Faithful Agent Obligation Violated by Engineer W
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/58#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Violated_by_Engineer_W
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Shadyvale DOT highway reconstruction project design direction
Balancing with
Non-Self-Serving Advisory Obligation
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
Engineer W's willingness to overlook DOT policy and direct Engineer Intern D to redesign the project to incorporate the old water main violated his Canon 4 obligation to act as faithful agent or trustee of his employer, the State DOT, by placing Shadyvale's interests above the DOT's clear policy
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, the faithful agent obligation requires Engineer W to execute the DOT's project in accordance with DOT policy, not to redirect DOT resources to benefit a third-party municipality in violation of that policy, regardless of the efficiency or altruistic appeal of doing so
Invoked by
Engineer W DOT Highway Project Senior Engineer
Tension resolution
The faithful agent obligation to the DOT employer is not overridden by altruistic motivation to benefit Shadyvale; the Board finds Engineer W violated this obligation by placing Shadyvale's interests above the DOT's policy
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer W's willingness to overlook DOT policy is inconsistent with Canon 4, the engineer's obligation to act as faithful agent or trustee of one's employer and with Canon 5, to avoid deception.
Text references
Engineer W's direction to Engineer Intern D has placed the interests of Shadyvale above the interests of the DOT in violation of the clear policy of the DOT.
Engineer W's willingness to overlook DOT policy is inconsistent with Canon 4, the engineer's obligation to act as faithful agent or trustee of one's employer
TTL
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case58:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Violated_by_Engineer_W a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Violated by Engineer W" ;
proeth:appliedto "Shadyvale DOT highway reconstruction project design direction" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Non-Self-Serving Advisory Obligation",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer W's willingness to overlook DOT policy and direct Engineer Intern D to redesign the project to incorporate the old water main violated his Canon 4 obligation to act as faithful agent or trustee of his employer, the State DOT, by placing Shadyvale's interests above the DOT's clear policy" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "58" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T21:56:04.012080+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "58" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T21:56:04.012080+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, the faithful agent obligation requires Engineer W to execute the DOT's project in accordance with DOT policy, not to redirect DOT resources to benefit a third-party municipality in violation of that policy, regardless of the efficiency or altruistic appeal of doing so" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer W DOT Highway Project Senior Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer W's willingness to overlook DOT policy is inconsistent with Canon 4, the engineer's obligation to act as faithful agent or trustee of one's employer and with Canon 5, to avoid deception." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The faithful agent obligation to the DOT employer is not overridden by altruistic motivation to benefit Shadyvale; the Board finds Engineer W violated this obligation by placing Shadyvale's interests above the DOT's policy" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer W's direction to Engineer Intern D has placed the interests of Shadyvale above the interests of the DOT in violation of the clear policy of the DOT.",
"Engineer W's willingness to overlook DOT policy is inconsistent with Canon 4, the engineer's obligation to act as faithful agent or trustee of one's employer" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 58 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T22:07:12.209834"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 58 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
58
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T21:56:04.012080+00:00
First case
58
Generated
2026-02-25T21:56:04.012080+00:00
Attributed to
Case 58 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T22:07:12.209834
Generated by
ProEthica Case 58 Extraction