Engineer B Client Confidentiality Instruction Faithful Agent Compliance BER Case
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/126#Engineer_B_Client_Confidentiality_Instruction_Faithful_Agent_Compliance_BER_Case
Properties
Instance of
ClientConfidentialityInstructionFaithfulAgentComplianceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClientConfidentialityInstructionFaithfulAgentComplianceObligation
Case context
The franchiser explicitly instructed Engineer B not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client; Engineer B nonetheless notified Engineer A; the Board concluded Engineer B acted unethically in doing so, finding that the faithful agent duty required compliance with the client's confidentiality instruction
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer B (reviewing engineer)
Obligation statement
Once Engineer B was explicitly instructed by the franchiser client not to disclose Engineer B's review engagement to Engineer A, Engineer B was obligated to comply with that instruction as a faithful agent and trustee, and to refrain from notifying Engineer A of the engagement — recognizing that the disclosure, even without personal advantage motivation, constituted a neglect of the client's interests.
Temporal scope
From the moment the franchiser instructed Engineer B to maintain confidentiality about the engagement
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer B Covert Review Client Instruction Resistance, Engineer B Peer Review Notification and Consent Fulfillment, Engineer B Peer Review Notification of Engineer A Despite Client Instruction
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Incumbent Active Contract State, Incumbent Engineer Under Active Review Without Knowledge
prevailsOver
Engineer B Peer Review Notification and Consent Fulfillment, Engineer B Peer Review Notification of Engineer A Despite Client Instruction
derivedFromPrinciple
Client Loyalty Invoked to Constra in Engineer B Disclosure
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B had an obligation not to notify Engineer A once Engineer B was told by client not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client
Text references
Engineer B acted unethically in notifying Engineer A of Engineer B's relationship with the client
Engineer B had an obligation not to notify Engineer A once Engineer B was told by client not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client
we surmise that Engineer B's disclosure of his relationship with client constitutes a neglect of the interests of his client
TTL
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case126:Engineer_B_Client_Confidentiality_Instruction_Faithful_Agent_Compliance_BER_Case a proeth:ClientConfidentialityInstructionFaithfulAgentComplianceObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Client Confidentiality Instruction Faithful Agent Compliance BER Case" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case126:Engineer_B_Covert_Review_Client_Instruction_Resistance,
case126:Engineer_B_Peer_Review_Notification_and_Consent_Fulfillment,
case126:Engineer_B_Peer_Review_Notification_of_Engineer_A_Despite_Client_Instruction ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case126:Engineer_A_Incumbent_Active_Contract_State,
case126:Incumbent_Engineer_Under_Active_Review_Without_Knowledge ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case126:Engineer_B_Peer_Review_Notification_and_Consent_Fulfillment,
case126:Engineer_B_Peer_Review_Notification_of_Engineer_A_Despite_Client_Instruction ;
proeth:casecontext "The franchiser explicitly instructed Engineer B not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client; Engineer B nonetheless notified Engineer A; the Board concluded Engineer B acted unethically in doing so, finding that the faithful agent duty required compliance with the client's confidentiality instruction" ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case126:Client_Loyalty_Invoked_to_Constrain_Engineer_B_Disclosure ;
proeth:discoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T10:21:58.191055+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T10:21:58.191055+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer B (reviewing engineer)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Client Confidentiality Instruction Faithful Agent Compliance Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Once Engineer B was explicitly instructed by the franchiser client not to disclose Engineer B's review engagement to Engineer A, Engineer B was obligated to comply with that instruction as a faithful agent and trustee, and to refrain from notifying Engineer A of the engagement — recognizing that the disclosure, even without personal advantage motivation, constituted a neglect of the client's interests." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B had an obligation not to notify Engineer A once Engineer B was told by client not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client" ;
proeth:temporalscope "From the moment the franchiser instructed Engineer B to maintain confidentiality about the engagement" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B acted unethically in notifying Engineer A of Engineer B's relationship with the client",
"Engineer B had an obligation not to notify Engineer A once Engineer B was told by client not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client",
"we surmise that Engineer B's disclosure of his relationship with client constitutes a neglect of the interests of his client" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 126 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T10:31:55.151551"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 126 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
126
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T10:21:58.191055+00:00
First case
126
Generated
2026-03-01T10:21:58.191055+00:00
Attributed to
Case 126 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T10:31:55.151551
Generated by
ProEthica Case 126 Extraction