Faithful Agent Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Toward Client B
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/147#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Toward_Client_B
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Client B Manufacturing Facility Design Client
Design and CPM scheduling engagement for manufacturing facility
Balancing with
Allegation-Adjudication Distinction in Disclosure Obligation
Concrete expression
Engineer A's role as faithful agent and trustee of Client B required transparency about material professional circumstances — specifically the pending competence complaint — that could affect Client B's confidence in and decision to continue retaining Engineer A.
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Interpretation
The faithful agent duty encompasses not merely technical performance but also transparency about professional circumstances that materially affect the client's ability to evaluate the engagement; a pending competence complaint for similar services is such a circumstance.
Invoked by
Engineer A Ethics Complaint Non-Disclosing Engineer
Tension resolution
Faithful agent duty reinforces the disclosure obligation; the engineer's self-interest in avoiding disclosure does not override the client's right to material information about the engineer's professional standing.
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
Engineer A is retained by Client B to perform design services and provide a Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule for a manufacturing facility
Engineer A should have brought the matter to Client B's attention
TTL
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case147:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Toward_Client_B a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Invoked by Engineer A Toward Client B" ;
proeth:appliedto "Client B Manufacturing Facility Design Client",
"Design and CPM scheduling engagement for manufacturing facility" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Allegation-Adjudication Distinction in Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's role as faithful agent and trustee of Client B required transparency about material professional circumstances — specifically the pending competence complaint — that could affect Client B's confidence in and decision to continue retaining Engineer A." ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "147" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T07:37:51.889344+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "147" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T07:37:51.889344+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The faithful agent duty encompasses not merely technical performance but also transparency about professional circumstances that materially affect the client's ability to evaluate the engagement; a pending competence complaint for similar services is such a circumstance." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Ethics Complaint Non-Disclosing Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
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:tensionresolution "Faithful agent duty reinforces the disclosure obligation; the engineer's self-interest in avoiding disclosure does not override the client's right to material information about the engineer's professional standing." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A is retained by Client B to perform design services and provide a Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule for a manufacturing facility",
"Engineer A should have brought the matter to Client B's attention" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 147 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T07:56:55.830867"^^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
2026-03-01T07:37:51.889344+00:00
First case
147
Generated
2026-03-01T07:37:51.889344+00:00
Attributed to
Case 147 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T07:56:55.830867
Generated by
ProEthica Case 147 Extraction