A_Departing_Engineer_Starting_Competing_Firm a proeth:DepartingEngineerStartingCompetingFirm, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer A Departing Engineer Starting Competing Firm" ; proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case127:Disparaging_Misrepresentation_of_Competitor_Capability_Prohibition_Violated_by_Engineer_A, <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/127#Engineering_Business-Profession_Duality_Integrity_—_Departure_Scenario_Context>, case127:Free_and_Open_Competition_as_Engineering_Ethics_Boundary_Condition_Contextualizing_Engineer_A_Conduct, case127:Honesty_in_Professional_Representations_Violated_By_Engineer_A_Toward_Firm_X, <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/127#Honesty_in_Professional_Representations_—_Engineer_A_Non-Competition_Statement>, case127:Non-Competition_Representation_Integrity_Violated_By_Engineer_A, case127:Prohibition_on_Reputation_Injury_Through_Competitive_Critique_Violated_By_Engineer_A, case127:Self-Caused_Incapacity_Non-Exploitation_Principle_Violated_By_Engineer_A ; proeth-core:hasObligation case127:Engineer_A_Artfully_Misleading_Client_Representations, case127:Engineer_A_Collegial_Obligation_Non-Disparagement_of_Firm_X, case127:Engineer_A_Competitor_Reputation_Injury_Predictive_Disparagement_Violation, case127:Engineer_A_Departing_Engineer_Client_Solicitation_Honesty_Obligation, case127:Engineer_A_Non-Competition_Representation_Fidelity_Violation, case127:Engineer_A_Self-Caused_Staff_Departure_Non-Exploitation_Violation ; proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'firm_founded': 'Firm Y', 'prior_employer': 'Firm X', 'representation_made': 'Would not compete with Firm X'}" ; proeth:caseinvolvement "Left Firm X after representing he would not compete, then started Firm Y, solicited Firm X's employee Engineer C, and made disparaging misrepresentations to Firm X's clients to divert business to Firm Y." ; proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ; proeth:confidence "0.95" ; proeth:discoveredincase "127" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T03:10:44.277110+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "127" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T03:10:44.277110+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:relationships "{'type': 'competitor', 'target': 'Firm X'}", "{'type': 'former_employer', 'target': 'Firm X'}", "{'type': 'recruiter', 'target': 'Engineer C'}", "{'type': 'soliciting_competitor', 'target': 'Firm X Clients'}" ; proeth:rolecategory "employer_relationship" ; proeth:roleclass "Departing Engineer Starting Competing Firm" ; proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A, a professional engineer working for a small private practice firm, leaves the employment of Firm X" ; proeth:textreferences "Engineer A had represented that he was going to start his own one-person consulting firm, Firm Y, and that he would not be in the position of competing with Firm X", "Engineer A has contacted Firm X's clients and is making representations that... Firm X will be 'hard pressed' to perform successfully", "Engineer A has contacted one of Firm X's employees, Engineer C, and offered her a position with Firm Y", "Engineer A, a professional engineer working for a small private practice firm, leaves the employment of Firm X" ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 127 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T03:44:36.618087"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 127 Extraction" .