BER 83-1 Firm Principal Post-Departure Brochure Distribution Prohibition Obligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/131#BER_83-1_Firm_Principal_Post-Departure_Brochure_Distribution_Prohibition_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
Post-Actual-DepartureBrochurePersonnelListingProhibitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-Actual-DepartureBrochurePersonnelListingProhibitionObligation
Case context
In BER Case 83-1, the firm principal terminated an engineer but continued to distribute a brochure listing that engineer as a 'key employee' both during the notice period and after actual departure.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
BER 83-1 Firm Principal
Obligation statement
The BER 83-1 firm principal was obligated to cease distributing the promotional brochure listing the terminated engineer as a 'key employee' after that engineer actually departed the firm, as continued distribution after actual departure constituted a misrepresentation of a pertinent fact with intent to enhance firm qualifications.
Temporal scope
Upon actual departure of the terminated engineer from the firm
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Brochure Personnel Currency Disclosure Applied to BER 83-1 Key Employee Termination
Source Evidence
Source text
the engineer acted with 'intent and purpose' in distributing the misleading brochure
Text references
The engineer was aware of the impending termination of the terminated engineer
since the engineer distributed the brochure after the terminated engineer left the firm, the Board concluded that it would be a clear misrepresentation of a pertinent fact with the intent to enhance the firm's qualifications
the engineer acted with 'intent and purpose' in distributing the misleading brochure
TTL
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case131:BER_83-1_Firm_Principal_Post-Departure_Brochure_Distribution_Prohibition_Obligation a proeth:Post-Actual-DepartureBrochurePersonnelListingProhibitionObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "BER 83-1 Firm Principal Post-Departure Brochure Distribution Prohibition Obligation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case131:BER_90-4_Firm_Principal_Non-Key-Employee_Brochure_Listing_Permissibility_Assessment ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case131:BER_83-1_Post-Termination_Key_Employee_Brochure_Misrepresentation ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/131#Firm_Pertinent_Fact_Dual-Element_Test_—_BER_90-4_Neither_Element_Clearly_Satisfied> ;
proeth:casecontext "In BER Case 83-1, the firm principal terminated an engineer but continued to distribute a brochure listing that engineer as a 'key employee' both during the notice period and after actual departure." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case131:Brochure_Personnel_Currency_Disclosure_Applied_to_BER_83-1_Key_Employee_Termination ;
proeth:discoveredincase "131" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T11:42:25.705817+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "131" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T11:42:25.705817+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "BER 83-1 Firm Principal" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Post-Actual-Departure Brochure Personnel Listing Prohibition Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The BER 83-1 firm principal was obligated to cease distributing the promotional brochure listing the terminated engineer as a 'key employee' after that engineer actually departed the firm, as continued distribution after actual departure constituted a misrepresentation of a pertinent fact with intent to enhance firm qualifications." ;
proeth:sourcetext "the engineer acted with 'intent and purpose' in distributing the misleading brochure" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon actual departure of the terminated engineer from the firm" ;
proeth:textreferences "The engineer was aware of the impending termination of the terminated engineer",
"since the engineer distributed the brochure after the terminated engineer left the firm, the Board concluded that it would be a clear misrepresentation of a pertinent fact with the intent to enhance the firm's qualifications",
"the engineer acted with 'intent and purpose' in distributing the misleading brochure" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 131 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T11:50:23.669316"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 131 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
131
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T11:42:25.705817+00:00
First case
131
Generated
2026-03-01T11:42:25.705817+00:00
Attributed to
Case 131 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T11:50:23.669316
Generated by
ProEthica Case 131 Extraction