Engineer A Pending Competence Complaint Disclosure Obligation to Client B
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/147#Engineer_A_Pending_Competence_Complaint_Disclosure_Obligation_to_Client_B
Properties
Instance of
PendingCompetenceComplaintDisclosureObligationtoCurrentClient
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PendingCompetenceComplaintDisclosureObligationtoCurrentClient
Case context
Engineer A is retained by Client B for design and CPM scheduling services on a manufacturing facility. While performing those services, Engineer A is subject to a pending ethics complaint filed by Client C alleging lack of competence for similar services. Client B later learns of the complaint through a third party.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A faced a disclosure obligation analysis regarding the pending ethics complaint filed by Client C: the Board held that while the faithful agent relationship and the materiality of the complaint to Client B's decision-making were relevant, the allegation status of the complaint meant that automatic disclosure was not ethically compelled, though prudential disclosure was recommended.
Temporal scope
Throughout the period the ethics complaint was pending while Engineer A was engaged by Client B
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Pending Competence Complaint Disclosure Obligation Invoked in Engineer A Case
Source Evidence
Source text
The Board is of the opinion that while an engineer clearly has an ethical obligation to act as a faithful agent and trustee for the benefit of a client, avoid deceptive acts, be objective and truthful, avoid conflicts, etc., such obligations would not compel an engineer to automatically disclose that a complaint had been filed against the engineer with the state engineering licensure board.
Text references
Instead, Engineer A should weigh all factors and, depending upon the nature and seriousness of the charges, take prudent action, which might include providing Client B with appropriate background information.
The Board is of the opinion that while an engineer clearly has an ethical obligation to act as a faithful agent and trustee for the benefit of a client, avoid deceptive acts, be objective and truthful, avoid conflicts, etc., such obligations would not compel an engineer to automatically disclose that a complaint had been filed against the engineer with the state engineering licensure board.
TTL
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case147:Engineer_A_Pending_Competence_Complaint_Disclosure_Obligation_to_Client_B a proeth:PendingCompetenceComplaintDisclosureObligationtoCurrentClient,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Pending Competence Complaint Disclosure Obligation to 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 is retained by Client B for design and CPM scheduling services on a manufacturing facility. While performing those services, Engineer A is subject to a pending ethics complaint filed by Client C alleging lack of competence for similar services. Client B later learns of the complaint through a third party." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case147:Pending_Competence_Complaint_Disclosure_Obligation_Invoked_in_Engineer_A_Case ;
proeth:discoveredincase "147" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T07:47:26.067073+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "147" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T07:47:26.067073+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Pending Competence Complaint Disclosure Obligation to Current Client" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A faced a disclosure obligation analysis regarding the pending ethics complaint filed by Client C: the Board held that while the faithful agent relationship and the materiality of the complaint to Client B's decision-making were relevant, the allegation status of the complaint meant that automatic disclosure was not ethically compelled, though prudential disclosure was recommended." ;
proeth:sourcetext "The Board is of the opinion that while an engineer clearly has an ethical obligation to act as a faithful agent and trustee for the benefit of a client, avoid deceptive acts, be objective and truthful, avoid conflicts, etc., such obligations would not compel an engineer to automatically disclose that a complaint had been filed against the engineer with the state engineering licensure board." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the period the ethics complaint was pending while Engineer A was engaged by Client B" ;
proeth:textreferences "Instead, Engineer A should weigh all factors and, depending upon the nature and seriousness of the charges, take prudent action, which might include providing Client B with appropriate background information.",
"The Board is of the opinion that while an engineer clearly has an ethical obligation to act as a faithful agent and trustee for the benefit of a client, avoid deceptive acts, be objective and truthful, avoid conflicts, etc., such obligations would not compel an engineer to automatically disclose that a complaint had been filed against the engineer with the state engineering licensure board." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 147 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T07:56:55.819012"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 147 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
147
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T07:47:26.067073+00:00
First case
147
Generated
2026-03-01T07:47:26.067073+00:00
Attributed to
Case 147 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T07:56:55.819012
Generated by
ProEthica Case 147 Extraction