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_statusTermination-notified staff engineer
action_takenSolicited employer's clients for future work with new competing firm during notice period
timingSolicitation occurred during active employment, not after departure
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Relationships
typeemployee_of
targetEngineer B Brochure-Misrepresenting Terminating Employer Engineer
typesolicited
targetEngineer B's Clients
typesubject_of_brochure_misrepresentation
targetEngineer B Brochure-Misrepresenting Terminating Employer Engineer
Role category
employer_relationship
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
@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 proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @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: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
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:27
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