Engineer A Non-Competition Representation Fidelity Violation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/127#Engineer_A_Non-Competition_Representation_Fidelity_Violation
Properties
Instance of
Non-CompetitionRepresentationFidelityObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Non-CompetitionRepresentationFidelityObligation
Case context
Engineer A departed Firm X after representing he would not compete, then within one month began recruiting Firm X's employee Engineer C and soliciting Firm X's clients for his new competing firm Firm Y.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to honor his explicit representation to Firm X that he would start a one-person firm and would not compete with Firm X, and to refrain from immediately engaging in competitive solicitation of Firm X's clients and staff within one month of departure.
Temporal scope
From the date of departure from Firm X through the period covered by the non-competition representation
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Competit or Reputation Injury Predictive Disparagement Violation, Engineer A Departing Engineer Client Solicitation Honesty Obligation
Source Evidence
Source text
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.
Text references
A month after Engineer A departs from Firm X, Engineer B, a principal in Firm X learns that Engineer A has contacted one of Firm X's employees, Engineer C, and offered her a position with Firm Y.
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.
TTL
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case127:Engineer_A_Non-Competition_Representation_Fidelity_Violation a proeth:Non-CompetitionRepresentationFidelityObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Non-Competition Representation Fidelity Violation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case127:Engineer_A_Competitor_Reputation_Injury_Predictive_Disparagement_Violation,
case127:Engineer_A_Departing_Engineer_Client_Solicitation_Honesty_Obligation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/127#Engineer_A_Employment_Terminated_—_Firm_X>,
case127:Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Non-Compete_Misrepresentation,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/127#Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Non-Compete_Misrepresentation_—_Discussion_Reaffirmation> ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case127:Engineer_A_Departing_Engineer_Client_Solicitation_Honesty_Obligation ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A departed Firm X after representing he would not compete, then within one month began recruiting Firm X's employee Engineer C and soliciting Firm X's clients for his new competing firm Firm Y." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/127#Honesty_in_Professional_Representations_—_Engineer_A_Non-Competition_Statement>,
case127:Non-Competition_Representation_Integrity_Obligation_Violated_by_Engineer_A ;
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 "Non-Competition Representation Fidelity Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to honor his explicit representation to Firm X that he would start a one-person firm and would not compete with Firm X, and to refrain from immediately engaging in competitive solicitation of Firm X's clients and staff within one month of departure." ;
proeth:sourcetext "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." ;
proeth:temporalscope "From the date of departure from Firm X through the period covered by the non-competition representation" ;
proeth:textreferences "A month after Engineer A departs from Firm X, Engineer B, a principal in Firm X learns that Engineer A has contacted one of Firm X's employees, Engineer C, and offered her a position with Firm Y.",
"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." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 127 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T03:44:36.621660"^^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
2026-03-01T03:44:36.621660
Generated by
ProEthica Case 127 Extraction