Engineer A Faithful Agent Advisory Service to Smithtown Within Ethical Limits

O · Obligation Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/105#Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Advisory_Service_to_Smithtown_Within_Ethical_Limits
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligation
Case context
Engineer A's faithful agent duty to Smithtown required candid performance assessment of Engineer B, but did not extend to accepting the design contract where doing so would create an irreconcilable conflict of interest under NSPE Code II.4.e.
Compliance status
partial
Confidence
0.86
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (Part-Time Town Engineer for Smithtown)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to serve Smithtown faithfully as its town engineer — including providing candid professional assessments of contractor performance — while remaining within the ethical limits imposed by the conflict-of-interest prohibition that precluded him from accepting the road design contract on the same project.
Temporal scope
Throughout the duration of Engineer A's service as part-time town engineer for Smithtown
Source Evidence
Source text
it is this Board's view that Engineer A did have an affirmative obligation as town engineer to call to the attention of the city Engineer A's opinion that Engineer B had failed to meet the standards required to complete the local road project.

Text references
As a competent advisor to the town upon whose judgment the town undoubtedly relied, it would be appropriate for Engineer A to make comments in connection with Engineer B's professional services.
Having done so, it is the Board's view that Engineer A acted consistently with the NSPE Code of Ethics.
it is the Board's view that there are serious ethical constraints that would preclude the selection of Engineer A by the town to perform the road design work.
it is this Board's view that Engineer A did have an affirmative obligation as town engineer to call to the attention of the city Engineer A's opinion that Engineer B had failed to meet the standards required to complete the local road project.
TTL
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Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:26
Discovered in case
105
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T08:39:29.944672+00:00
First case
105
Generated
2026-02-28T08:39:29.944672+00:00
Attributed to
Case 105 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T08:46:32.094894
Generated by
ProEthica Case 105 Extraction