Post-Employment Confidential Information Non-Use Applied to ABC Water Treatment Report
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Post-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use_Applied_to_ABC_Water_Treatment_Report
Properties
Instance of
Post-EmploymentConfidentialInformationNon-UseProhibition
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-EmploymentConfidentialInformationNon-UseProhibition
Applied to
ABC's water treatment plant expansion report
Engineer A's knowledge of Clover City's project needs developed during ABC employment
Balancing with
Competitive Employment Freedom With Confidentiality Constraint
Free and Open Competition as Engineering Ethics Boundary Condition
Concrete expression
Engineer A may not exploit ABC's proprietary water treatment plant expansion report content, client-specific data, or confidential project information developed during his employment at ABC to gain competitive advantage in soliciting Clover City or other former ABC clients
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
The confidentiality obligation survives Engineer A's departure; his general engineering expertise is not restricted, but ABC's proprietary report content and client-specific data remain confidential
Invoked by
Engineer A Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period Departing Engineer
Tension resolution
General professional expertise may be applied; specific confidential information from ABC engagements may not be exploited
Source Evidence
Source text
As an employee of ABC, Engineer A developed the report by which the city will get funding for the water treatment plant expansion.
Text references
Engineer A developed the report by which the city will get funding for the water treatment plant expansion.
after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City
TTL
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case178:Post-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use_Applied_to_ABC_Water_Treatment_Report a proeth:Post-EmploymentConfidentialInformationNon-UseProhibition,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Post-Employment Confidential Information Non-Use Applied to ABC Water Treatment Report" ;
proeth:appliedto "ABC's water treatment plant expansion report",
"Engineer A's knowledge of Clover City's project needs developed during ABC employment" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Competitive Employment Freedom With Confidentiality Constraint",
"Free and Open Competition as Engineering Ethics Boundary Condition" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A may not exploit ABC's proprietary water treatment plant expansion report content, client-specific data, or confidential project information developed during his employment at ABC to gain competitive advantage in soliciting Clover City or other former ABC clients" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The confidentiality obligation survives Engineer A's departure; his general engineering expertise is not restricted, but ABC's proprietary report content and client-specific data remain confidential" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period Departing Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Post-Employment Confidential Information Non-Use Prohibition" ;
proeth:sourcetext "As an employee of ABC, Engineer A developed the report by which the city will get funding for the water treatment plant expansion." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "General professional expertise may be applied; specific confidential information from ABC engagements may not be exploited" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A developed the report by which the city will get funding for the water treatment plant expansion.",
"after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.011073"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 178 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
178
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00
First case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00
Attributed to
Case 178 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:26.011073
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction