BER 83-1 Post-Termination Key Employee Brochure Misrepresentation

S · State Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/131#BER_83-1_Post-Termination_Key_Employee_Brochure_Misrepresentation
Properties
Instance of
Post-TerminationBrochureContinuedUseState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-TerminationBrochureContinuedUseState
Active period
From notice of termination through continued post-departure distribution of brochure
Affected parties
Principal engineer
Prospective clients
Terminated engineer
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Subject
Principal engineer's continued distribution of brochure listing terminated engineer as 'key employee' after departure
Terminated by
Ethics Board finding of violation (BER Case 83-1)
Triggering event
Principal engineer distributed brochure listing terminated engineer as 'key employee' while termination was pending and after departure
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
terminated an engineer but continued to distribute a previously printed brochure listing the terminated engineer, who stayed on for a period of time as one of his 'key employees'

Text references
continued to use a previously printed brochure with the terminated engineer's name in it well after the terminated engineer left the firm
it would be a clear misrepresentation of a pertinent fact with the intent to enhance the firm's qualifications
terminated an engineer but continued to distribute a previously printed brochure listing the terminated engineer, who stayed on for a period of time as one of his 'key employees'
TTL
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Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 23:36
Discovered in case
131
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T11:29:54.979099+00:00
First case
131
Generated
2026-03-01T11:29:54.979099+00:00
Attributed to
Case 131 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T11:50:23.656653
Generated by
ProEthica Case 131 Extraction