Self-Caused Incapacity Non-Exploitation Principle Violated by Engineer A

@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 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:Self-Caused_Incapacity_Non-Exploitation_Principle_Violated_by_Engineer_A a proeth:Self-CausedIncapacityNon-ExploitationPrinciple, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Self-Caused Incapacity Non-Exploitation Principle Violated by Engineer A" ; proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's recruitment of Engineer C combined with his subsequent client solicitation using Engineer C's departure as justification" ; proeth:balancingwith "Disparaging Misrepresentation of Competitor Capability Prohibition", "Non-Competition Representation Integrity Obligation" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ; proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A recruited Engineer C away from Firm X and then used Engineer C's anticipated departure as the basis for telling Firm X's clients that Firm X would be 'hard pressed' to perform — exploiting a condition of incapacity that Engineer A himself had caused, without disclosing his own causal role to the clients being solicited" ; proeth:confidence "0.94" ; proeth:discoveredincase "127" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T03:21:56.514585+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "127" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T03:21:56.514585+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:interpretation "The combination of acts — recruiting Engineer C and then using her departure as a client solicitation argument — is what the Board found particularly troubling; the self-caused nature of the alleged incapacity transforms what might otherwise be a factual observation into a deceptive misrepresentation by omission of Engineer A's own causal role" ; proeth:invokedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ; proeth:principleclass "Self-Caused Incapacity Non-Exploitation Principle" ; proeth:sourcetext "The combination of the departure of Engineer C from Firm X and the hiring of Engineer C by Firm Y, along with the earlier expressed assurances by Engineer A about his intentions in establishing a new firm, give the Board great pause and concern in reviewing the motives and intentions of Engineer A." ; proeth:tensionresolution "The self-caused incapacity exploitation compounded the other violations; the Board cited 'the combination of the departure of Engineer C from Firm X and the hiring of Engineer C by Firm Y, along with the earlier expressed assurances' as giving 'great pause and concern'" ; proeth:textreferences "Considering all factors and earlier BER cases on this issue, the Board must conclude that Engineer A's actions fell below the standards of appropriate ethical conduct.", "Engineer A has made at least one statement to the clients of Firm X stating or implying that Firm X might be incapable of fulfilling its professional obligations to them because of Engineer C's pending departure.", "The combination of the departure of Engineer C from Firm X and the hiring of Engineer C by Firm Y, along with the earlier expressed assurances by Engineer A about his intentions in establishing a new firm, give the Board great pause and concern in reviewing the motives and intentions of Engineer A." ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 127 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T03:44:36.610178"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 127 Extraction" .