Post-Employment Client Solicitation Ethics Standard
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-EmploymentClientSolicitationEthicsStandard
Definition
Professional norms and ethical obligations governing how engineers may ethically approach former employers' clients after leaving a firm, including prohibitions on making false or misleading statements about the former employer's capacity to perform work in order to divert business to a newly formed competing firm.
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Professional norms and ethical obligations governing how engineers may ethically approach former employers' clients after leaving a firm, including prohibitions on making false or misleading statements about the former employer's capacity to perform work in order to divert business to a newly formed competing firm.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] Professional norms and ethical obligations prohibiting engineers from making false, misleading, or deceptive statements in the course of business negotiations or commercial dealings, including the duty not to misrepresent the status, interest, or position of third parties in order to gain a negotiating advantage
Source Evidence
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Engineer A has contacted Firm X's clients and is making representations that because Engineer C is going to be leaving Firm X to work for Firm Y, Firm X will be 'hard pressed' to perform successfully on its projects and that Firm X's clients should hire Firm Y to perform engineering services.
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rdfs:comment "Professional norms and ethical obligations governing how engineers may ethically approach former employers' clients after leaving a firm, including prohibitions on making false or misleading statements about the former employer's capacity to perform work in order to divert business to a newly formed competing firm." ;
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ea32c74b85853a10...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
127
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T03:10:18.093685+00:00
First Discovered In Case
127
Generated
2026-03-01T03:10:18.093685+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 127 Extraction