BER-Case-Precedent-Engineer-Departure-Client-Solicitation
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#BER-Case-Precedent-Engineer-Departure-Client-Solicitation
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Confidence
0.82
Createdby
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Documenttitle
NSPE Board of Ethical Review – Prior Cases on Engineer Departure and Client Solicitation
Importance
medium
Resourceclass
BER Case Precedent
Usedby
Ethics reviewers applying analogical reasoning to Engineer A's situation
Usedincontext
Prior BER decisions addressing analogous situations where engineers left firms to establish competing practices and subsequently solicited former employer clients, providing precedential reasoning on the ethical permissibility of such conduct absent non-compete agreements
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Various
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients
Text References
Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients
There was no 'no-compete agreement' between Engineer A and ABC Engineering Company
after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City
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Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
30f016a04bff9c70...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
178
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-03-01T08:21:50.784853+00:00
First Case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:21:50.784853+00:00
Attributed To
Case 178 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:26.003128
Generated By
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction