Client-Initiated Departure Moral Responsibility Shift Applied to Clover City Suggestion
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Client-Initiated_Departure_Moral_Responsibility_Shift_Applied_to_Clover_City_Suggestion
Properties
Instance of
Client-InitiatedDepartureMoralResponsibilityShiftPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Client-InitiatedDepartureMoralResponsibilityShiftPrinciple
Applied to
Clover City's suggestion that Engineer A establish independent practice
Engineer A's acceptance of Clover City's invitation
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Tripartite Interest Balancing in Engineer Departure Scenarios
Concrete expression
Because Clover City — not Engineer A — initiated the suggestion that Engineer A open his own firm, the moral responsibility for any disruption to ABC's client relationship shifts substantially toward Clover City, and Engineer A's culpability for accepting the invitation is correspondingly reduced
Confidence
0.89
Importance
high
Interpretation
The client-initiated nature of the departure is a significant mitigating factor in the ethical evaluation of Engineer A's conduct; he did not actively solicit the opportunity but responded to the client's expressed preference
Invoked by
Clover City Municipal Engineering Client
Engineer A Client-Suggested Independent Firm Founder
Tension resolution
Client initiation substantially reduces Engineer A's ethical culpability for the departure; remaining obligations focus on manner of transition and confidentiality
Source Evidence
Source text
officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City. The city indicates that it would consider a city retainer contract and also a contract for the design of the elevated storage tank.
Text references
Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients
The city indicates that it would consider a city retainer contract and also a contract for the design of the elevated storage tank.
officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City
TTL
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case178:Client-Initiated_Departure_Moral_Responsibility_Shift_Applied_to_Clover_City_Suggestion a proeth:Client-InitiatedDepartureMoralResponsibilityShiftPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Client-Initiated Departure Moral Responsibility Shift Applied to Clover City Suggestion" ;
proeth:appliedto "Clover City's suggestion that Engineer A establish independent practice",
"Engineer A's acceptance of Clover City's invitation" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Tripartite Interest Balancing in Engineer Departure Scenarios" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Because Clover City — not Engineer A — initiated the suggestion that Engineer A open his own firm, the moral responsibility for any disruption to ABC's client relationship shifts substantially toward Clover City, and Engineer A's culpability for accepting the invitation is correspondingly reduced" ;
proeth:confidence "0.89" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The client-initiated nature of the departure is a significant mitigating factor in the ethical evaluation of Engineer A's conduct; he did not actively solicit the opportunity but responded to the client's expressed preference" ;
proeth:invokedby "Clover City Municipal Engineering Client",
"Engineer A Client-Suggested Independent Firm Founder" ;
proeth:principleclass "Client-Initiated Departure Moral Responsibility Shift Principle" ;
proeth:sourcetext "officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City. The city indicates that it would consider a city retainer contract and also a contract for the design of the elevated storage tank." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Client initiation substantially reduces Engineer A's ethical culpability for the departure; remaining obligations focus on manner of transition and confidentiality" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients",
"The city indicates that it would consider a city retainer contract and also a contract for the design of the elevated storage tank.",
"officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.020296"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 178 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
178
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00
First case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00
Attributed to
Case 178 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:26.020296
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction