Voluntary Self-Imposed Solicitation Moratorium State
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#VoluntarySelf-ImposedSolicitationMoratoriumState
Definition
State in which a departing engineer, in the absence of any contractual non-compete obligation, voluntarily refrains from soliciting a former employer's clients for a self-determined period of time as an ethical gesture — creating a temporary ethical constraint that the engineer has self-imposed, after which the engineer considers themselves free to compete for those clients.
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Definition
State in which a departing engineer, in the absence of any contractual non-compete obligation, voluntarily refrains from soliciting a former employer's clients for a self-determined period of time as an ethical gesture — creating a temporary ethical constraint that the engineer has self-imposed, after which the engineer considers themselves free to compete for those clients.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Six months later, 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.
TTL
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rdfs:label "Voluntary Self-Imposed Solicitation Moratorium State" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a departing engineer, in the absence of any contractual non-compete obligation, voluntarily refrains from soliciting a former employer's clients for a self-determined period of time as an ethical gesture — creating a temporary ethical constraint that the engineer has self-imposed, after which the engineer considers themselves free to compete for those clients." ;
rdfs:subClassOf <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#State> .
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
4730d8a0fd25c938...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
178
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T08:22:42.507572+00:00
First Discovered In Case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:22:42.507572+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 178 Extraction