Engineer A Competing Duties — Loyalty vs. Impartiality
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/176#Engineer_A_Competing_Duties_—_Loyalty_vs._Impartiality
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From the moment the dispute was referred to Engineer A for review through the issuance of the determination
Affected parties
Engineer A
General Contractor
Owner
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's simultaneous obligations of faithful agency to the Owner and contractual impartiality as designated interpreter/judge of the construction contract
Terminated by
Engineer A's issuance of determination based on impartiality, effectively resolving the tension in favor of the contractual impartiality obligation
Triggering event
Both Owner and Contractor requesting Engineer A's review under the contract's interpreter/judge provision, placing Engineer A between loyalty to retaining client and contractual impartiality obligation
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A, seeks to remain impartial in the dispute, citing a provision in his contract with the Owner
Text references
Engineer A, seeks to remain impartial in the dispute, citing a provision in his contract with the Owner
Owner accepts Engineer A's interpretation, but also criticizes Engineer A, claiming that because of Engineer A's ethical duty of loyalty to the Owner, Engineer A should have found in Owner's favor
TTL
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"General Contractor",
"Owner" ;
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proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T10:57:00.276729+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "176" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A, seeks to remain impartial in the dispute, citing a provision in his contract with the Owner" ;
proeth:stateclass "Competing Duties State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's simultaneous obligations of faithful agency to the Owner and contractual impartiality as designated interpreter/judge of the construction contract" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Engineer A's issuance of determination based on impartiality, effectively resolving the tension in favor of the contractual impartiality obligation" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A, seeks to remain impartial in the dispute, citing a provision in his contract with the Owner",
"Owner accepts Engineer A's interpretation, but also criticizes Engineer A, claiming that because of Engineer A's ethical duty of loyalty to the Owner, Engineer A should have found in Owner's favor" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Both Owner and Contractor requesting Engineer A's review under the contract's interpreter/judge provision, placing Engineer A between loyalty to retaining client and contractual impartiality obligation" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 176 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T11:13:16.194791"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
176
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T10:57:00.276729+00:00
First case
176
Generated
2026-03-01T10:57:00.276729+00:00
Attributed to
Case 176 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T11:13:16.194791
Generated by
ProEthica Case 176 Extraction