Engineer A Specialized Knowledge Solicitation Risk
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/171#Engineer_A_Specialized_Knowledge_Solicitation_Risk
Properties
Instance of
SpecializedProjectKnowledgeConsentRequirementActivationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SpecializedProjectKnowledgeConsentRequirementActivationState
Active period
During and after Engineer A's employment with Engineer B, contingent on whether Engineer A possessed and used such specialized knowledge
Affected parties
Engineer A
Engineer B
Engineer B's clients
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's potential use of specialized project knowledge gained while employed by Engineer B to solicit specific clients
Terminated by
Full disclosure to Engineer B of the specialized knowledge being used, or cessation of solicitation based on such knowledge
Triggering event
Engineer A's solicitation of Engineer B's current clients, raising the question of whether specialized project knowledge was leveraged
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
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
Text references
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
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
TTL
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case171:Engineer_A_Specialized_Knowledge_Solicitation_Risk a proeth:SpecializedProjectKnowledgeConsentRequirementActivationState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Specialized Knowledge Solicitation Risk" ;
proeth:activeperiod "During and after Engineer A's employment with Engineer B, contingent on whether Engineer A possessed and used such specialized knowledge" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Engineer A",
"Engineer B",
"Engineer B's clients" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "171" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T14:26:22.110301+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "171" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T14:26:22.110301+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "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:stateclass "Specialized Project Knowledge Consent Requirement Activation State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's potential use of specialized project knowledge gained while employed by Engineer B to solicit specific clients" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Full disclosure to Engineer B of the specialized knowledge being used, or cessation of solicitation based on such knowledge" ;
proeth:textreferences "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",
"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:triggeringevent "Engineer A's solicitation of Engineer B's current clients, raising the question of whether specialized project knowledge was leveraged" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 171 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T14:51:15.270115"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 171 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
171
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T14:26:22.110301+00:00
First case
171
Generated
2026-03-02T14:26:22.110301+00:00
Attributed to
Case 171 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T14:51:15.270115
Generated by
ProEthica Case 171 Extraction