Faithful Agent Confidentiality Obligation Grounding Engineer A's Duty
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Faithful_Agent_Confidentiality_Obligation_Grounding_Engineer_As_Duty
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Company X Confidential Design Information Submitting Company
Balancing with
Competitive Employment Freedom With Confidentiality Constraint
Concrete expression
Engineer A's duty to maintain confidentiality of Company X's information is rooted in the obligation to serve as a faithful agent and trustee to the government agency employer, which was itself entrusted with Company X's confidential information — creating a chain of fiduciary obligation
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Interpretation
The faithful agent obligation to the government agency employer extends to protecting the confidential information the agency was entrusted with, creating a derivative obligation to Company X that runs through the agency relationship
Invoked by
Engineer A Confidentiality-Bound Government Agency Engineer
Government Agency Employer
Tension resolution
The faithful agent obligation is satisfied by maintaining confidentiality while permitting competitive employment — the two are compatible
Source Evidence
Source text
The engineer's duty in this area is rooted in the obligation to serve as a faithful agent and trustee to the client or employer, and also the obligation to avoid circumstances that could appear to influence the engineer's professional judgment
Text references
Engineer A's obligation is linked to her employment with a government agency that was entrusted with Company X's confidential and proprietary design information
The engineer's duty in this area is rooted in the obligation to serve as a faithful agent and trustee to the client or employer, and also the obligation to avoid circumstances that could appear to influence the engineer's professional judgment
TTL
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case106:Faithful_Agent_Confidentiality_Obligation_Grounding_Engineer_As_Duty a proeth:Loyalty,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Confidentiality Obligation Grounding Engineer A's Duty" ;
proeth:appliedto "Company X Confidential Design Information Submitting Company" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Competitive Employment Freedom With Confidentiality Constraint" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's duty to maintain confidentiality of Company X's information is rooted in the obligation to serve as a faithful agent and trustee to the government agency employer, which was itself entrusted with Company X's confidential information — creating a chain of fiduciary obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:47:28.276757+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:47:28.276757+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The faithful agent obligation to the government agency employer extends to protecting the confidential information the agency was entrusted with, creating a derivative obligation to Company X that runs through the agency relationship" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Confidentiality-Bound Government Agency Engineer",
"Government Agency Employer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Loyalty" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The engineer's duty in this area is rooted in the obligation to serve as a faithful agent and trustee to the client or employer, and also the obligation to avoid circumstances that could appear to influence the engineer's professional judgment" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The faithful agent obligation is satisfied by maintaining confidentiality while permitting competitive employment — the two are compatible" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A's obligation is linked to her employment with a government agency that was entrusted with Company X's confidential and proprietary design information",
"The engineer's duty in this area is rooted in the obligation to serve as a faithful agent and trustee to the client or employer, and also the obligation to avoid circumstances that could appear to influence the engineer's professional judgment" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 106 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:58:47.906527"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 106 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
106
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:47:28.276757+00:00
First case
106
Generated
2026-02-28T00:47:28.276757+00:00
Attributed to
Case 106 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:58:47.906527
Generated by
ProEthica Case 106 Extraction