Engineer A Faithful Agent Transparency Obligation Toward Client B
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/147#Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Transparency_Obligation_Toward_Client_B
Properties
Instance of
Case context
Engineer A's role as faithful agent to Client B required transparency about the pending ethics complaint. Client B's subsequent upset upon learning through a third party confirmed that the information was material to the client relationship.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.89
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A, as faithful agent and trustee of Client B, was obligated to be transparent about material professional circumstances — specifically the pending competence complaint for similar services — that could affect Client B's ability to make informed decisions about the engagement.
Temporal scope
Throughout the duration of the engagement with Client B, from the time of the state board notification
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Faithful Agent Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Toward Client B
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is retained by Client B to perform design services and provide a Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule for a manufacturing facility.
Text references
Client B learns of the ethics complaint filed against Engineer A and tells Engineer A that he is upset by the allegations and that Engineer A should have brought the matter to Client B's attention.
Engineer A does not believe it is necessary to notify Client B of the pending complaint.
Engineer A is retained by Client B to perform design services and provide a Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule for a manufacturing facility.
TTL
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case147:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Transparency_Obligation_Toward_Client_B a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Faithful Agent Transparency Obligation Toward Client B" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case147:Engineer_A_Allegation_Non-Equivalence_Disclosure_Calibration_Client_B ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/147#Allegation_vs._Adjudication_Disclosure_Threshold_—_Pending_Complaint> ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A's role as faithful agent to Client B required transparency about the pending ethics complaint. Client B's subsequent upset upon learning through a third party confirmed that the information was material to the client relationship." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.89" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case147:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Toward_Client_B ;
proeth:discoveredincase "147" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T07:39:30.231972+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "147" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T07:39:30.231972+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Faithful Agent Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A, as faithful agent and trustee of Client B, was obligated to be transparent about material professional circumstances — specifically the pending competence complaint for similar services — that could affect Client B's ability to make informed decisions about the engagement." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is retained by Client B to perform design services and provide a Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule for a manufacturing facility." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the duration of the engagement with Client B, from the time of the state board notification" ;
proeth:textreferences "Client B learns of the ethics complaint filed against Engineer A and tells Engineer A that he is upset by the allegations and that Engineer A should have brought the matter to Client B's attention.",
"Engineer A does not believe it is necessary to notify Client B of the pending complaint.",
"Engineer A is retained by Client B to perform design services and provide a Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule for a manufacturing facility." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 147 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T07:56:55.832125"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 147 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
147
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T07:39:30.231972+00:00
First case
147
Generated
2026-03-01T07:39:30.231972+00:00
Attributed to
Case 147 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T07:56:55.832125
Generated by
ProEthica Case 147 Extraction