Brochure-Misrepresented Departing Engineer
Class
7aa51534
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Brochure-MisrepresentedDepartingEngineer
Definition
A licensed professional engineer who has given notice of departure or has been terminated from an engineering firm, whose name and credentials continue to appear in the firm's marketing brochures and resumes without accurate disclosure of their departure status, creating a potential misrepresentation of the firm's available expertise to prospective clients. Distinguished from 'Terminated Staff Engineer Subject to Credential Misuse' by encompassing both voluntary departures (giving notice) and involuntary terminations, and by focusing on the ethical obligations of the firm rather than the individual engineer.
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Definition
A licensed professional engineer who has given notice of departure or has been terminated from an engineering firm, whose name and credentials continue to appear in the firm's marketing brochures and resumes without accurate disclosure of their departure status, creating a potential misrepresentation of the firm's available expertise to prospective clients. Distinguished from 'Terminated Staff Engineer Subject to Credential Misuse' by encompassing both voluntary departures (giving notice) and involuntary terminations, and by focusing on the ethical obligations of the firm rather than the individual engineer.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] A licensed professional engineer who has been terminated or is departing from an engineering firm, whose name and qualifications continue to be listed in the firm's promotional materials without consent or accurate disclosure of their departure status, creating a misrepresentation of the firm's available expertise to prospective clients.
Source Evidence
Source Text
an engineer who, as a principal in an engineering firm, terminated an engineer but continued to distribute a previously printed brochure listing the terminated engineer
TTL
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rdfs:comment "A licensed professional engineer who has given notice of departure or has been terminated from an engineering firm, whose name and credentials continue to appear in the firm's marketing brochures and resumes without accurate disclosure of their departure status, creating a potential misrepresentation of the firm's available expertise to prospective clients. Distinguished from 'Terminated Staff Engineer Subject to Credential Misuse' by encompassing both voluntary departures (giving notice) and involuntary terminations, and by focusing on the ethical obligations of the firm rather than the individual engineer." ;
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Ontology
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Content Hash
7aa51534eb3cbcdf...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
131
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T11:30:00.205379+00:00
First Discovered In Case
131
Generated
2026-03-01T11:30:00.205379+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 131 Extraction