Competitor Employment Post-Government Access State
Class
4d261383
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompetitorEmploymentPost-GovernmentAccessState
Definition
State in which a professional engineer who, during public-sector employment, received access to confidential and proprietary information submitted by private companies seeking regulatory approval, subsequently accepts employment with a direct competitor of one or more of those submitting companies — creating a structural conflict in which the engineer's insider knowledge of a competitor's confidential design information could be exploited to the advantage of the new private employer, triggering ongoing obligations of confidentiality protection and potential recusal from work that could benefit from the improperly accessed information.
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Definition
State in which a professional engineer who, during public-sector employment, received access to confidential and proprietary information submitted by private companies seeking regulatory approval, subsequently accepts employment with a direct competitor of one or more of those submitting companies — creating a structural conflict in which the engineer's insider knowledge of a competitor's confidential design information could be exploited to the advantage of the new private employer, triggering ongoing obligations of confidentiality protection and potential recusal from work that could benefit from the improperly accessed information.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A receives access to confidential and proprietary design information provided by companies seeking approval from the government agency
TTL
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rdfs:comment "State in which a professional engineer who, during public-sector employment, received access to confidential and proprietary information submitted by private companies seeking regulatory approval, subsequently accepts employment with a direct competitor of one or more of those submitting companies — creating a structural conflict in which the engineer's insider knowledge of a competitor's confidential design information could be exploited to the advantage of the new private employer, triggering ongoing obligations of confidentiality protection and potential recusal from work that could benefit from the improperly accessed information." ;
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
4d2613832bebded2...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
106
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-28T00:40:17.645428+00:00
First Discovered In Case
106
Generated
2026-02-28T00:40:17.645428+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 106 Extraction