Successor Engineer Retained Before Incumbent Contract Expiry State
Class
3910111b
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SuccessorEngineerRetainedBeforeIncumbentContractExpiryState
Definition
State in which a client has formally retained a successor engineer for substantive design review services while the incumbent engineer's contract remains active and has not yet expired — creating a temporal overlap in which two engineers hold simultaneous but asymmetric obligations to the same client, the successor is bound by confidentiality instructions regarding the incumbent, and the incumbent retains full contractual rights and professional standing despite the client's intent to transition.
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Definition
State in which a client has formally retained a successor engineer for substantive design review services while the incumbent engineer's contract remains active and has not yet expired — creating a temporal overlap in which two engineers hold simultaneous but asymmetric obligations to the same client, the successor is bound by confidentiality instructions regarding the incumbent, and the incumbent retains full contractual rights and professional standing despite the client's intent to transition.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] State in which a client has initiated engagement with a new engineer (Engineer B) for services overlapping with or succeeding those of an incumbent engineer (Engineer A) whose contract has not yet expired — creating a condition where the incoming engineer is simultaneously bound by duties of loyalty and confidentiality to the new client while the outgoing engineer retains active contractual rights, and where the client has instructed the incoming engineer to maintain confidentiality about the new engagement from the incumbent, generating tension between faithful agent obligations to the new client and professional courtesy obligations toward the incumbent.
Source Evidence
Source Text
the franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review of design concerns that are pending in connection with the design of several franchise facilities throughout the US
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
3910111bfa220637...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
126
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T10:10:06.474850+00:00
First Discovered In Case
126
Generated
2026-03-01T10:10:06.474850+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 126 Extraction