Prudential Disclosure Applied to Engineer A Non-Disclosure of Clover City Solicitation
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Prudential_Disclosure_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Non-Disclosure_of_Clover_City_Solicitation
Properties
Instance of
PrudentialDisclosureasRelationalSelf-Protection
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PrudentialDisclosureasRelationalSelf-Protection
Applied to
Engineer A's non-disclosure of Clover City's suggestion that he open his own firm
Balancing with
At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right
Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure
Concrete expression
Engineer A's failure to disclose Clover City's solicitation to ABC was not necessarily an ethical violation, but voluntary disclosure would have been prudentially advisable to preserve his professional relationship with ABC and avoid the appearance of disloyalty
Confidence
0.87
Importance
medium
Interpretation
Prudential disclosure would have allowed ABC to address the situation proactively and would have protected Engineer A from the appearance of having acted in bad faith toward his employer
Invoked by
Engineer A Non-Disclosing Client-Solicited Departing Staff Engineer
Tension resolution
Disclosure was not mandatory but was prudentially advisable; Engineer A's choice not to disclose was permissible but suboptimal from a relational integrity standpoint
Source Evidence
Source text
Recently, officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City... Six months later, Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients.
Text references
Recently, officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City.
Six months later, Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Prudential Disclosure Applied to Engineer A Non-Disclosure of Clover City Solicitation" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's non-disclosure of Clover City's suggestion that he open his own firm" ;
proeth:balancingwith "At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right",
"Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's failure to disclose Clover City's solicitation to ABC was not necessarily an ethical violation, but voluntary disclosure would have been prudentially advisable to preserve his professional relationship with ABC and avoid the appearance of disloyalty" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
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 "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "Prudential disclosure would have allowed ABC to address the situation proactively and would have protected Engineer A from the appearance of having acted in bad faith toward his employer" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Non-Disclosing Client-Solicited Departing Staff Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Prudential Disclosure as Relational Self-Protection" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Recently, officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City... Six months later, Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Disclosure was not mandatory but was prudentially advisable; Engineer A's choice not to disclose was permissible but suboptimal from a relational integrity standpoint" ;
proeth:textreferences "Recently, officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City.",
"Six months later, Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.011766"^^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
2026-03-01T08:48:26.011766
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction