Faithful Agent Obligation — Engineer A DOT Dual Role
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/145#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_—_Engineer_A_DOT_Dual_Role
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Engineer A's proposed part-time airport consulting while employed by State DOT
Balancing with
Loyalty
Concrete expression
In the State DOT airport consulting case, the Board found that Engineer A's dual role violated the faithful agent and trustee obligation even where both the state agency and the private firm were aware of and did not object to the arrangement
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Interpretation
Employer awareness and non-objection do not cure a faithful agent violation when the structural conflict of interest remains; the engineer's obligation runs to the integrity of the role, not merely to avoiding employer complaint
Invoked by
Engineer A State DOT Airport Consultant
Tension resolution
Board held that even mutual awareness does not eliminate the ethical violation arising from the structural conflict
Source Evidence
Source text
based upon the engineer's obligation to serve as faithful agent and trustee, that there is a violation of the NSPE Code of Ethics under the facts and circumstances presented here
Text references
assuming both the state governmental agency and the engineering firm are aware of Engineer A's activities as a dual employee and do not object to these activities, the Board indicated that it believed, based upon the engineer's obligation to serve as faithful agent and trustee, that there is a violation of the NSPE Code of Ethics under the facts and circumstances presented here.
TTL
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proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Employer awareness and non-objection do not cure a faithful agent violation when the structural conflict of interest remains; the engineer's obligation runs to the integrity of the role, not merely to avoiding employer complaint" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A State DOT Airport Consultant" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "based upon the engineer's obligation to serve as faithful agent and trustee, that there is a violation of the NSPE Code of Ethics under the facts and circumstances presented here" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Board held that even mutual awareness does not eliminate the ethical violation arising from the structural conflict" ;
proeth:textreferences "assuming both the state governmental agency and the engineering firm are aware of Engineer A's activities as a dual employee and do not object to these activities, the Board indicated that it believed, based upon the engineer's obligation to serve as faithful agent and trustee, that there is a violation of the NSPE Code of Ethics under the facts and circumstances presented here." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
145
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T18:20:54.697195+00:00
First case
145
Generated
2026-02-28T18:20:54.697195+00:00
Attributed to
Case 145 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T18:32:03.191473
Generated by
ProEthica Case 145 Extraction