Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits Invoked for Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/105#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Invoked_for_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Engineer A's advisory services to Smithtown
Engineer A's evaluation of Engineer B's performance
Balancing with
Advisory Role to Contractor Role Transition Conflict Prohibition
Conflict of Interest Recusal Obligation
Concrete expression
Engineer A's faithful agent obligation to Smithtown required him to serve the town's interests in obtaining quality design services for the road project — but this obligation did not extend to offering his own firm's services in a manner that exploited the conflict of interest created by his advisory and evaluative roles
Confidence
0.85
Importance
medium
Interpretation
The faithful agent obligation is bounded by the ethical limits imposed by conflict of interest principles — Engineer A could faithfully serve Smithtown by providing an honest evaluation of Engineer B's performance, but could not extend that faithful service to self-dealing by offering his own firm as the replacement
Invoked by
Engineer A Part-Time Town Engineer and Private Consultant
Tension resolution
The faithful agent obligation yields to the conflict of interest prohibition when the agent's self-interest in the outcome of the agency relationship is direct and substantial
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is the part-time town engineer for Smithtown and also has a consulting engineering practice.
Text references
Engineer A is the part-time town engineer for Smithtown and also has a consulting engineering practice.
Engineer A, in his role as town engineer, reviews Engineer B's preliminary work and becomes convinced that Engineer B's performance on the contract does not meet the standards as outlined in Engineer B's contract with the town.
TTL
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case105:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Invoked_for_Engineer_A a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits Invoked for Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's advisory services to Smithtown",
"Engineer A's evaluation of Engineer B's performance" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Advisory Role to Contractor Role Transition Conflict Prohibition",
"Conflict of Interest Recusal Obligation" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's faithful agent obligation to Smithtown required him to serve the town's interests in obtaining quality design services for the road project — but this obligation did not extend to offering his own firm's services in a manner that exploited the conflict of interest created by his advisory and evaluative roles" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "105" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T08:32:05.674158+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "105" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T08:32:05.674158+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "The faithful agent obligation is bounded by the ethical limits imposed by conflict of interest principles — Engineer A could faithfully serve Smithtown by providing an honest evaluation of Engineer B's performance, but could not extend that faithful service to self-dealing by offering his own firm as the replacement" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Part-Time Town Engineer and Private Consultant" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is the part-time town engineer for Smithtown and also has a consulting engineering practice." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The faithful agent obligation yields to the conflict of interest prohibition when the agent's self-interest in the outcome of the agency relationship is direct and substantial" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A is the part-time town engineer for Smithtown and also has a consulting engineering practice.",
"Engineer A, in his role as town engineer, reviews Engineer B's preliminary work and becomes convinced that Engineer B's performance on the contract does not meet the standards as outlined in Engineer B's contract with the town." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 105 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T08:46:32.087345"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 105 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
105
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T08:32:05.674158+00:00
First case
105
Generated
2026-02-28T08:32:05.674158+00:00
Attributed to
Case 105 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T08:46:32.087345
Generated by
ProEthica Case 105 Extraction