Franchiser Client Peer Review Procedural Fairness Client Instruction Non-Override BER Case
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/126#Franchiser_Client_Peer_Review_Procedural_Fairness_Client_Instruction_Non-Override_BER_Case
Properties
Instance of
PeerReviewProceduralFairnessClientObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PeerReviewProceduralFairnessClientObligation
Case context
The franchiser explicitly instructed Engineer B not to disclose the review engagement to Engineer A; the Board found this instruction placed Engineer B in a conflict between the faithful agent duty and the Section III.8.a. collegial notification duty, and noted that Engineer B should have explored the client's reasons for the instruction before accepting
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.85
Importance
high
Obligated party
Franchiser (client)
Obligation statement
The franchiser, as the client commissioning a peer review of Engineer A's active work, was obligated to ensure that the review was conducted through procedurally fair means — including not instructing Engineer B to conduct the review covertly without Engineer A's knowledge — recognizing that such instructions placed Engineer B in an ethical conflict and undermined the procedural fairness owed to Engineer A as the incumbent engineer.
Temporal scope
At the time the franchiser retained Engineer B and issued the confidentiality instruction
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Professional Dignity Invoked For Engineer A As Incumbent Subject To Covert Review
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B was told by client not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client
Text references
Engineer B was told by client not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client
we are troubled by the fact that Engineer B took this project without first exploring the reason why the client wanted Engineer B not to disclose his relationship with the client
TTL
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case126:Franchiser_Client_Peer_Review_Procedural_Fairness_Client_Instruction_Non-Override_BER_Case a proeth:PeerReviewProceduralFairnessClientObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Franchiser Client Peer Review Procedural Fairness Client Instruction Non-Override BER Case" ;
proeth:casecontext "The franchiser explicitly instructed Engineer B not to disclose the review engagement to Engineer A; the Board found this instruction placed Engineer B in a conflict between the faithful agent duty and the Section III.8.a. collegial notification duty, and noted that Engineer B should have explored the client's reasons for the instruction before accepting" ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case126:Professional_Dignity_Invoked_For_Engineer_A_As_Incumbent_Subject_To_Covert_Review ;
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 "Franchiser (client)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Peer Review Procedural Fairness Client Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The franchiser, as the client commissioning a peer review of Engineer A's active work, was obligated to ensure that the review was conducted through procedurally fair means — including not instructing Engineer B to conduct the review covertly without Engineer A's knowledge — recognizing that such instructions placed Engineer B in an ethical conflict and undermined the procedural fairness owed to Engineer A as the incumbent engineer." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B was told by client not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client" ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time the franchiser retained Engineer B and issued the confidentiality instruction" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B was told by client not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client",
"we are troubled by the fact that Engineer B took this project without first exploring the reason why the client wanted Engineer B not to disclose his relationship with the client" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 126 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T10:31:55.151992"^^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
2026-03-01T10:31:55.151992
Generated by
ProEthica Case 126 Extraction