Employer Termination Threat for External Civic Advocacy State
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EmployerTerminationThreatforExternalCivicAdvocacyState
Definition
State in which an engineer employed by a private company faces a credible threat of discharge from their employer specifically because of external civic or professional advocacy activities — such as public statements, legislative testimony, or participation in citizen advocacy groups — where the advocacy does not name the employer or any specific company, does not disclose confidential information, and is conducted entirely outside the scope of employment duties, creating a tension between the engineer's right and duty to serve the public interest through professional advocacy and the employer's authority to set conditions of employment.
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Definition
State in which an engineer employed by a private company faces a credible threat of discharge from their employer specifically because of external civic or professional advocacy activities — such as public statements, legislative testimony, or participation in citizen advocacy groups — where the advocacy does not name the employer or any specific company, does not disclose confidential information, and is conducted entirely outside the scope of employment duties, creating a tension between the engineer's right and duty to serve the public interest through professional advocacy and the employer's authority to set conditions of employment.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer B, the supervisor of Engineer A, warned him that if he continued in his activities, he would be discharged because he was putting his employer in an embarrassing position
TTL
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rdfs:comment "State in which an engineer employed by a private company faces a credible threat of discharge from their employer specifically because of external civic or professional advocacy activities — such as public statements, legislative testimony, or participation in citizen advocacy groups — where the advocacy does not name the employer or any specific company, does not disclose confidential information, and is conducted entirely outside the scope of employment duties, creating a tension between the engineer's right and duty to serve the public interest through professional advocacy and the employer's authority to set conditions of employment." ;
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
bb9950b49f2a59dd...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
82
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-02T13:34:19.507796+00:00
First Discovered In Case
82
Generated
2026-03-02T13:34:19.507796+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 82 Extraction