Engineer A Client-Suggested Departure Faithful Agent Non-Concealment from ABC
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Engineer_A_Client-Suggested_Departure_Faithful_Agent_Non-Concealment_from_ABC
Properties
Instance of
Client-SuggestedDepartureFaithfulAgentNon-ConcealmentObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Client-SuggestedDepartureFaithfulAgentNon-ConcealmentObligation
Case context
While employed at ABC and serving as the primary engineer on the Clover City water treatment project, Engineer A received a direct suggestion from Clover City to open an independent firm; he did not disclose this to ABC and departed six months later.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.82
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated, upon receiving Clover City's suggestion that he open an independent firm, to refrain from concealing this material conflict of interest from ABC while continuing to serve as ABC's faithful agent on the Clover City water treatment project, recognizing that the faithful agent duty required transparency about developments that materially affected his loyalty to his employer.
Temporal scope
From the moment Clover City officials suggested Engineer A open his own firm until his departure from ABC
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
City-Initiated Independence Encouragement from Clover City to Engineer A, Engineer A Pre-Departure Non-Disclosure of Clover City Interest to ABC
derivedFromPrinciple
Faithful Agent Obligation Applied to Engineer A During ABC Employment
Source Evidence
Source text
Recently, officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City.
Text references
Recently, officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City.
Six months later, Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City for a period of time.
The city indicates that it would consider a city retainer contract and also a contract for the design of the elevated storage tank.
TTL
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case178:Engineer_A_Client-Suggested_Departure_Faithful_Agent_Non-Concealment_from_ABC a proeth:Client-SuggestedDepartureFaithfulAgentNon-ConcealmentObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Client-Suggested Departure Faithful Agent Non-Concealment from ABC" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case178:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Duty_to_ABC_During_Active_Clover_City_Project ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case178:City-Initiated_Independence_Encouragement_from_Clover_City_to_Engineer_A,
case178:Engineer_A_Pre-Departure_Non-Disclosure_of_Clover_City_Interest_to_ABC ;
proeth:casecontext "While employed at ABC and serving as the primary engineer on the Clover City water treatment project, Engineer A received a direct suggestion from Clover City to open an independent firm; he did not disclose this to ABC and departed six months later." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.82" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case178:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Applied_to_Engineer_A_During_ABC_Employment ;
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 "Client-Suggested Departure Faithful Agent Non-Concealment Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated, upon receiving Clover City's suggestion that he open an independent firm, to refrain from concealing this material conflict of interest from ABC while continuing to serve as ABC's faithful agent on the Clover City water treatment project, recognizing that the faithful agent duty required transparency about developments that materially affected his loyalty to his employer." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Recently, officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City." ;
proeth:temporalscope "From the moment Clover City officials suggested Engineer A open his own firm until his departure from ABC" ;
proeth:textreferences "Recently, officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City.",
"Six months later, Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City for a period of time.",
"The city indicates that it would consider a city retainer contract and also a contract for the design of the elevated storage tank." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.010200"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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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
2026-03-01T08:48:26.010200
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction