Free Enterprise Professional Mobility Framework Active
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Free_Enterprise_Professional_Mobility_Framework_Active
Properties
Instance of
At-WillProfessionalMobilityState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#At-WillProfessionalMobilityState
Active period
Throughout the case; baseline condition of professional employment
Affected parties
ABC Engineering firm
Engineer A
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's right to depart ABC and establish an independent firm
Terminated by
Not terminated; persists as the governing baseline
Triggering event
Engineer A's consideration of establishing an independent engineering practice
Urgency level
low
Source Evidence
Source text
It is not unusual for engineers, employed by others, at some point, to break off from their employer and go into business for themselves
Text references
As a general matter, this practice raises no ethical issues for the BER's consideration
It is not unusual for engineers, employed by others, at some point, to break off from their employer and go into business for themselves
The Board can find no general ethical proscription limiting Engineer A's decision to establish an engineering firm
This is a fundamental principle of this nation's free enterprise system and generally should not be discouraged
TTL
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case178:Free_Enterprise_Professional_Mobility_Framework_Active a proeth:At-WillProfessionalMobilityState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Free Enterprise Professional Mobility Framework Active" ;
proeth:activeperiod "Throughout the case; baseline condition of professional employment" ;
proeth:affectedparties "ABC Engineering firm",
"Engineer A" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:24:06.221252+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:24:06.221252+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "It is not unusual for engineers, employed by others, at some point, to break off from their employer and go into business for themselves" ;
proeth:stateclass "At-Will Professional Mobility State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's right to depart ABC and establish an independent firm" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Not terminated; persists as the governing baseline" ;
proeth:textreferences "As a general matter, this practice raises no ethical issues for the BER's consideration",
"It is not unusual for engineers, employed by others, at some point, to break off from their employer and go into business for themselves",
"The Board can find no general ethical proscription limiting Engineer A's decision to establish an engineering firm",
"This is a fundamental principle of this nation's free enterprise system and generally should not be discouraged" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer A's consideration of establishing an independent engineering practice" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "low" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.008437"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 178 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
178
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:24:06.221252+00:00
First case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:24:06.221252+00:00
Attributed to
Case 178 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:26.008437
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction