Loyalty Obligation of Engineer B to City A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/20#Loyalty_Obligation_of_Engineer_B_to_City_A
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Engineer B's ongoing service relationship with City A during the final year of the 3-year contract
Balancing with
Professional Accountability
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
Engineer B, as the incumbent consulting engineer under an active 3-year contract with City A, bears a loyalty obligation to serve the city's engineering needs faithfully during the contract period, while the city's simultaneous solicitation of competitor critique undermines the trust relationship that loyalty presupposes
Confidence
0.88
Importance
medium
Interpretation
In this context, the loyalty principle creates a baseline expectation of good-faith service by Engineer B and a corresponding obligation of good-faith dealing by City A — the city's covert solicitation of competitor critique of Engineer B's work during the active contract period represents a breach of the relational trust that the loyalty principle presupposes
Invoked by
Engineer B Incumbent Consulting Engineer Under Contract
Tension resolution
The loyalty obligation runs in both directions — Engineer B owes faithful service to City A, and City A owes Engineer B fair dealing during the active contract period, including refraining from covert competitive evaluation of Engineer B's work through a competitor
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B is currently hired under these contract terms and is in the final year of the 3-year contract. The City Administrator has questioned the judgment of Engineer B on several occasions during the contract period.
Text references
Engineer B is currently hired under these contract terms and is in the final year of the 3-year contract.
The City Administrator has questioned the judgment of Engineer B on several occasions during the contract period.
TTL
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case20:Loyalty_Obligation_of_Engineer_B_to_City_A a proeth:Loyalty,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Loyalty Obligation of Engineer B to City A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer B's ongoing service relationship with City A during the final year of the 3-year contract" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Professional Accountability",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer B, as the incumbent consulting engineer under an active 3-year contract with City A, bears a loyalty obligation to serve the city's engineering needs faithfully during the contract period, while the city's simultaneous solicitation of competitor critique undermines the trust relationship that loyalty presupposes" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "20" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T18:12:49.348529+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "20" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T18:12:49.348529+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, the loyalty principle creates a baseline expectation of good-faith service by Engineer B and a corresponding obligation of good-faith dealing by City A — the city's covert solicitation of competitor critique of Engineer B's work during the active contract period represents a breach of the relational trust that the loyalty principle presupposes" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer B Incumbent Consulting Engineer Under Contract" ;
proeth:principleclass "Loyalty" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B is currently hired under these contract terms and is in the final year of the 3-year contract. The City Administrator has questioned the judgment of Engineer B on several occasions during the contract period." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The loyalty obligation runs in both directions — Engineer B owes faithful service to City A, and City A owes Engineer B fair dealing during the active contract period, including refraining from covert competitive evaluation of Engineer B's work through a competitor" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B is currently hired under these contract terms and is in the final year of the 3-year contract.",
"The City Administrator has questioned the judgment of Engineer B on several occasions during the contract period." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 20 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T18:27:44.474792"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 20 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
20
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-25T18:12:49.348529+00:00
First case
20
Generated
2026-02-25T18:12:49.348529+00:00
Attributed to
Case 20 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T18:27:44.474792
Generated by
ProEthica Case 20 Extraction