Engineer B Printed Marketing Material Proactive Accuracy Assurance BER-82

O · Obligation Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/171#Engineer_B_Printed_Marketing_Material_Proactive_Accuracy_Assurance_BER-82
Properties
Instance of
PrintedMarketingMaterialProactiveAccuracyAssuranceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PrintedMarketingMaterialProactiveAccuracyAssuranceObligation
Case context
Engineer B, as the firm principal who issued the termination notice, had actual knowledge that the brochure listing Engineer A as a key employee would become inaccurate. The proactive accuracy obligation required Engineer B to take steps — such as errata sheets, cover letters, or reprints — to prevent the known inaccuracy from misleading prospective clients.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer B
Obligation statement
Engineer B was obligated to take proactive steps to ensure that the firm's printed promotional brochure remained accurate as to personnel listings, including anticipating the foreseeable inaccuracy created by Engineer A's pending departure and implementing timely review and updating processes.
Temporal scope
From issuance of termination notice onward
Source Evidence
Source text
Section III.3.a. states in part that 'Engineers shall avoid use of statements containing a material misrepresentation of fact or omitting a material fact necessary to keep statements from being misleading; statements intended or likely to create an unjustified expectation....'

Text references
Engineer B distributed the brochure while Engineer A was still employed but had been given a notice of termination by Engineer B.
Engineer B was well aware of the impending termination of Engineer A. Engineer B was the very person who terminated Engineer A.
Section III.3.a. states in part that 'Engineers shall avoid use of statements containing a material misrepresentation of fact or omitting a material fact necessary to keep statements from being misleading; statements intended or likely to create an unjustified expectation....'
TTL
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Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:27
Discovered in case
171
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T14:40:34.949168+00:00
First case
171
Generated
2026-03-02T14:40:34.949168+00:00
Attributed to
Case 171 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T14:51:15.292498
Generated by
ProEthica Case 171 Extraction