Engineer B Brochure-Misrepresenting Terminating Employer Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/171#Engineer_B_Brochure-Misrepresenting_Terminating_Employer_Engineer
Definition
Engineer B issued a termination notice to Engineer A in November 1982 but continued distributing a brochure listing Engineer A as a key employee during the notice period and after actual termination, misrepresenting the firm's personnel to prospective clients.
Properties
Instance of
Brochure-MisrepresentingTerminatingEmployerEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Brochure-MisrepresentingTerminatingEmployerEngineer
Attributes
| role_in_firm | Firm principal/employer |
| action_taken | Continued distributing outdated brochure listing terminated engineer as key employee |
| duration_of_misrepresentation | During notice period and after actual termination |
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | distributed_brochure_to |
| target | Engineer B's Clients Prospective Engineering Services Client Relying on Firm Brochure |
| type | employer_of |
| target | Engineer A Pre-Departure Client-Soliciting Termination-Notified Engineer |
Role category
public_responsibility
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Brochure Personnel Currency Disclosure Obligation Violated by Engineer B, Expeditious Correction Obligation Violated by Engineer B Post-Actual-Termination, Honesty in Professional Representations Violated by Engineer B Brochure, Notice-Period Brochure Distribution Conditional Permissibility Applied to Engineer B, Pertinent Fact Misrepresentation Dual-Element Test Applied to Engineer B Brochure, Proactive Marketing Material Accuracy Obligation Applied to Engineer B
hasObligation
Engineer B Case-by-Case Brochure Misrepresentation Pertinence Assessment, Engineer B Errata Sheet Low-Cost Correction Mechanism Utilization, Engineer B Expeditious Marketing Material Err or Correction Upon Actual Knowledge, Engineer B Inadvertent Brochure Inaccuracy Non-Condoning Expeditious Correction, Engineer B Notice-Period Active-Negotiation Key-Employee Departure Disclosure BER-82, Engineer B Notice-Period Key-Employee Brochure Heightened Disclosure, Engineer B Pertinent Fact Dual-Element Misrepresentation Test Brochure, Engineer B Pertinent Fact Dual-Element Misrepresentation Test Brochure BER-82, Engineer B Post-Actual-Departure Brochure Cessation Absolute BER-82, Engineer B Post-Actual-Termination Brochure Personnel Listing Prohibition, Engineer B Printed Marketing Material Proactive Accuracy Assurance, Engineer B Printed Marketing Material Proactive Accuracy Assurance BER-82
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B distributed a previously printed brochure listing Engineer A as one of Engineer B's key employees
Text references
Engineer B distributed a previously printed brochure listing Engineer A as one of Engineer B's key employees
continued to use the previously printed brochure with Engineer A's name in it well after Engineer B did in fact terminate Engineer A
TTL
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case171:Engineer_B_Brochure-Misrepresenting_Terminating_Employer_Engineer a proeth:Brochure-MisrepresentingTerminatingEmployerEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Brochure-Misrepresenting Terminating Employer Engineer" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case171:Brochure_Personnel_Currency_Disclosure_Obligation_Violated_by_Engineer_B,
case171:Expeditious_Correction_Obligation_Violated_by_Engineer_B_Post-Actual-Termination,
case171:Honesty_in_Professional_Representations_Violated_by_Engineer_B_Brochure,
case171:Notice-Period_Brochure_Distribution_Conditional_Permissibility_Applied_to_Engineer_B,
case171:Pertinent_Fact_Misrepresentation_Dual-Element_Test_Applied_to_Engineer_B_Brochure,
case171:Proactive_Marketing_Material_Accuracy_Obligation_Applied_to_Engineer_B ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case171:Engineer_B_Case-by-Case_Brochure_Misrepresentation_Pertinence_Assessment,
case171:Engineer_B_Errata_Sheet_Low-Cost_Correction_Mechanism_Utilization,
case171:Engineer_B_Expeditious_Marketing_Material_Error_Correction_Upon_Actual_Knowledge,
case171:Engineer_B_Inadvertent_Brochure_Inaccuracy_Non-Condoning_Expeditious_Correction,
case171:Engineer_B_Notice-Period_Active-Negotiation_Key-Employee_Departure_Disclosure_BER-82,
case171:Engineer_B_Notice-Period_Key-Employee_Brochure_Heightened_Disclosure,
case171:Engineer_B_Pertinent_Fact_Dual-Element_Misrepresentation_Test_Brochure,
case171:Engineer_B_Pertinent_Fact_Dual-Element_Misrepresentation_Test_Brochure_BER-82,
case171:Engineer_B_Post-Actual-Departure_Brochure_Cessation_Absolute_BER-82,
case171:Engineer_B_Post-Actual-Termination_Brochure_Personnel_Listing_Prohibition,
case171:Engineer_B_Printed_Marketing_Material_Proactive_Accuracy_Assurance,
case171:Engineer_B_Printed_Marketing_Material_Proactive_Accuracy_Assurance_BER-82 ;
proeth:attributes "{'role_in_firm': 'Firm principal/employer', 'action_taken': 'Continued distributing outdated brochure listing terminated engineer as key employee', 'duration_of_misrepresentation': 'During notice period and after actual termination'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Engineer B issued a termination notice to Engineer A in November 1982 but continued distributing a brochure listing Engineer A as a key employee during the notice period and after actual termination, misrepresenting the firm's personnel to prospective clients." ;
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': 'distributed_brochure_to', 'target': \"Engineer B's Clients Prospective Engineering Services Client Relying on Firm Brochure\"}",
"{'type': 'employer_of', 'target': 'Engineer A Pre-Departure Client-Soliciting Termination-Notified Engineer'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Brochure-Misrepresenting Terminating Employer Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B distributed a previously printed brochure listing Engineer A as one of Engineer B's key employees" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B distributed a previously printed brochure listing Engineer A as one of Engineer B's key employees",
"continued to use the previously printed brochure with Engineer A's name in it well after Engineer B did in fact terminate Engineer A" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 171 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T14:51:15.260784"^^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
2026-03-02T14:51:15.260784
Generated by
ProEthica Case 171 Extraction