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
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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Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:26
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