Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period Applied to Engineer A Six-Month Restraint
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Voluntary_Non-Solicitation_Period_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Six-Month_Restraint
Properties
Instance of
VoluntaryNon-SolicitationPeriodasEthicalTransitionPractice
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#VoluntaryNon-SolicitationPeriodasEthicalTransitionPractice
Applied to
Engineer A's six-month voluntary non-solicitation period
Engineer A's subsequent solicitation of ABC clients after one year
Balancing with
At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right
Free and Open Competition as Engineering Ethics Boundary Condition
Concrete expression
Engineer A's voluntary decision to refrain from soliciting ABC's clients, including Clover City, for approximately six months following his departure demonstrates professional integrity and good faith toward ABC, reflecting a higher standard of professional conduct than the ethical minimum
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Interpretation
The voluntary non-solicitation period reflects ethical best practice; the subsequent solicitation after one year is permissible and the voluntary restraint period itself is ethically commendable as a good faith gesture
Invoked by
Engineer A Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period Departing Engineer
Tension resolution
Voluntary restraint is ethically commendable but not indefinitely required; solicitation after one year is permissible absent confidentiality violations
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City for a period of time. However, after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City.
Text references
Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City for a period of time.
after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City
TTL
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case178:Voluntary_Non-Solicitation_Period_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Six-Month_Restraint a proeth:VoluntaryNon-SolicitationPeriodasEthicalTransitionPractice,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period Applied to Engineer A Six-Month Restraint" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's six-month voluntary non-solicitation period",
"Engineer A's subsequent solicitation of ABC clients after one year" ;
proeth:balancingwith "At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right",
"Free and Open Competition as Engineering Ethics Boundary Condition" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's voluntary decision to refrain from soliciting ABC's clients, including Clover City, for approximately six months following his departure demonstrates professional integrity and good faith toward ABC, reflecting a higher standard of professional conduct than the ethical minimum" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
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 voluntary non-solicitation period reflects ethical best practice; the subsequent solicitation after one year is permissible and the voluntary restraint period itself is ethically commendable as a good faith gesture" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period Departing Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period as Ethical Transition Practice" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City for a period of time. However, after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Voluntary restraint is ethically commendable but not indefinitely required; solicitation after one year is permissible absent confidentiality violations" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City for a period of time.",
"after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.009817"^^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
2026-03-01T08:48:26.009817
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction