Client Autonomy Invoked for Clover City Service Provider Selection
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Client_Autonomy_Invoked_for_Clover_City_Service_Provider_Selection
Properties
Instance of
ClientAutonomyinEngineeringServiceProviderSelection
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClientAutonomyinEngineeringServiceProviderSelection
Applied to
Clover City's decision to seek Engineer A's independent services after learning he authored the water treatment report
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Tripartite Interest Balancing in Engineer Departure Scenarios
Concrete expression
The BER recognized Clover City's fundamental right to retain the engineering firm or individual of its choice, including Engineer A specifically, while requiring that the method of effecting this right be fair and equitable to all parties
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
Client autonomy is a legitimate interest that must be given meaningful weight in the ethical analysis, but it does not override the incumbent firm's legitimate interests or permit the client to orchestrate departures in ways that are unfair to the firm
Invoked by
Clover City Municipal Engineering Client
Tension resolution
The Board gave meaningful weight to Clover City's autonomy interest while requiring that the manner of effecting it be fair and equitable — Engineer A's voluntary waiting period and independent motivation satisfied this requirement
Source Evidence
Source text
No one can deny that a client has a right to retain the engineering firm of its choice. What must be addressed, however, is a method to effect that right in a manner that is both fair and equitable to all of the concerned parties.
Text references
It is clear that the client, Clover City, is favorably disposed towards establishing a contractual relationship with Engineer A.
No one can deny that a client has a right to retain the engineering firm of its choice. What must be addressed, however, is a method to effect that right in a manner that is both fair and equitable to all of the concerned parties.
TTL
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case178:Client_Autonomy_Invoked_for_Clover_City_Service_Provider_Selection a proeth:ClientAutonomyinEngineeringServiceProviderSelection,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Client Autonomy Invoked for Clover City Service Provider Selection" ;
proeth:appliedto "Clover City's decision to seek Engineer A's independent services after learning he authored the water treatment report" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Tripartite Interest Balancing in Engineer Departure Scenarios" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The BER recognized Clover City's fundamental right to retain the engineering firm or individual of its choice, including Engineer A specifically, while requiring that the method of effecting this right be fair and equitable to all parties" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:35:45.392536+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:35:45.392536+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Client autonomy is a legitimate interest that must be given meaningful weight in the ethical analysis, but it does not override the incumbent firm's legitimate interests or permit the client to orchestrate departures in ways that are unfair to the firm" ;
proeth:invokedby "Clover City Municipal Engineering Client" ;
proeth:principleclass "Client Autonomy in Engineering Service Provider Selection" ;
proeth:sourcetext "No one can deny that a client has a right to retain the engineering firm of its choice. What must be addressed, however, is a method to effect that right in a manner that is both fair and equitable to all of the concerned parties." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The Board gave meaningful weight to Clover City's autonomy interest while requiring that the manner of effecting it be fair and equitable — Engineer A's voluntary waiting period and independent motivation satisfied this requirement" ;
proeth:textreferences "It is clear that the client, Clover City, is favorably disposed towards establishing a contractual relationship with Engineer A.",
"No one can deny that a client has a right to retain the engineering firm of its choice. What must be addressed, however, is a method to effect that right in a manner that is both fair and equitable to all of the concerned parties." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.019719"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 178 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
178
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:35:45.392536+00:00
First case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:35:45.392536+00:00
Attributed to
Case 178 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:26.019719
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction