Engineer A Competing Duties — Loyalty vs. Impartiality
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/176#Engineer_A_Competing_Duties_—_Loyalty_vs._Impartiality
Properties
Parent
Activeperiod
From the moment the dispute was referred to Engineer A for review through the issuance of the determination
Affectedparties
Engineer A
General Contractor
Owner
Concept Category
State
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Stateclass
Competing Duties State
Subject
Engineer A's simultaneous obligations of faithful agency to the Owner and contractual impartiality as designated interpreter/judge of the construction contract
Terminatedby
Engineer A's issuance of determination based on impartiality, effectively resolving the tension in favor of the contractual impartiality obligation
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
Urgencylevel
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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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
c149fc3cfd8954ea...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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