Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits — Engineer B Suppression of Analysis
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/149#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_—_Engineer_B_Suppression_of_Analysis
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Decision to limit firm's response to client notification only
Direction to Technician A regarding sample handling
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Environmental Law Violation Reporting Obligation
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
Engineer B's direction to Technician A to only document samples — without analyzing them or taking legally required steps — exceeded the permissible scope of faithful agent deference to client business interests; the faithful agent obligation does not authorize suppression of legally mandated action in service of client relationship preservation.
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Interpretation
The faithful agent role requires diligent execution of assigned work within ethical limits; it does not permit an engineer to suppress legally required regulatory notification or hazard analysis to preserve a business relationship.
Invoked by
Engineer B Hazardous Waste Supervisor
Tension resolution
The ethical limits embedded in the faithful agent obligation prevent Engineer B from treating client business relationship preservation as justification for suppressing legally required action.
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B tells Technician A that since the client does other business with the firm, Engineer B will tell the client where the drums are located but do nothing else.
Text references
Engineer B tells Technician A only to document the existence of the samples.
Engineer B tells Technician A that since the client does other business with the firm, Engineer B will tell the client where the drums are located but do nothing else.
TTL
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proeth:appliedto "Decision to limit firm's response to client notification only",
"Direction to Technician A regarding sample handling" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Environmental Law Violation Reporting Obligation",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
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proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer B's direction to Technician A to only document samples — without analyzing them or taking legally required steps — exceeded the permissible scope of faithful agent deference to client business interests; the faithful agent obligation does not authorize suppression of legally mandated action in service of client relationship preservation." ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "149" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:17:34.345863+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "149" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:17:34.345863+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The faithful agent role requires diligent execution of assigned work within ethical limits; it does not permit an engineer to suppress legally required regulatory notification or hazard analysis to preserve a business relationship." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer B Hazardous Waste Supervisor" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B tells Technician A that since the client does other business with the firm, Engineer B will tell the client where the drums are located but do nothing else." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The ethical limits embedded in the faithful agent obligation prevent Engineer B from treating client business relationship preservation as justification for suppressing legally required action." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B tells Technician A only to document the existence of the samples.",
"Engineer B tells Technician A that since the client does other business with the firm, Engineer B will tell the client where the drums are located but do nothing else." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 149 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T12:35:30.887786"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 149 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
149
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:17:34.345863+00:00
First case
149
Generated
2026-03-01T12:17:34.345863+00:00
Attributed to
Case 149 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T12:35:30.887786
Generated by
ProEthica Case 149 Extraction