Four Engineers Case 77-11 Specialized Knowledge Violation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Four_Engineers_Case_77-11_Specialized_Knowledge_Violation
Properties
Instance of
SpecializedKnowledgePost-DepartureCompetitionConstraintObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SpecializedKnowledgePost-DepartureCompetitionConstraintObligation
Case context
Four engineers left a firm, founded a new firm, and contacted former clients; found not in violation for general client contact but found in violation for projects involving specialized knowledge.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Four departing engineers in Case 77-11
Obligation statement
The four engineers who departed their firm in Case 77-11 were obligated to refrain from competing for projects on which they had gained specialized knowledge during employment; they violated this obligation by competing for such projects without the former employer's consent.
Temporal scope
Upon departure and during subsequent competition for former employer's clients
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Specialized Knowledge Constraint Absence Permitting Engineer A Competition
Source Evidence
Source text
the Board did determine in Case No. 77-11 that the four engineers did violate the NSPE Code with regard to projects for which they had gained specialized knowledge while in the employ of the firm
Text references
the Board did determine in Case No. 77-11 that the four engineers did violate the NSPE Code with regard to projects for which they had gained specialized knowledge while in the employ of the firm
TTL
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rdfs:label "Four Engineers Case 77-11 Specialized Knowledge Violation" ;
proeth:casecontext "Four engineers left a firm, founded a new firm, and contacted former clients; found not in violation for general client contact but found in violation for projects involving specialized knowledge." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
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 "Four departing engineers in Case 77-11" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Specialized Knowledge Post-Departure Competition Constraint Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The four engineers who departed their firm in Case 77-11 were obligated to refrain from competing for projects on which they had gained specialized knowledge during employment; they violated this obligation by competing for such projects without the former employer's consent." ;
proeth:sourcetext "the Board did determine in Case No. 77-11 that the four engineers did violate the NSPE Code with regard to projects for which they had gained specialized knowledge while in the employ of the firm" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon departure and during subsequent competition for former employer's clients" ;
proeth:textreferences "the Board did determine in Case No. 77-11 that the four engineers did violate the NSPE Code with regard to projects for which they had gained specialized knowledge while in the employ of the firm" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.022134"^^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
2026-03-01T08:48:26.022134
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction