Engineer A Specialized Knowledge Employer Disclosure Before Competitive Use BER-82

@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_Specialized_Knowledge_Employer_Disclosure_Before_Competitive_Use_BER-82 a proeth:SpecializedKnowledgeEmployerDisclosureBeforeCompetitiveUseObligation, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer A Specialized Knowledge Employer Disclosure Before Competitive Use BER-82" ; proeth-core:competesWith case171:Engineer_A_Employer-Initiated_Termination_Pre-Departure_Client_Solicitation_Permissibility ; proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case171:Engineer_A_At-Will_Professional_Mobility ; proeth:casecontext "The Board conditionally analyzed that if Engineer A had gained particular and specialized knowledge about specific client projects during employment with Engineer B, and then sought work from those clients using that knowledge without full disclosure to Engineer B, Engineer A would have violated NSPE Code Section III.4.a. The facts did not confirm whether such specialized knowledge was actually exploited." ; proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ; proeth:confidence "0.85" ; proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case171:Current-Employment_Specialized_Knowledge_Disclosure_Obligation_Applied_Conditionally_to_Engineer_A, case171:Specialized_Knowledge_Constraint_Conditional_Application_to_Engineer_A ; proeth:discoveredincase "171" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T14:40:34.949168+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "171" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T14:40:34.949168+00:00" ; proeth:importance "medium" ; proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ; proeth:obligationclass "Specialized Knowledge Employer Disclosure Before Competitive Use Obligation" ; proeth:obligationstatement "If Engineer A had gained particular and specialized knowledge about Engineer B's clients' projects during employment, Engineer A was obligated to make full disclosure to Engineer B before using that specialized knowledge in competitive solicitation of those clients." ; proeth:sourcetext "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." ; proeth:temporalscope "Conditional — applicable if specialized knowledge was gained and used competitively during or after employment" ; 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.", "The facts do not indicate whether Engineer A was attempting to secure work through particular and specialized knowledge gained." ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 171 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T14:51:15.291183"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 171 Extraction" .