US-Agency-Engineers-Faithful-Agent-Obligation-Violated
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/102#US-Agency-Engineers-Faithful-Agent-Obligation-Violated
Properties
Instance of
Case context
The engineers covertly negotiated private arrangements and formed a corporation for joint venture work on the same project for which they were responsible in their public capacity, without disclosing these activities to their employer.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
U.S. Agency Engineers Group
Obligation statement
The U.S. Agency engineers were obligated to act as faithful agents and trustees of their public employer — the U.S. Agency — by refraining from covertly negotiating private contracts for work related to the hydroelectric project while still employed, and by disclosing any such negotiations to their employer.
Temporal scope
Throughout the period of active employment with the U.S. Agency
Source Evidence
Source text
Several engineers in the employ of the U.S. Agency responsible for the basic plans negotiated with at least two engineering firms with the intent of taking part in the design and supervision of the work
Text references
Negotiations were finally concluded between this group and a firm of consulting engineers for a cooperative project to execute the work, and the group of employees formed a corporation to be a part of a joint venture
Several engineers in the employ of the U.S. Agency responsible for the basic plans negotiated with at least two engineering firms with the intent of taking part in the design and supervision of the work
TTL
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case102:US-Agency-Engineers-Faithful-Agent-Obligation-Violated a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "US-Agency-Engineers-Faithful-Agent-Obligation-Violated" ;
proeth-core:competesWith <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/102#NSPE_Policy_52_Mobility_Right_Ethics_Conditioned_Exercise_—_U.S._Agency_Engineers>,
case102:US-Agency-Engineers-Concurrent-Employment-Negotiation-Conflict-Avoidance ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case102:US_Agency_Engineers_Active_Private_Negotiation_While_Employed ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/102#NSPE_Policy_52_Mobility_Right_Ethics_Conditioned_Exercise_—_U.S._Agency_Engineers> ;
proeth:casecontext "The engineers covertly negotiated private arrangements and formed a corporation for joint venture work on the same project for which they were responsible in their public capacity, without disclosing these activities to their employer." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case102:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Violated_by_U.S._Agency_Engineers_Through_Covert_Private_Contracting,
case102:Loyalty_Obligation_of_U.S._Agency_Engineers_to_Federal_Employer ;
proeth:discoveredincase "102" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "102" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "U.S. Agency Engineers Group" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Faithful Agent Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The U.S. Agency engineers were obligated to act as faithful agents and trustees of their public employer — the U.S. Agency — by refraining from covertly negotiating private contracts for work related to the hydroelectric project while still employed, and by disclosing any such negotiations to their employer." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Several engineers in the employ of the U.S. Agency responsible for the basic plans negotiated with at least two engineering firms with the intent of taking part in the design and supervision of the work" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the period of active employment with the U.S. Agency" ;
proeth:textreferences "Negotiations were finally concluded between this group and a firm of consulting engineers for a cooperative project to execute the work, and the group of employees formed a corporation to be a part of a joint venture",
"Several engineers in the employ of the U.S. Agency responsible for the basic plans negotiated with at least two engineering firms with the intent of taking part in the design and supervision of the work" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 102 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T16:27:05.300476"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 102 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
102
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00
First case
102
Generated
2026-03-02T16:10:35.697967+00:00
Attributed to
Case 102 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T16:27:05.300476
Generated by
ProEthica Case 102 Extraction