Engineer A ABC Water Treatment Report Proprietary Content Non-Exploitation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Engineer_A_ABC_Water_Treatment_Report_Proprietary_Content_Non-Exploitation
Properties
Instance of
FormerEmployerProprietaryReportContentNon-ExploitationinIndependentPracticeObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FormerEmployerProprietaryReportContentNon-ExploitationinIndependentPracticeObligation
Case context
Engineer A developed the water treatment plant expansion report as an ABC employee; the report was paid for by Clover City and delivered to ABC; Engineer A subsequently established an independent firm and solicited Clover City for related work.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from exploiting the specific proprietary content, client-specific data, and confidential information contained in the ABC-developed water treatment plant expansion report when soliciting or performing independent work for Clover City, recognizing that while his general professional knowledge is portable, the specific report content belongs to ABC.
Temporal scope
From Engineer A's departure from ABC through all subsequent independent practice involving Clover City
Source Evidence
Source text
As an employee of ABC, Engineer A developed the report by which the city will get funding for the water treatment plant expansion.
Text references
As an employee of ABC, Engineer A developed the report by which the city will get funding for the water treatment plant expansion.
However, after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City.
The city has paid ABC for this report.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A ABC Water Treatment Report Proprietary Content Non-Exploitation" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case178:Free_and_Open_Competition_Framework_Governing_Engineer_As_Post-Departure_Conduct ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A developed the water treatment plant expansion report as an ABC employee; the report was paid for by Clover City and delivered to ABC; Engineer A subsequently established an independent firm and solicited Clover City for related work." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case178:Post-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use_Applied_to_ABC_Water_Treatment_Report,
case178:Post-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use_Invoked_in_Engineer_A_Analysis ;
proeth:discoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:29:53.222093+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:29:53.222093+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Former Employer Proprietary Report Content Non-Exploitation in Independent Practice Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from exploiting the specific proprietary content, client-specific data, and confidential information contained in the ABC-developed water treatment plant expansion report when soliciting or performing independent work for Clover City, recognizing that while his general professional knowledge is portable, the specific report content belongs to ABC." ;
proeth:sourcetext "As an employee of ABC, Engineer A developed the report by which the city will get funding for the water treatment plant expansion." ;
proeth:temporalscope "From Engineer A's departure from ABC through all subsequent independent practice involving Clover City" ;
proeth:textreferences "As an employee of ABC, Engineer A developed the report by which the city will get funding for the water treatment plant expansion.",
"However, after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City.",
"The city has paid ABC for this report." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.012587"^^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
2026-03-01T08:29:53.222093+00:00
First case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:29:53.222093+00:00
Attributed to
Case 178 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:26.012587
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction