BER Tripartite Interest Balancing Application Engineer A ABC Clover City
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#BER_Tripartite_Interest_Balancing_Application_Engineer_A_ABC_Clover_City
Properties
Instance of
TripartiteInterestBalancingDepartureConductSelf-AssessmentObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#TripartiteInterestBalancingDepartureConductSelf-AssessmentObligation
Case context
Engineer A departed ABC to establish an independent firm after Clover City suggested he do so; the BER applied tripartite balancing to assess the ethical permissibility of his departure and subsequent solicitation.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.86
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (and BER as evaluator)
Obligation statement
The ethical evaluation of Engineer A's departure conduct required balancing: (1) Clover City's interest in retaining Engineer A's services; (2) Engineer A's interest in professional autonomy and establishing independent practice; and (3) ABC's interest in maintaining business goodwill with Clover City — with the BER finding that this balance supported the permissibility of Engineer A's conduct.
Temporal scope
Throughout the departure process and subsequent competitive solicitation
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Three-Party Interest Balancing in Engineer A Departure from ABC
Source Evidence
Source text
the Board noted the need to balance (1) the interests of the client in retaining the firm of its choice; (2) the interests of the individually employed engineers; and (3) the interests of the firm and its interest in maintaining business goodwill with its clients
Text references
Turning to the specific facts of this case and balancing the interests of all parties involved in this matter, the Board believes that Engineer A's actions and conduct were ethical
the Board noted the need to balance (1) the interests of the client in retaining the firm of its choice; (2) the interests of the individually employed engineers; and (3) the interests of the firm and its interest in maintaining business goodwill with its clients
TTL
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case178:BER_Tripartite_Interest_Balancing_Application_Engineer_A_ABC_Clover_City a proeth:TripartiteInterestBalancingDepartureConductSelf-AssessmentObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "BER Tripartite Interest Balancing Application Engineer A ABC Clover City" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case178:Three-Party_Interest_Balancing_in_Engineer_A_Departure_from_ABC ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case178:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Duty_to_ABC_During_Active_Clover_City_Project ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A departed ABC to establish an independent firm after Clover City suggested he do so; the BER applied tripartite balancing to assess the ethical permissibility of his departure and subsequent solicitation." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.86" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case178:Tripartite_Interest_Balancing_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Departure,
case178:Tripartite_Interest_Balancing_Invoked_in_Engineer_A_ABC_Clover_City_Departure ;
proeth:discoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:38:32.552396+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:38:32.552396+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (and BER as evaluator)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Tripartite Interest Balancing Departure Conduct Self-Assessment Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The ethical evaluation of Engineer A's departure conduct required balancing: (1) Clover City's interest in retaining Engineer A's services; (2) Engineer A's interest in professional autonomy and establishing independent practice; and (3) ABC's interest in maintaining business goodwill with Clover City — with the BER finding that this balance supported the permissibility of Engineer A's conduct." ;
proeth:sourcetext "the Board noted the need to balance (1) the interests of the client in retaining the firm of its choice; (2) the interests of the individually employed engineers; and (3) the interests of the firm and its interest in maintaining business goodwill with its clients" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the departure process and subsequent competitive solicitation" ;
proeth:textreferences "Turning to the specific facts of this case and balancing the interests of all parties involved in this matter, the Board believes that Engineer A's actions and conduct were ethical",
"the Board noted the need to balance (1) the interests of the client in retaining the firm of its choice; (2) the interests of the individually employed engineers; and (3) the interests of the firm and its interest in maintaining business goodwill with its clients" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.022284"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 178 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
178
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:38:32.552396+00:00
First case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:38:32.552396+00:00
Attributed to
Case 178 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:26.022284
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction