Faithful Agent Obligation Applied to Engineer A During ABC Employment
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Applied_to_Engineer_A_During_ABC_Employment
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Engineer A's non-disclosure of Clover City's solicitation to ABC
Engineer A's out-of-scope elevated storage tank work
Balancing with
At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right
Client Autonomy in Engineering Service Provider Selection
Prudential Disclosure as Relational Self-Protection
Concrete expression
While employed at ABC, Engineer A owed faithful service to ABC as his employer; the question of whether his non-disclosure of Clover City's solicitation and his out-of-scope elevated storage tank work constituted a breach of this obligation is central to the ethical analysis
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Interpretation
The faithful agent obligation requires disclosure of material information affecting the employer's client relationships; Engineer A's non-disclosure of Clover City's solicitation may have fallen short of this standard, though the client-initiated nature of the solicitation mitigates culpability
Invoked by
Engineer A ABC Employee Water Treatment Report Developer
Engineer A Non-Disclosing Client-Solicited Departing Staff Engineer
Tension resolution
The faithful agent obligation supports disclosure of Clover City's solicitation to ABC; the client-initiated nature of the solicitation and Engineer A's eventual voluntary non-solicitation period partially mitigate the non-disclosure
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A currently works for ABC Engineering Company... As an employee of ABC, Engineer A developed the report by which the city will get funding for the water treatment plant expansion.
Text references
As an employee of ABC, Engineer A developed the report by which the city will get funding for the water treatment plant expansion.
Engineer A currently works for ABC Engineering Company.
Recently, officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City.
TTL
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case178:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Applied_to_Engineer_A_During_ABC_Employment a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Applied to Engineer A During ABC Employment" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's non-disclosure of Clover City's solicitation to ABC",
"Engineer A's out-of-scope elevated storage tank work" ;
proeth:balancingwith "At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right",
"Client Autonomy in Engineering Service Provider Selection",
"Prudential Disclosure as Relational Self-Protection" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "While employed at ABC, Engineer A owed faithful service to ABC as his employer; the question of whether his non-disclosure of Clover City's solicitation and his out-of-scope elevated storage tank work constituted a breach of this obligation is central to the ethical analysis" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
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 "The faithful agent obligation requires disclosure of material information affecting the employer's client relationships; Engineer A's non-disclosure of Clover City's solicitation may have fallen short of this standard, though the client-initiated nature of the solicitation mitigates culpability" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A ABC Employee Water Treatment Report Developer",
"Engineer A Non-Disclosing Client-Solicited Departing Staff Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A currently works for ABC Engineering Company... As an employee of ABC, Engineer A developed the report by which the city will get funding for the water treatment plant expansion." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The faithful agent obligation supports disclosure of Clover City's solicitation to ABC; the client-initiated nature of the solicitation and Engineer A's eventual voluntary non-solicitation period partially mitigate the non-disclosure" ;
proeth:textreferences "As an employee of ABC, Engineer A developed the report by which the city will get funding for the water treatment plant expansion.",
"Engineer A currently works for ABC Engineering Company.",
"Recently, officials in Clover City suggested that Engineer A open his own engineering company in Clover City." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.011427"^^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
2026-03-01T08:48:26.011427
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction