Honesty Obligation Invoked Against Engineer Z Brochure Distribution
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/174#Honesty_Obligation_Invoked_Against_Engineer_Z_Brochure_Distribution
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Firm Y brochure and resume listing Engineer X post-notice
Balancing with
Non-Prominent Personnel Listing Materiality Exculpation Principle
Practical constraints of reprinting marketing materials
Concrete expression
Engineer Z's continued distribution of brochures listing Engineer X as a current employee after receiving two weeks notice implicates the fundamental honesty obligation — the brochure creates a false impression of current employment status.
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Interpretation
Honesty requires that representations about firm personnel reflect actual current employment relationships, not stale or soon-to-be-outdated ones.
Invoked by
Engineer Z Credential-Misrepresenting Firm Principal Engineer
Tension resolution
Because Engineer X's specialty is not a significant percentage of firm work and she is not highlighted as a key employee, the Board found the honesty violation threshold was not met — the listing was not pertinent enough to be decisively misleading.
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.
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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rdfs:label "Honesty Obligation Invoked Against Engineer Z Brochure Distribution" ;
proeth:appliedto "Firm Y brochure and resume listing Engineer X post-notice" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Non-Prominent Personnel Listing Materiality Exculpation Principle",
"Practical constraints of reprinting marketing materials" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer Z's continued distribution of brochures listing Engineer X as a current employee after receiving two weeks notice implicates the fundamental honesty obligation — the brochure creates a false impression of current employment status." ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
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 "Honesty requires that representations about firm personnel reflect actual current employment relationships, not stale or soon-to-be-outdated ones." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer Z Credential-Misrepresenting Firm Principal Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Honesty" ;
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 "Because Engineer X's specialty is not a significant percentage of firm work and she is not highlighted as a key employee, the Board found the honesty violation threshold was not met — the listing was not pertinent enough to be decisively misleading." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer X, an associate with the firm, gives two weeks notice of her intent to move to another firm.",
"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 "2026-03-01T12:34:10.117544"^^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
2026-03-01T12:34:10.117544
Generated by
ProEthica Case 174 Extraction