Current-Employment Specialized Knowledge Disclosure Obligation Applied Conditionally to Engineer A

@prefix case171: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/171#> . @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#> . case171:Current-Employment_Specialized_Knowledge_Disclosure_Obligation_Applied_Conditionally_to_Engineer_A a proeth:SpecializedKnowledgeConstraintonPost-DepartureCompetition, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Current-Employment Specialized Knowledge Disclosure Obligation Applied Conditionally to Engineer A" ; proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's potential use of project-specific specialized knowledge in competitive solicitation" ; proeth:balancingwith "At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right", "Competitive Employment Freedom With Confidentiality Constraint" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ; proeth:concreteexpression "The Board conditionally analyzed that if Engineer A had gained particular and specialized knowledge about Engineer B's clients' projects and then sought that work without full disclosure to Engineer B, a violation of Section III.4.a would result — treating the employment-period specialized knowledge disclosure obligation as even stronger than the post-departure constraint." ; proeth:confidence "0.86" ; proeth:discoveredincase "171" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T14:37:23.349304+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "171" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T14:37:23.349304+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:interpretation "The specialized knowledge constraint applies with full force during active employment; the duty of full disclosure to the employer before using such knowledge competitively is non-negotiable." ; proeth:invokedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ; proeth:principleclass "Specialized Knowledge Constraint on Post-Departure Competition" ; proeth:sourcetext "As an employee of Engineer B, Engineer A could not ethically use proprietary information concerning clients, trade secrets, or other valuable information of the employer without full disclosure to the employer." ; proeth:tensionresolution "The Board treated the specialized knowledge issue as conditional on facts not established, but affirmed that disclosure would be required; the employment relationship amplifies rather than diminishes the constraint." ; proeth:textreferences "A related question under the facts of this case is whether Engineer A violated a duty of disclosure to all interested parties by entering into promotional efforts for work as a principal in connection with work for which Engineer A had gained a particular and specialized knowledge.", "As an employee of Engineer B, Engineer A could not ethically use proprietary information concerning clients, trade secrets, or other valuable information of the employer without full disclosure to the employer.", "Assuming that in fact Engineer A had gained such knowledge and then sought such work without full disclosure to the employer, Engineer B, it appears that Engineer A would have violated Section III.4.a. of the Code." ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 171 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T14:51:15.288888"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 171 Extraction" .