Engineer A Faithful Agent Client X Boundary Owner Y Safety
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/139#Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Client_X_Boundary_Owner_Y_Safety
Properties
Instance of
Case context
Engineer A's primary contracted obligation is to perform construction observation services faithfully for Client X through ES Consulting; however, this faithful agent duty does not override the public welfare obligation triggered by observing safety issues on Owner Y's adjacent property.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.82
Importance
medium
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A is obligated to fulfill the faithful agent duty to Client X within the bounds of professional ethics, recognizing that this duty does not extend to suppressing or ignoring observed safety issues on Owner Y's adjacent property, and that the faithful agent obligation to Client X is bounded by the overriding public welfare obligation.
Temporal scope
Throughout the performance of construction observation services for Client X
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Adjacent Property Safety Hazard Observation – Owner Y Site
Source Evidence
Source text
In performing engineering services for ES Consulting, Engineer A performs construction observation services on a project for Client X.
Text references
Engineer A observes potential safety issues relating to the performance of work by a subcontractor on a project being constructed on an adjacent piece of property for Owner Y, a party with whom neither Engineer A, ES Consulting, or Client X has any direct relationship.
In performing engineering services for ES Consulting, Engineer A performs construction observation services on a project for Client X.
TTL
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case139:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Client_X_Boundary_Owner_Y_Safety a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Faithful Agent Client X Boundary Owner Y Safety" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case139:Engineer_A_Adjacent_Third-Party_Safety_Disclosure_Owner_Y ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/139#Adjacent_Property_Safety_Hazard_Observation_–_Owner_Y_Site> ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A's primary contracted obligation is to perform construction observation services faithfully for Client X through ES Consulting; however, this faithful agent duty does not override the public welfare obligation triggered by observing safety issues on Owner Y's adjacent property." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.82" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case139:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Client_X_Relationship ;
proeth:discoveredincase "139" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T10:43:40.857216+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "139" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T10:43:40.857216+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Faithful Agent Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A is obligated to fulfill the faithful agent duty to Client X within the bounds of professional ethics, recognizing that this duty does not extend to suppressing or ignoring observed safety issues on Owner Y's adjacent property, and that the faithful agent obligation to Client X is bounded by the overriding public welfare obligation." ;
proeth:sourcetext "In performing engineering services for ES Consulting, Engineer A performs construction observation services on a project for Client X." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the performance of construction observation services for Client X" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A observes potential safety issues relating to the performance of work by a subcontractor on a project being constructed on an adjacent piece of property for Owner Y, a party with whom neither Engineer A, ES Consulting, or Client X has any direct relationship.",
"In performing engineering services for ES Consulting, Engineer A performs construction observation services on a project for Client X." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 139 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T11:01:04.760169"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 139 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
139
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T10:43:40.857216+00:00
First case
139
Generated
2026-02-28T10:43:40.857216+00:00
Attributed to
Case 139 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T11:01:04.760169
Generated by
ProEthica Case 139 Extraction