Faithful Agent Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Toward Attorney X
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/107#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Toward_Attorney_X
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Forensic engineering engagement with Attorney X
Settlement negotiations
Balancing with
Error Acknowledgment and Corrective Disclosure Obligation
Intellectual Honesty
Truthfulness
Concrete expression
Engineer A's role as a retained forensic expert for Attorney X creates a faithful agent obligation to serve Attorney X's interests — but this obligation is bounded by the ethical requirement to disclose discovered data inaccuracies, meaning that faithful agency in this context requires informing Attorney X of the error rather than concealing it to preserve the litigation position
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Interpretation
Faithful agency to the retaining attorney is best served by immediate disclosure of discovered errors — the attorney's true interest is in accurate professional advice, not in a report the engineer knows to be inaccurate; concealment would ultimately disserve the attorney's interests
Invoked by
Engineer A Forensic Report Error Discoverer
Tension resolution
Faithful agency and truthfulness are aligned in this context — both require disclosure to Attorney X; the faithful agent obligation does not extend to concealing known errors that could expose the attorney and client to adverse consequences if the inaccuracy is later discovered
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is retained by Attorney X to perform a forensic engineering investigation and prepare a written report in connection with a mechanical product failure
Text references
Engineer A discovers that the data upon which Engineer A based his report conclusions was inaccurate and that if the more accurate data had been used in his investigation, Engineer A's conclusions would be different
Engineer A is retained by Attorney X to perform a forensic engineering investigation and prepare a written report
TTL
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case107:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Toward_Attorney_X a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Toward Attorney X" ;
proeth:appliedto "Forensic engineering engagement with Attorney X",
"Settlement negotiations" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Error Acknowledgment and Corrective Disclosure Obligation",
"Intellectual Honesty",
"Truthfulness" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's role as a retained forensic expert for Attorney X creates a faithful agent obligation to serve Attorney X's interests — but this obligation is bounded by the ethical requirement to disclose discovered data inaccuracies, meaning that faithful agency in this context requires informing Attorney X of the error rather than concealing it to preserve the litigation position" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "107" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T23:34:52.922720+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "107" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T23:34:52.922720+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Faithful agency to the retaining attorney is best served by immediate disclosure of discovered errors — the attorney's true interest is in accurate professional advice, not in a report the engineer knows to be inaccurate; concealment would ultimately disserve the attorney's interests" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Forensic Report Error Discoverer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is retained by Attorney X to perform a forensic engineering investigation and prepare a written report in connection with a mechanical product failure" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Faithful agency and truthfulness are aligned in this context — both require disclosure to Attorney X; the faithful agent obligation does not extend to concealing known errors that could expose the attorney and client to adverse consequences if the inaccuracy is later discovered" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A discovers that the data upon which Engineer A based his report conclusions was inaccurate and that if the more accurate data had been used in his investigation, Engineer A's conclusions would be different",
"Engineer A is retained by Attorney X to perform a forensic engineering investigation and prepare a written report" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 107 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T23:51:16.285095"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 107 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
107
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T23:34:52.922720+00:00
First case
107
Generated
2026-02-27T23:34:52.922720+00:00
Attributed to
Case 107 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T23:51:16.285095
Generated by
ProEthica Case 107 Extraction