Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits Invoked By Engineer B Toward Franchiser
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/126#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Invoked_By_Engineer_B_Toward_Franchiser
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Engineer B's conduct in reviewing design concerns while managing the client's confidentiality instruction
Balancing with
Incumbent Engineer Knowledge Requirement in Peer Review
Professional Dignity
Concrete expression
Engineer B served the franchiser faithfully by conducting the requested review of pending design concerns, but retained and exercised the professional authority to override the client's confidentiality instruction when it conflicted with the professional obligation to notify Engineer A — demonstrating that faithful agency does not require blind compliance with client instructions that violate professional ethics
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Interpretation
Engineer B's faithful agent role required diligent execution of the review assignment but did not require suppression of the incumbent engineer notification obligation; the 'within ethical limits' qualifier is operative here
Invoked by
Engineer B Confidentiality-Directed Successor Design Engineer
Tension resolution
The ethical limit on faithful agency — the professional obligation to notify the incumbent — prevailed over the client's confidentiality instruction
Source Evidence
Source text
the franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review of design concerns that are pending in connection with the design of several franchise facilities throughout the US. Prior to the review, franchiser specifically tells Engineer B not to disclose to Engineer A, Engineer B's relationship with franchiser.
Text references
Engineer B reviews the design information the following week and following his review, notifies Engineer A of his relationship with franchiser and the preliminary results of his review
franchiser specifically tells Engineer B not to disclose to Engineer A, Engineer B's relationship with franchiser
the franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review of design concerns
TTL
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case126:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Invoked_By_Engineer_B_Toward_Franchiser a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits Invoked By Engineer B Toward Franchiser" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer B's conduct in reviewing design concerns while managing the client's confidentiality instruction" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Incumbent Engineer Knowledge Requirement in Peer Review",
"Professional Dignity" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer B served the franchiser faithfully by conducting the requested review of pending design concerns, but retained and exercised the professional authority to override the client's confidentiality instruction when it conflicted with the professional obligation to notify Engineer A — demonstrating that faithful agency does not require blind compliance with client instructions that violate professional ethics" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T10:13:13.349757+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T10:13:13.349757+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Engineer B's faithful agent role required diligent execution of the review assignment but did not require suppression of the incumbent engineer notification obligation; the 'within ethical limits' qualifier is operative here" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer B Confidentiality-Directed Successor Design Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review of design concerns that are pending in connection with the design of several franchise facilities throughout the US. Prior to the review, franchiser specifically tells Engineer B not to disclose to Engineer A, Engineer B's relationship with franchiser." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The ethical limit on faithful agency — the professional obligation to notify the incumbent — prevailed over the client's confidentiality instruction" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B reviews the design information the following week and following his review, notifies Engineer A of his relationship with franchiser and the preliminary results of his review",
"franchiser specifically tells Engineer B not to disclose to Engineer A, Engineer B's relationship with franchiser",
"the franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review of design concerns" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 126 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T10:31:55.143975"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 126 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
126
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T10:13:13.349757+00:00
First case
126
Generated
2026-03-01T10:13:13.349757+00:00
Attributed to
Case 126 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T10:31:55.143975
Generated by
ProEthica Case 126 Extraction