Loyalty Principle Invoked Against Engineer A Pre-Departure Conduct
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/171#Loyalty_Principle_Invoked_Against_Engineer_A_Pre-Departure_Conduct
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Engineer A's employment relationship with Engineer B during notice period
Balancing with
At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right
Concrete expression
Engineer A's duty of loyalty to Engineer B as employer required refraining from covert competitive solicitation of Engineer B's current clients during the employment period, and required disclosure of any such activity.
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
Loyalty during employment is not suspended by receipt of a termination notice; it persists until actual departure and encompasses both the duty to refrain from harmful competitive conduct and the duty to disclose.
Invoked by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Tension resolution
Loyalty prevails over the mobility interest during the active employment period; the termination notice shifts some moral responsibility but does not extinguish the loyalty duty.
Source Evidence
Source text
That requires the engineer to recognize both a duty of loyalty and good faith. An essential aspect of those is the duty to disclose.
Text references
Again, Engineer A owes duties of loyalty, good faith, and disclosure to the employer for which the breach constitutes a violation of the Code.
That requires the engineer to recognize both a duty of loyalty and good faith.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Loyalty Principle Invoked Against Engineer A Pre-Departure Conduct" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's employment relationship with Engineer B during notice period" ;
proeth:balancingwith "At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's duty of loyalty to Engineer B as employer required refraining from covert competitive solicitation of Engineer B's current clients during the employment period, and required disclosure of any such activity." ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "171" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T14:37:23.349304+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "171" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T14:37:23.349304+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Loyalty during employment is not suspended by receipt of a termination notice; it persists until actual departure and encompasses both the duty to refrain from harmful competitive conduct and the duty to disclose." ;
proeth:invokedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:principleclass "Loyalty" ;
proeth:sourcetext "That requires the engineer to recognize both a duty of loyalty and good faith. An essential aspect of those is the duty to disclose." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Loyalty prevails over the mobility interest during the active employment period; the termination notice shifts some moral responsibility but does not extinguish the loyalty duty." ;
proeth:textreferences "Again, Engineer A owes duties of loyalty, good faith, and disclosure to the employer for which the breach constitutes a violation of the Code.",
"That requires the engineer to recognize both a duty of loyalty and good faith." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 171 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T14:51:15.262020"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 171 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
171
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T14:37:23.349304+00:00
First case
171
Generated
2026-03-02T14:37:23.349304+00:00
Attributed to
Case 171 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T14:51:15.262020
Generated by
ProEthica Case 171 Extraction