Client Autonomy Invoked for Clover City Suggestion to Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Client_Autonomy_Invoked_for_Clover_City_Suggestion_to_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
ClientAutonomyinEngineeringServiceProviderSelection
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClientAutonomyinEngineeringServiceProviderSelection
Applied to
Clover City's indication of willingness to award retainer and elevated storage tank design contracts
Clover City's suggestion that Engineer A establish independent practice
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Tripartite Interest Balancing in Engineer Departure Scenarios
Concrete expression
Clover City's suggestion that Engineer A open his own firm and its indication that it would consider retaining him independently is an exercise of the client's fundamental right to select the engineering service provider of its choice
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
Clover City's exercise of client autonomy shifts moral responsibility for any disruption to ABC's client relationship substantially toward Clover City; Engineer A's acceptance of the invitation is correspondingly less culpable
Invoked by
Clover City Municipal Client
Clover City Municipal Engineering Client
Tension resolution
Client autonomy supports permissibility of the departure arrangement; the manner of transition must still respect ABC's legitimate interests
Source Evidence
Source text
officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City. The city indicates that it would consider a city retainer contract and also a contract for the design of the elevated storage tank.
Text references
The city indicates that it would consider a city retainer contract and also a contract for the design of the elevated storage tank.
officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City
TTL
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case178:Client_Autonomy_Invoked_for_Clover_City_Suggestion_to_Engineer_A a proeth:ClientAutonomyinEngineeringServiceProviderSelection,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Client Autonomy Invoked for Clover City Suggestion to Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Clover City's indication of willingness to award retainer and elevated storage tank design contracts",
"Clover City's suggestion that Engineer A establish independent practice" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Tripartite Interest Balancing in Engineer Departure Scenarios" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Clover City's suggestion that Engineer A open his own firm and its indication that it would consider retaining him independently is an exercise of the client's fundamental right to select the engineering service provider of its choice" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Clover City's exercise of client autonomy shifts moral responsibility for any disruption to ABC's client relationship substantially toward Clover City; Engineer A's acceptance of the invitation is correspondingly less culpable" ;
proeth:invokedby "Clover City Municipal Client",
"Clover City Municipal Engineering Client" ;
proeth:principleclass "Client Autonomy in Engineering Service Provider Selection" ;
proeth:sourcetext "officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City. The city indicates that it would consider a city retainer contract and also a contract for the design of the elevated storage tank." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Client autonomy supports permissibility of the departure arrangement; the manner of transition must still respect ABC's legitimate interests" ;
proeth:textreferences "The city indicates that it would consider a city retainer contract and also a contract for the design of the elevated storage tank.",
"officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.010703"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 178 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
178
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00
First case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00
Attributed to
Case 178 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:26.010703
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction