Faithful Agent Obligation Scoped To Retaining Wall Engagement
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/59#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Scoped_To_Retaining_Wall_Engagement
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Retaining wall design engagement
Scope limitation of contracted work
Balancing with
Incidental Observation Disclosure Obligation
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
Engineer A's primary contractual obligation is to design the retaining wall system for the homeowner, and the faithful agent obligation requires diligent execution of that contracted scope — but the ethical limits of the faithful agent role do not permit Engineer A to remain silent about the observed fire protection deficiency when public safety is implicated
Confidence
0.82
Importance
medium
Interpretation
The faithful agent obligation defines the primary scope of Engineer A's professional responsibility but does not create a license to ignore material safety risks observed incidentally during the engagement
Invoked by
Engineer A Multi-Credential Observing Engineer
Tension resolution
The faithful agent obligation is satisfied by diligent retaining wall design; the public welfare obligation requires additional disclosure of the observed freeze risk, and the two obligations are not in genuine conflict because disclosure serves the client's interests
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A, who happens to have both structural and fire protection credentials, is hired by Homeowner to design a retaining wall system to stabilize a rear yard
Text references
Engineer A, who happens to have both structural and fire protection credentials, is hired by Homeowner to design a retaining wall system to stabilize a rear yard
Homeowner allowed Engineer A to store equipment in the integral garage
TTL
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case59:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Scoped_To_Retaining_Wall_Engagement a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Scoped To Retaining Wall Engagement" ;
proeth:appliedto "Retaining wall design engagement",
"Scope limitation of contracted work" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Incidental Observation Disclosure Obligation",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's primary contractual obligation is to design the retaining wall system for the homeowner, and the faithful agent obligation requires diligent execution of that contracted scope — but the ethical limits of the faithful agent role do not permit Engineer A to remain silent about the observed fire protection deficiency when public safety is implicated" ;
proeth:confidence "0.82" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "59" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T22:26:30.698382+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "59" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T22:26:30.698382+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "The faithful agent obligation defines the primary scope of Engineer A's professional responsibility but does not create a license to ignore material safety risks observed incidentally during the engagement" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Multi-Credential Observing Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A, who happens to have both structural and fire protection credentials, is hired by Homeowner to design a retaining wall system to stabilize a rear yard" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The faithful agent obligation is satisfied by diligent retaining wall design; the public welfare obligation requires additional disclosure of the observed freeze risk, and the two obligations are not in genuine conflict because disclosure serves the client's interests" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A, who happens to have both structural and fire protection credentials, is hired by Homeowner to design a retaining wall system to stabilize a rear yard",
"Homeowner allowed Engineer A to store equipment in the integral garage" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 59 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T22:42:18.045102"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 59 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
59
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-25T22:26:30.698382+00:00
First case
59
Generated
2026-02-25T22:26:30.698382+00:00
Attributed to
Case 59 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T22:42:18.045102
Generated by
ProEthica Case 59 Extraction