Engineer B Brochure-Misrepresenting Terminating Employer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/171#Engineer_B_Brochure-Misrepresenting_Terminating_Employer
Definition
Engineer B, as the terminating employer, distributed marketing brochures listing Engineer A as a key employee both during the notice period and after Engineer A's actual departure, constituting misrepresentation of pertinent facts with intent to enhance the firm's qualifications. The discussion also identifies Engineer B's affirmative obligation to verbally disclose Engineer A's pending termination to prospective clients during negotiations in the interim period.
Properties
Instance of
Brochure-MisrepresentingTerminatingEmployerEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Brochure-MisrepresentingTerminatingEmployerEngineer
Attributes
| violation | Section II.5.a (misrepresentation in brochures), Section III.3.a (material misrepresentation of fact) |
| brochure_distribution | During notice period and after actual termination |
| interim_obligation | Must verbally disclose Engineer A's pending termination during client negotiations |
| post_departure_obligation | Must cease using brochure with Engineer A's name entirely after formal dismissal |
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | employer_of |
| target | Engineer A |
| type | misrepresenting_to |
| target | Prospective Clients |
| type | terminating |
| target | Engineer A |
Role category
employer_relationship
Relationships
hasObligation
Engineer B Firm Principal Post-Departure Personnel Listing Correction, Engineer B Free Enterprise Departure Right Non-Ethical-Proscription Recognition, Engineer B Key Employee Brochure Listing Prospective Client Non-Misleading, Engineer B Marketing Material Ongoing Accuracy and Currency Maintenance
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B distributed the brochure while Engineer A was still employed but had been given a notice of termination
Text references
Engineer B distributed the brochure after Engineer A had left the firm
Engineer B distributed the brochure while Engineer A was still employed but had been given a notice of termination
Engineer B had an ethical obligation to cease using the brochure with Engineer A's name in it entirely
Engineer B had an obligation, during negotiations with a prospective client, to inform the client of Engineer A's pending termination
That is a clear misrepresentation of a pertinent fact with the intent to enhance the firm's qualifications
TTL
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case171:Engineer_B_Brochure-Misrepresenting_Terminating_Employer a proeth:Brochure-MisrepresentingTerminatingEmployerEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Brochure-Misrepresenting Terminating Employer" ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case171:Engineer_B_Firm_Principal_Post-Departure_Personnel_Listing_Correction,
case171:Engineer_B_Free_Enterprise_Departure_Right_Non-Ethical-Proscription_Recognition,
case171:Engineer_B_Key_Employee_Brochure_Listing_Prospective_Client_Non-Misleading,
case171:Engineer_B_Marketing_Material_Ongoing_Accuracy_and_Currency_Maintenance ;
proeth:attributes "{'violation': 'Section II.5.a (misrepresentation in brochures), Section III.3.a (material misrepresentation of fact)', 'brochure_distribution': 'During notice period and after actual termination', 'interim_obligation': \"Must verbally disclose Engineer A's pending termination during client negotiations\", 'post_departure_obligation': \"Must cease using brochure with Engineer A's name entirely after formal dismissal\"}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Engineer B, as the terminating employer, distributed marketing brochures listing Engineer A as a key employee both during the notice period and after Engineer A's actual departure, constituting misrepresentation of pertinent facts with intent to enhance the firm's qualifications. The discussion also identifies Engineer B's affirmative obligation to verbally disclose Engineer A's pending termination to prospective clients during negotiations in the interim period." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "171" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T14:25:22.962007+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "171" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T14:25:22.962007+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'employer_of', 'target': 'Engineer A'}",
"{'type': 'misrepresenting_to', 'target': 'Prospective Clients'}",
"{'type': 'terminating', 'target': 'Engineer A'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "employer_relationship" ;
proeth:roleclass "Brochure-Misrepresenting Terminating Employer Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B distributed the brochure while Engineer A was still employed but had been given a notice of termination" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B distributed the brochure after Engineer A had left the firm",
"Engineer B distributed the brochure while Engineer A was still employed but had been given a notice of termination",
"Engineer B had an ethical obligation to cease using the brochure with Engineer A's name in it entirely",
"Engineer B had an obligation, during negotiations with a prospective client, to inform the client of Engineer A's pending termination",
"That is a clear misrepresentation of a pertinent fact with the intent to enhance the firm's qualifications" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 171 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T14:51:15.266304"^^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
2026-03-02T14:25:22.962007+00:00
First case
171
Generated
2026-03-02T14:25:22.962007+00:00
Attributed to
Case 171 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T14:51:15.266304
Generated by
ProEthica Case 171 Extraction