Engineer A Post-Employment Confidential Information Non-Use ABC Water Treatment Report
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use_ABC_Water_Treatment_Report
Properties
Instance of
FormerClientConfidentialityPerpetuationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FormerClientConfidentialityPerpetuationObligation
Case context
Engineer A developed the water treatment plant expansion report for Clover City while employed at ABC; the BER referenced NSPE Code Sections III.4, III.4.a, III.4.b as governing the use of confidential information post-departure.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from exploiting ABC's proprietary water treatment plant expansion report content, client-specific data, or confidential project information when competing for Clover City's work after departure from ABC.
Temporal scope
After departure from ABC and throughout subsequent independent practice
Source Evidence
Source text
The Code addresses the use of confidential information concerning the technical affairs or processes of the former employer, promotional activities and negotiations for employment or business, and the involvement of the engineer in adversarial situations relating to the former employer. (See NSPE Code Sections III.4., III.4.a., III.4.b.)
Text references
The Code addresses the use of confidential information concerning the technical affairs or processes of the former employer, promotional activities and negotiations for employment or business, and the involvement of the engineer in adversarial situations relating to the former employer. (See NSPE Code Sections III.4., III.4.a., III.4.b.)
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Post-Employment Confidential Information Non-Use ABC Water Treatment Report" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case178:Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Solicitation_Permissibility_After_Voluntary_Period,
case178:Engineer_A_Specialized_Knowledge_Absence_Competition_Permissibility_Assessment ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case178:Absence_of_Specialized_Knowledge_Bar_for_Engineer_A ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A developed the water treatment plant expansion report for Clover City while employed at ABC; the BER referenced NSPE Code Sections III.4, III.4.a, III.4.b as governing the use of confidential information post-departure." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
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 "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" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Former Client Confidentiality Perpetuation Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from exploiting ABC's proprietary water treatment plant expansion report content, client-specific data, or confidential project information when competing for Clover City's work after departure from ABC." ;
proeth:sourcetext "The Code addresses the use of confidential information concerning the technical affairs or processes of the former employer, promotional activities and negotiations for employment or business, and the involvement of the engineer in adversarial situations relating to the former employer. (See NSPE Code Sections III.4., III.4.a., III.4.b.)" ;
proeth:temporalscope "After departure from ABC and throughout subsequent independent practice" ;
proeth:textreferences "The Code addresses the use of confidential information concerning the technical affairs or processes of the former employer, promotional activities and negotiations for employment or business, and the involvement of the engineer in adversarial situations relating to the former employer. (See NSPE Code Sections III.4., III.4.a., III.4.b.)" ;
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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
2026-03-01T08:48:26.022750
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction