Engineer-Departure-Competition-Ethics-Standard
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Engineer-Departure-Competition-Ethics-Standard
Properties
Instance of
EngineerDepartureandCompetitionEthicsStandard
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineerDepartureandCompetitionEthicsStandard
Confidence
0.92
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review (derived from NSPE Code Sections III.4, III.4.a., III.4.b.)
Document title
Professional Norms Governing Engineer Departure and Competition with Former Employer
Importance
high
Used by
Board of Ethical Review in evaluating Engineer A's decision to establish his own firm and eventually compete with ABC
Used in context
Governs the ethical boundaries applicable when Engineer A leaves ABC Engineering to establish an independent firm, including the one-year waiting period, absence of a non-compete agreement, and the distinction between employee and partner/principal status as factors bearing on ethical permissibility
Source Evidence
Source text
The Board can find no general ethical proscription limiting Engineer A's decision to establish an engineering firm.
Text references
Engineer A still declined an apparent offer of work by Clover City, decided not to compete directly with his former employer, ABC, and waited for a period of over a year before deciding to go into competition with his former employer.
The Board can find no general ethical proscription limiting Engineer A's decision to establish an engineering firm.
We believe Engineer A's conduct is appropriate and within the bounds of what would be considered reasonable, particularly since Engineer A was an employee of ABC and not a partner or principal of the firm.
TTL
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proeth:sourcetext "The Board can find no general ethical proscription limiting Engineer A's decision to establish an engineering firm." ;
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"The Board can find no general ethical proscription limiting Engineer A's decision to establish an engineering firm.",
"We believe Engineer A's conduct is appropriate and within the bounds of what would be considered reasonable, particularly since Engineer A was an employee of ABC and not a partner or principal of the firm." ;
proeth:usedby "Board of Ethical Review in evaluating Engineer A's decision to establish his own firm and eventually compete with ABC" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
178
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:23:38.439339+00:00
First case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:23:38.439339+00:00
Attributed to
Case 178 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:26.006526
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction