Faithful Agent Obligation Applied to Engineer A Declining Immediate Clover City Offer
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Declining_Immediate_Clover_City_Offer
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Engineer A's conduct during the period between Clover City's initial expression of interest and his eventual departure from ABC
Balancing with
At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right
Client Autonomy in Engineering Service Provider Selection
Concrete expression
Engineer A's initial declination of Clover City's apparent offer of work while still employed at ABC reflects the faithful agent obligation — he did not exploit his client relationship to arrange post-departure business while still serving ABC as a faithful agent
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Interpretation
The faithful agent obligation required Engineer A to refrain from arranging post-departure client commitments while still employed, and his declination of the immediate offer demonstrated compliance with this obligation
Invoked by
Engineer A ABC Employee Water Treatment Report Developer
Tension resolution
Engineer A satisfied the faithful agent obligation by declining the immediate offer and not entering any formal pre-departure agreement with Clover City
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A still declined an apparent offer of work by Clover City, decided not to compete directly with his former employer, ABC, and waited for a period of over a year before deciding to go into competition with his former employer, ABC.
Text references
Engineer A still declined an apparent offer of work by Clover City, decided not to compete directly with his former employer, ABC, and waited for a period of over a year before deciding to go into competition with his former employer, ABC.
The fact that Engineer A declined to participate on an active project at the time that Clover City sought his assistance might have made Clover City far less likely to be interested in Engineer A's services.
TTL
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case178:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Declining_Immediate_Clover_City_Offer a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Applied to Engineer A Declining Immediate Clover City Offer" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's conduct during the period between Clover City's initial expression of interest and his eventual departure from ABC" ;
proeth:balancingwith "At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right",
"Client Autonomy in Engineering Service Provider Selection" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's initial declination of Clover City's apparent offer of work while still employed at ABC reflects the faithful agent obligation — he did not exploit his client relationship to arrange post-departure business while still serving ABC as a faithful agent" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
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 "The faithful agent obligation required Engineer A to refrain from arranging post-departure client commitments while still employed, and his declination of the immediate offer demonstrated compliance with this obligation" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A ABC Employee Water Treatment Report Developer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A still declined an apparent offer of work by Clover City, decided not to compete directly with his former employer, ABC, and waited for a period of over a year before deciding to go into competition with his former employer, ABC." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Engineer A satisfied the faithful agent obligation by declining the immediate offer and not entering any formal pre-departure agreement with Clover City" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A still declined an apparent offer of work by Clover City, decided not to compete directly with his former employer, ABC, and waited for a period of over a year before deciding to go into competition with his former employer, ABC.",
"The fact that Engineer A declined to participate on an active project at the time that Clover City sought his assistance might have made Clover City far less likely to be interested in Engineer A's services." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.021312"^^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
2026-03-01T08:48:26.021312
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction