Notification Duty vs. Faithful Agent Duty Conflict
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/126#Notification_Duty_vs._Faithful_Agent_Duty_Conflict
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From Engineer B's acceptance of engagement through the ethics board's resolution
Affected parties
Client
Engineer A
Engineer B
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer B's simultaneous obligations under Code Section III.8.a (notify incumbent) and Code Section II.4 (faithful agent to client)
Terminated by
Ethics board determination that faithful agent duty prevailed in this context
Triggering event
Client's instruction not to notify Engineer A, creating direct conflict between two code provisions
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
The facts in this case present the Board with two conflicting provisions of the Code of Ethics: (1) the obligation of the engineer to provide appropriate notice to another engineer in connection with his reviewing the work of that engineer, and (2) the general duty of the engineer as 'faithful agent and trustee'
Text references
The facts in this case present the Board with two conflicting provisions of the Code of Ethics: (1) the obligation of the engineer to provide appropriate notice to another engineer in connection with his reviewing the work of that engineer, and (2) the general duty of the engineer as 'faithful agent and trustee'
TTL
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case126:Notification_Duty_vs._Faithful_Agent_Duty_Conflict a proeth:CompetingDutiesState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Notification Duty vs. Faithful Agent Duty Conflict" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From Engineer B's acceptance of engagement through the ethics board's resolution" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Client",
"Engineer A",
"Engineer B" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T10:11:31.694236+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T10:11:31.694236+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The facts in this case present the Board with two conflicting provisions of the Code of Ethics: (1) the obligation of the engineer to provide appropriate notice to another engineer in connection with his reviewing the work of that engineer, and (2) the general duty of the engineer as 'faithful agent and trustee'" ;
proeth:stateclass "Competing Duties State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer B's simultaneous obligations under Code Section III.8.a (notify incumbent) and Code Section II.4 (faithful agent to client)" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Ethics board determination that faithful agent duty prevailed in this context" ;
proeth:textreferences "The facts in this case present the Board with two conflicting provisions of the Code of Ethics: (1) the obligation of the engineer to provide appropriate notice to another engineer in connection with his reviewing the work of that engineer, and (2) the general duty of the engineer as 'faithful agent and trustee'" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Client's instruction not to notify Engineer A, creating direct conflict between two code provisions" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 126 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T10:31:55.142493"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 126 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
126
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T10:11:31.694236+00:00
First case
126
Generated
2026-03-01T10:11:31.694236+00:00
Attributed to
Case 126 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T10:31:55.142493
Generated by
ProEthica Case 126 Extraction