Engineer A Post-Employment Solicitation Permissibility After Voluntary Period
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Solicitation_Permissibility_After_Voluntary_Period
Properties
Instance of
Post-EmploymentFormerEmployerClientCompetitiveSolicitationPermissibilityBoundaryObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-EmploymentFormerEmployerClientCompetitiveSolicitationPermissibilityBoundaryObligation
Case context
After waiting over a year, Engineer A solicited Clover City's business; the BER found this permissible under the principles of free and open competition and client autonomy.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
After the voluntary non-solicitation period elapsed, Engineer A was ethically permitted to solicit Clover City's business, provided he did so honestly, without exploiting confidential information from ABC, and without disparaging ABC's capabilities — the BER affirmed this solicitation as within the bounds of free and open competition.
Temporal scope
After the voluntary non-solicitation period of over one year following departure from ABC
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Post-Employment Confidential Information Non-Use ABC Water Treatment Report, Engineer A Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period One Year Compliance
Source Evidence
Source text
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, ABC
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, ABC
the Board believes that Engineer A's actions and conduct were ethical
TTL
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case178:Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Solicitation_Permissibility_After_Voluntary_Period a proeth:Post-EmploymentFormerEmployerClientCompetitiveSolicitationPermissibilityBoundaryObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Post-Employment Solicitation Permissibility After Voluntary Period" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case178:Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use_ABC_Water_Treatment_Report,
case178:Engineer_A_Voluntary_Non-Solicitation_Period_One_Year_Compliance ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case178:No_Written_Non-Compete_Agreement_Between_Engineer_A_and_ABC,
case178:No_Written_Non-Compete_Agreement_State_-_Engineer_A_and_ABC ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case178:Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use_ABC_Water_Treatment_Report ;
proeth:casecontext "After waiting over a year, Engineer A solicited Clover City's business; the BER found this permissible under the principles of free and open competition and client autonomy." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case178:Competitive_Employment_Freedom_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Post-Departure_Solicitation,
case178:Free_and_Open_Competition_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Post-Departure_Solicitation_Permissibility ;
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 "Post-Employment Former Employer Client Competitive Solicitation Permissibility Boundary Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "After the voluntary non-solicitation period elapsed, Engineer A was ethically permitted to solicit Clover City's business, provided he did so honestly, without exploiting confidential information from ABC, and without disparaging ABC's capabilities — the BER affirmed this solicitation as within the bounds of free and open competition." ;
proeth:sourcetext "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, ABC" ;
proeth:temporalscope "After the voluntary non-solicitation period of over one year following departure from ABC" ;
proeth:textreferences "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, ABC",
"the Board believes that Engineer A's actions and conduct were ethical" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.023126"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 178 Extraction" .
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
2026-03-01T08:48:26.023126
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction