Expeditious Correction Obligation Triggered Upon Engineer X Departure
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/174#Expeditious_Correction_Obligation_Triggered_Upon_Engineer_X_Departure
Properties
Instance of
ExpeditiousCorrectionObligationUponActualKnowledgeofMarketingMaterialInaccuracy
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ExpeditiousCorrectionObligationUponActualKnowledgeofMarketingMaterialInaccuracy
Applied to
Firm Y brochure and resume listing Engineer X after departure notice and after departure
Balancing with
Non-Prominent Personnel Listing Materiality Exculpation Principle
Pertinent Fact Misrepresentation Intent-and-Purpose Dual-Element Test
Concrete expression
Engineer Z has actual knowledge of Engineer X's departure from the moment notice is given; this triggers an obligation to take expeditious corrective action on the brochure and firm resume, even if the failure to do so during the notice period does not independently constitute a violation given Engineer X's non-prominent status.
Confidence
0.85
Importance
high
Interpretation
Actual knowledge of the inaccuracy (departure notice) triggers the correction obligation; continued inaction after Engineer X's actual departure is a more serious concern than inaction during the notice period.
Invoked by
Engineer Z Credential-Misrepresenting Firm Principal Engineer
Tension resolution
The Board's no-violation finding for the notice period does not eliminate the expeditious correction obligation post-departure; the principle recommends correction as best practice even absent a formal violation.
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer Z, a principal in Firm Y, continues to distribute a brochure identifying Engineer X as an employee of the firm and list Engineer X on the firm resume.
Text references
Engineer X, an associate with the firm, gives two weeks notice of her intent to move to another firm.
Thereafter, Engineer Z, a principal in Firm Y, continues to distribute a brochure identifying Engineer X as an employee of the firm and list Engineer X on the firm resume.
TTL
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case174:Expeditious_Correction_Obligation_Triggered_Upon_Engineer_X_Departure a proeth:ExpeditiousCorrectionObligationUponActualKnowledgeofMarketingMaterialInaccuracy,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Expeditious Correction Obligation Triggered Upon Engineer X Departure" ;
proeth:appliedto "Firm Y brochure and resume listing Engineer X after departure notice and after departure" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Non-Prominent Personnel Listing Materiality Exculpation Principle",
"Pertinent Fact Misrepresentation Intent-and-Purpose Dual-Element Test" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer Z has actual knowledge of Engineer X's departure from the moment notice is given; this triggers an obligation to take expeditious corrective action on the brochure and firm resume, even if the failure to do so during the notice period does not independently constitute a violation given Engineer X's non-prominent status." ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "174" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:16:59.187664+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "174" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:16:59.187664+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Actual knowledge of the inaccuracy (departure notice) triggers the correction obligation; continued inaction after Engineer X's actual departure is a more serious concern than inaction during the notice period." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer Z Credential-Misrepresenting Firm Principal Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Expeditious Correction Obligation Upon Actual Knowledge of Marketing Material Inaccuracy" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer Z, a principal in Firm Y, continues to distribute a brochure identifying Engineer X as an employee of the firm and list Engineer X on the firm resume." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The Board's no-violation finding for the notice period does not eliminate the expeditious correction obligation post-departure; the principle recommends correction as best practice even absent a formal violation." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer X, an associate with the firm, gives two weeks notice of her intent to move to another firm.",
"Thereafter, Engineer Z, a principal in Firm Y, continues to distribute a brochure identifying Engineer X as an employee of the firm and list Engineer X on the firm resume." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 174 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T12:34:10.120953"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 174 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
174
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:16:59.187664+00:00
First case
174
Generated
2026-03-01T12:16:59.187664+00:00
Attributed to
Case 174 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T12:34:10.120953
Generated by
ProEthica Case 174 Extraction