Employer Disclosure Duty in Competitive Pre-Departure Solicitation Applied to Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/171#Employer_Disclosure_Duty_in_Competitive_Pre-Departure_Solicitation_Applied_to_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
EmployerDisclosureDutyinCompetitivePre-DepartureSolicitation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EmployerDisclosureDutyinCompetitivePre-DepartureSolicitation
Applied to
Engineer A's undisclosed solicitation of Engineer B's clients
Balancing with
At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right
Concrete expression
Engineer A's failure to disclose competitive solicitation activities to Engineer B while still employed constituted an independent violation of the duty of disclosure inherent in the faithful agent relationship.
Confidence
0.89
Importance
high
Interpretation
Disclosure to the employer is a minimum condition for any competitive activity during employment; its absence independently constitutes a violation separate from the solicitation itself.
Invoked by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Tension resolution
The Board held that the duty of disclosure is non-negotiable during active employment; the employer-initiated termination does not waive the employee's disclosure obligation.
Source Evidence
Source text
An essential aspect of those is the duty to disclose. Certainly it is not possible for an engineer to meet those obligations to the employer if the engineer is engaging in such promotional activity to the employer's detriment.
Text references
An essential aspect of those is the duty to disclose.
Certainly it is not possible for an engineer to meet those obligations to the employer if the engineer is engaging in such promotional activity to the employer's detriment.
by failing to act as a faithful employee and by failing to disclose the actions to Engineer B, Engineer A engaged in questionable methods of competition.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Employer Disclosure Duty in Competitive Pre-Departure Solicitation Applied to Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's undisclosed solicitation of Engineer B's clients" ;
proeth:balancingwith "At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's failure to disclose competitive solicitation activities to Engineer B while still employed constituted an independent violation of the duty of disclosure inherent in the faithful agent relationship." ;
proeth:confidence "0.89" ;
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 "Disclosure to the employer is a minimum condition for any competitive activity during employment; its absence independently constitutes a violation separate from the solicitation itself." ;
proeth:invokedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:principleclass "Employer Disclosure Duty in Competitive Pre-Departure Solicitation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "An essential aspect of those is the duty to disclose. Certainly it is not possible for an engineer to meet those obligations to the employer if the engineer is engaging in such promotional activity to the employer's detriment." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The Board held that the duty of disclosure is non-negotiable during active employment; the employer-initiated termination does not waive the employee's disclosure obligation." ;
proeth:textreferences "An essential aspect of those is the duty to disclose.",
"Certainly it is not possible for an engineer to meet those obligations to the employer if the engineer is engaging in such promotional activity to the employer's detriment.",
"by failing to act as a faithful employee and by failing to disclose the actions to Engineer B, Engineer A engaged in questionable methods of competition." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 171 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T14:51:15.288330"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 171 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
171
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T14:37:23.349304+00:00
First case
171
Generated
2026-03-02T14:37:23.349304+00:00
Attributed to
Case 171 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T14:51:15.288330
Generated by
ProEthica Case 171 Extraction