Faithful Agent Obligation Bounded by Impartial Role Designation
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/176#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Bounded_by_Impartial_Role_Designation
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Construction-phase services under Owner contract
Dispute resolution role execution
Balancing with
Impartiality in Contractually Designated Dispute Resolution Role
Objectivity
Concrete expression
Engineer A's faithful agent obligation to the Owner was bounded and shaped by the contractual impartial-adjudicator role the Owner had agreed to; faithful agency in this context meant executing the impartial role faithfully, not advocating for the Owner's preferred outcome in the dispute
Confidence
0.87
Importance
medium
Interpretation
The faithful agent duty does not require engineers to subordinate their contractually and ethically mandated impartiality to client preferences; rather, faithful agency is fulfilled by honest and diligent execution of the role as defined by the engagement terms
Invoked by
Engineer A Construction Dispute Impartial Interpreter
Tension resolution
The Board found that faithful agency and impartiality were complementary rather than conflicting in this context, with the Owner's true interests best served by impartial performance
Source Evidence
Source text
we find it somewhat incongruous that the Owner should complain because the Engineer was complying with the terms and conditions of a contract that the Owner presumably read and understood before signing.
Text references
Engineer A's action provided the Owner with a candid and straightforward interpretation of the issues involved in the claim, expedited the claim and avoided further delays and a potential for further misunderstandings between the parties
we find it somewhat incongruous that the Owner should complain because the Engineer was complying with the terms and conditions of a contract that the Owner presumably read and understood before signing
TTL
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case176:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Bounded_by_Impartial_Role_Designation a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Bounded by Impartial Role Designation" ;
proeth:appliedto "Construction-phase services under Owner contract",
"Dispute resolution role execution" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Impartiality in Contractually Designated Dispute Resolution Role",
"Objectivity" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's faithful agent obligation to the Owner was bounded and shaped by the contractual impartial-adjudicator role the Owner had agreed to; faithful agency in this context meant executing the impartial role faithfully, not advocating for the Owner's preferred outcome in the dispute" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "176" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T11:03:54.133055+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "176" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T11:03:54.133055+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "The faithful agent duty does not require engineers to subordinate their contractually and ethically mandated impartiality to client preferences; rather, faithful agency is fulfilled by honest and diligent execution of the role as defined by the engagement terms" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Construction Dispute Impartial Interpreter" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "we find it somewhat incongruous that the Owner should complain because the Engineer was complying with the terms and conditions of a contract that the Owner presumably read and understood before signing." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The Board found that faithful agency and impartiality were complementary rather than conflicting in this context, with the Owner's true interests best served by impartial performance" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A's action provided the Owner with a candid and straightforward interpretation of the issues involved in the claim, expedited the claim and avoided further delays and a potential for further misunderstandings between the parties",
"we find it somewhat incongruous that the Owner should complain because the Engineer was complying with the terms and conditions of a contract that the Owner presumably read and understood before signing" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 176 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T11:13:16.199703"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 176 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
176
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T11:03:54.133055+00:00
First case
176
Generated
2026-03-01T11:03:54.133055+00:00
Attributed to
Case 176 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T11:13:16.199703
Generated by
ProEthica Case 176 Extraction