Engineer A Pre-Departure Client-Soliciting Termination-Notified Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/171#Engineer_A_Pre-Departure_Client-Soliciting_Termination-Notified_Engineer
Definition
Received termination notice from Engineer B on November 15, 1982, then immediately solicited Engineer B's clients for his new firm while continuing to work for Engineer B for several additional months during the notice period.
Properties
Instance of
Pre-DepartureClient-SolicitingTermination-NotifiedEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Pre-DepartureClient-SolicitingTermination-NotifiedEngineer
Attributes
| employment_status | Termination-notified staff engineer |
| action_taken | Solicited employer's clients for future work with new competing firm during notice period |
| timing | Solicitation occurred during active employment, not after departure |
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | employee_of |
| target | Engineer B Brochure-Misrepresenting Terminating Employer Engineer |
| type | solicited |
| target | Engineer B's Clients |
| type | subject_of_brochure_misrepresentation |
| target | Engineer B Brochure-Misrepresenting Terminating Employer Engineer |
Role category
employer_relationship
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
At-Will Employment Symmetry Invoked By Engineer A Upon Termination Notice, Former-Client Solicitation Permissibility Applied to Engineer A, Loyalty Obligation Tension in Engineer A Pre-Departure Solicitation, Pre-Departure Promotional Negotiation Prohibition Boundary Applied to Engineer A Solicitation
hasObligation
Engineer A Current-Client Covert Solicitation During Active Employment Prohibition BER-82, Engineer A Employer-Initiated Termination Pre-Departure Client Solicitation Permissibility, Engineer A Faithful Agent Duty During Notice Period BER-82, Engineer A Faithful Agent Notice-Period Boundary, Engineer A Pre-Departure Competitive Solicitation Employer Disclosure BER-82, Engineer A Questionable Competition Methods Covert Solicitation BER-82
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A thereupon notified clients of Engineer B that Engineer A was planning to start another engineering firm and would appreciate being considered for future work
Text references
Engineer A continued to work for Engineer B for several additional months after the November termination notice
Engineer A thereupon notified clients of Engineer B that Engineer A was planning to start another engineering firm and would appreciate being considered for future work
TTL
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case171:Engineer_A_Pre-Departure_Client-Soliciting_Termination-Notified_Engineer a proeth:Pre-DepartureClient-SolicitingTermination-NotifiedEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Pre-Departure Client-Soliciting Termination-Notified Engineer" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case171:At-Will_Employment_Symmetry_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Upon_Termination_Notice,
case171:Former-Client_Solicitation_Permissibility_Applied_to_Engineer_A,
case171:Loyalty_Obligation_Tension_in_Engineer_A_Pre-Departure_Solicitation,
case171:Pre-Departure_Promotional_Negotiation_Prohibition_Boundary_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Solicitation ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case171:Engineer_A_Current-Client_Covert_Solicitation_During_Active_Employment_Prohibition_BER-82,
case171:Engineer_A_Employer-Initiated_Termination_Pre-Departure_Client_Solicitation_Permissibility,
case171:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Duty_During_Notice_Period_BER-82,
case171:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Notice-Period_Boundary,
case171:Engineer_A_Pre-Departure_Competitive_Solicitation_Employer_Disclosure_BER-82,
case171:Engineer_A_Questionable_Competition_Methods_Covert_Solicitation_BER-82 ;
proeth:attributes "{'employment_status': 'Termination-notified staff engineer', 'action_taken': \"Solicited employer's clients for future work with new competing firm during notice period\", 'timing': 'Solicitation occurred during active employment, not after departure'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Received termination notice from Engineer B on November 15, 1982, then immediately solicited Engineer B's clients for his new firm while continuing to work for Engineer B for several additional months during the notice period." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "171" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T14:23:54.882556+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "171" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T14:23:54.882556+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'employee_of', 'target': 'Engineer B Brochure-Misrepresenting Terminating Employer Engineer'}",
"{'type': 'solicited', 'target': \"Engineer B's Clients\"}",
"{'type': 'subject_of_brochure_misrepresentation', 'target': 'Engineer B Brochure-Misrepresenting Terminating Employer Engineer'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "employer_relationship" ;
proeth:roleclass "Pre-Departure Client-Soliciting Termination-Notified Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A thereupon notified clients of Engineer B that Engineer A was planning to start another engineering firm and would appreciate being considered for future work" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A continued to work for Engineer B for several additional months after the November termination notice",
"Engineer A thereupon notified clients of Engineer B that Engineer A was planning to start another engineering firm and would appreciate being considered for future work" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 171 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T14:51:15.260385"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 171 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
171
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T14:23:54.882556+00:00
First case
171
Generated
2026-03-02T14:23:54.882556+00:00
Attributed to
Case 171 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T14:51:15.260385
Generated by
ProEthica Case 171 Extraction