Engineer A Specialized Knowledge Absence Competition Permissibility Assessment
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Engineer_A_Specialized_Knowledge_Absence_Competition_Permissibility_Assessment
Properties
Instance of
SpecializedKnowledgePost-DepartureCompetitionConstraintObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SpecializedKnowledgePost-DepartureCompetitionConstraintObligation
Case context
Engineer A developed a water treatment plant expansion report for Clover City while employed at ABC; the BER distinguished this from Case 77-11 where specialized knowledge created a competition constraint.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to assess whether he had acquired specialized knowledge during his employment at ABC Engineering that would constrain his ability to compete for Clover City's work after departure; the BER found that no such specialized knowledge was acquired, rendering competition permissible.
Temporal scope
At the time of departure from ABC and before soliciting Clover City's business
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Specialized Knowledge Constraint Absence Permitting Engineer A Competition
Source Evidence
Source text
unlike Case No. 77-11, it does not appear that Engineer A has obtained any particular specialized knowledge as an employee of ABC that would restrict his ability to establish his own firm and eventually compete with ABC
Text references
unlike Case No. 77-11, it does not appear that Engineer A has obtained any particular specialized knowledge as an employee of ABC that would restrict his ability to establish his own firm and eventually compete with ABC
TTL
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case178:Engineer_A_Specialized_Knowledge_Absence_Competition_Permissibility_Assessment a proeth:SpecializedKnowledgePost-DepartureCompetitionConstraintObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Specialized Knowledge Absence Competition Permissibility Assessment" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case178:Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use_ABC_Water_Treatment_Report ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case178:Four_Engineers_Case_77-11_Specialized_Knowledge_Violation ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A developed a water treatment plant expansion report for Clover City while employed at ABC; the BER distinguished this from Case 77-11 where specialized knowledge created a competition constraint." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case178:Specialized_Knowledge_Constraint_Absence_Permitting_Engineer_A_Competition ;
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 "Specialized Knowledge Post-Departure Competition Constraint Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to assess whether he had acquired specialized knowledge during his employment at ABC Engineering that would constrain his ability to compete for Clover City's work after departure; the BER found that no such specialized knowledge was acquired, rendering competition permissible." ;
proeth:sourcetext "unlike Case No. 77-11, it does not appear that Engineer A has obtained any particular specialized knowledge as an employee of ABC that would restrict his ability to establish his own firm and eventually compete with ABC" ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of departure from ABC and before soliciting Clover City's business" ;
proeth:textreferences "unlike Case No. 77-11, it does not appear that Engineer A has obtained any particular specialized knowledge as an employee of ABC that would restrict his ability to establish his own firm and eventually compete with ABC" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.021943"^^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
2026-03-01T08:48:26.021943
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction