Engineer B BER 83-1 Notice Period Conditional Permissibility
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/174#Engineer_B_BER_83-1_Notice_Period_Conditional_Permissibility
Properties
Instance of
Notice-PeriodBrochureDistributionConditionalPermissibilityPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Notice-PeriodBrochureDistributionConditionalPermissibilityPrinciple
Applied to
Brochure distribution during Engineer A's notice period
Balancing with
Brochure Personnel Currency Disclosure During Active Negotiation Obligation
Honesty
Concrete expression
In BER 83-1, the Board ruled that Engineer B's distribution of previously printed brochures listing Engineer A during the active notice period was not unethical, provided Engineer B apprised prospective clients of Engineer A's pending termination during negotiation.
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
Continued use of existing printed materials during a notice period is conditionally permissible when accompanied by contemporaneous corrective disclosure of the pending departure.
Invoked by
Engineer B (BER 83-1) Credential-Misrepresenting Firm Principal Engineer
Tension resolution
The conditional permissibility is resolved by requiring active disclosure during negotiation, preserving honesty while accommodating the practical reality of printed materials.
Source Evidence
Source text
The Board ruled that it was not unethical for Engineer B to distribute a previously printed brochure listing Engineer A as a key employee providing Engineer B apprised the prospective client during negotiation of Engineer A's pending termination.
Text references
The Board also ruled that it was unethical for Engineer B to distribute a brochure listing Engineer A as a key employee after Engineer A's actual termination.
The Board ruled that it was not unethical for Engineer B to distribute a previously printed brochure listing Engineer A as a key employee providing Engineer B apprised the prospective client during negotiation of Engineer A's pending termination.
TTL
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case174:Engineer_B_BER_83-1_Notice_Period_Conditional_Permissibility a proeth:Notice-PeriodBrochureDistributionConditionalPermissibilityPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B BER 83-1 Notice Period Conditional Permissibility" ;
proeth:appliedto "Brochure distribution during Engineer A's notice period" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Brochure Personnel Currency Disclosure During Active Negotiation Obligation",
"Honesty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "In BER 83-1, the Board ruled that Engineer B's distribution of previously printed brochures listing Engineer A during the active notice period was not unethical, provided Engineer B apprised prospective clients of Engineer A's pending termination during negotiation." ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "174" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:22:18.762326+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "174" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:22:18.762326+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Continued use of existing printed materials during a notice period is conditionally permissible when accompanied by contemporaneous corrective disclosure of the pending departure." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer B (BER 83-1) Credential-Misrepresenting Firm Principal Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Notice-Period Brochure Distribution Conditional Permissibility Principle" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The Board ruled that it was not unethical for Engineer B to distribute a previously printed brochure listing Engineer A as a key employee providing Engineer B apprised the prospective client during negotiation of Engineer A's pending termination." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The conditional permissibility is resolved by requiring active disclosure during negotiation, preserving honesty while accommodating the practical reality of printed materials." ;
proeth:textreferences "The Board also ruled that it was unethical for Engineer B to distribute a brochure listing Engineer A as a key employee after Engineer A's actual termination.",
"The Board ruled that it was not unethical for Engineer B to distribute a previously printed brochure listing Engineer A as a key employee providing Engineer B apprised the prospective client during negotiation of Engineer A's pending termination." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 174 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T12:34:10.126773"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 174 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
174
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:22:18.762326+00:00
First case
174
Generated
2026-03-01T12:22:18.762326+00:00
Attributed to
Case 174 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T12:34:10.126773
Generated by
ProEthica Case 174 Extraction