Engineer A Incumbent Firm Principal
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/168#Engineer_A_Incumbent_Firm_Principal
Definition
Head of original engineering firm who lost four key engineers to a competing firm; contacted former clients to reassure them of continued capacity while also casting doubt on Firm B's qualifications, and formally protested the departing engineers' conduct as a violation of the supplanting rule.
Properties
Parent
IncumbentFirmPrincipalDefendingAgainstCompetitorDisparagement
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#IncumbentFirmPrincipalDefendingAgainstCompetitorDisparagement
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| position | Firm Principal / Head |
| firm | Firm A |
Concept Category
Role
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | competitor_to |
| target | Firm B |
| type | former_employer_of |
| target | Four Departing Engineers |
| type | service_provider_to |
| target | Former Clients of Firm A |
Role Category
provider_client
Role Class
Incumbent Firm Principal Defending Against Competitor Disparagement
Source Evidence
Source Text
a firm headed by Engineer A
Text References
Engineer A has protested the action of the four engineers on ethical grounds
Engineer A indicated doubt that Firm B was qualified to provide quality services
Engineer A was also making contact with the former clients to indicate that his firm was still available for future commissions
a firm headed by Engineer A
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
fd15bfc8a9c4b35d...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
168
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-03-02T02:36:49.881792+00:00
First Case
168
Generated
2026-03-02T02:36:49.881792+00:00
Attributed To
Case 168 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T02:59:28.915871
Generated By
ProEthica Case 168 Extraction