Faithful Agent Duty — Engineer A to State Employer
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/75#Faithful_Agent_Duty_—_Engineer_A_to_State_Employer
Properties
Instance of
Case context
Engineer A's current employer is the State, which is an adversarial party in the water-rights proceeding. The State has isolated Engineer A from the case. Engineer A's faithful agent duty requires him to respect this arrangement and not circumvent it by independently 'supporting' his prior work in ways that could harm the State's position.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A is obligated to act as a faithful agent to his current employer (the State) by respecting the isolation arrangement imposed by the State, not taking actions that would undermine the State's legal position, and not using his State employment to benefit the former private client.
Temporal scope
For the duration of Engineer A's State employment and the water-rights proceeding
Relationships
competesWith
Confidentiality Obligation — Engineer A Former Employer and Client Technical Information, Former Client Adversarial Proceeding Consent Prerequisite — Engineer A Water Rights State Proceeding, Former Employer Client Loyalty — Engineer A Non-Adverse Participation, Former Employer Loyalty Boundary in Public Role — Engineer A Ongoing Obligations to Private Firm and Client
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Conflict of Interest — Cross-Side Employment, Engineer A Cross-Side Employment Transition, Engineer A Pri or Specialized Knowledge Participation Bar — Water Rights Proceeding
derivedFromPrinciple
Loyalty Conflict — Engineer A Dual Obligations
Source Evidence
Source text
In his current employment, he has been isolated from the State's case in the matter
Text references
Engineer A feels that he can and should support the work he performed and which was included in the stamped report, but he is concerned about the remaining steps in the court process
In his current employment, he has been isolated from the State's case in the matter
his current position does not include opposing this or other cases
TTL
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<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/75#Faithful_Agent_Duty_—_Engineer_A_to_State_Employer> a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Duty — Engineer A to State Employer" ;
proeth-core:competesWith <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/75#Confidentiality_Obligation_—_Engineer_A_Former_Employer_and_Client_Technical_Information>,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/75#Former_Client_Adversarial_Proceeding_Consent_Prerequisite_—_Engineer_A_Water_Rights_State_Proceeding>,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/75#Former_Employer_Client_Loyalty_—_Engineer_A_Non-Adverse_Participation>,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/75#Former_Employer_Loyalty_Boundary_in_Public_Role_—_Engineer_A_Ongoing_Obligations_to_Private_Firm_and_Client> ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/75#Engineer_A_Conflict_of_Interest_—_Cross-Side_Employment>,
case75:Engineer_A_Cross-Side_Employment_Transition,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/75#Engineer_A_Prior_Specialized_Knowledge_Participation_Bar_—_Water_Rights_Proceeding> ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A's current employer is the State, which is an adversarial party in the water-rights proceeding. The State has isolated Engineer A from the case. Engineer A's faithful agent duty requires him to respect this arrangement and not circumvent it by independently 'supporting' his prior work in ways that could harm the State's position." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/75#Loyalty_Conflict_—_Engineer_A_Dual_Obligations> ;
proeth:discoveredincase "75" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T00:15:33.785175+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "75" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T00:15:33.785175+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Faithful Agent Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A is obligated to act as a faithful agent to his current employer (the State) by respecting the isolation arrangement imposed by the State, not taking actions that would undermine the State's legal position, and not using his State employment to benefit the former private client." ;
proeth:sourcetext "In his current employment, he has been isolated from the State's case in the matter" ;
proeth:temporalscope "For the duration of Engineer A's State employment and the water-rights proceeding" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A feels that he can and should support the work he performed and which was included in the stamped report, but he is concerned about the remaining steps in the court process",
"In his current employment, he has been isolated from the State's case in the matter",
"his current position does not include opposing this or other cases" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 75 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T00:31:30.973304"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 75 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
75
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T00:15:33.785175+00:00
First case
75
Generated
2026-02-27T00:15:33.785175+00:00
Attributed to
Case 75 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T00:31:30.973304
Generated by
ProEthica Case 75 Extraction