Engineers A B Faithful Agent Duty
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/76#Engineers_A_B_Faithful_Agent_Duty
Definition
Engineers A and B served as faithful agents to the MWC by conducting thorough evaluations, providing complete and honest recommendations, and presenting those recommendations to the MWC before the vote. This duty was fulfilled through honest advice, not through acquiescence to the override.
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Joint recommendation to delay the water source change
MWC water source change evaluation
Balancing with
Proactive Risk Disclosure Principle
Public Welfare Paramountcy Principle
Concrete expression
Engineers A and B served as faithful agents to the MWC by conducting thorough evaluations, providing complete and honest recommendations, and presenting those recommendations to the MWC before the vote. This duty was fulfilled through honest advice, not through acquiescence to the override.
Confidence
0.91
Interpretation
The faithful agent duty required Engineers A and B to advance the MWC's legitimate interests in cost reduction and water source change, but those interests do not include proceeding with a plan that creates an unmitigated public health risk. The duty was discharged through honest and complete advice.
Tension resolution
The faithful agent duty is subordinate to the public welfare paramountcy principle; Engineers A and B discharged their loyalty obligation through honest advice and are not required to remain silent following the override.
Match Confidence
0.92
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Faithful Agent Duty Principle': The existing ontology contains 'Faithful Agent Duty Principle' defined as the relational principle establishing that an engineer owes a duty of loyalty to each client or employer, acting as a faithful agent or trustee, but subordinate to the paramount duty to public welfare. This is a direct match.
Matched Ontology Label
Faithful Agent Duty Principle
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
appliedTo
balancingWith
concreteExpression
confidence
interpretation
principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
invokedBy
Agent Engineer A, Agent Engineer B
Source Evidence
Text references
Both Engineer A and Engineer B met with the MWC at a meeting sparsely attended by the public and recommended that the change in water source be substantially delayed until improvements could be completed.
Engineer B, a consulting engineer retained by the MWC charged with evaluating water treatment needs for the change in water source, provided a report to Engineer A recommending extensive capital investments and a three-year timeline.
Source text
Engineer B, a consulting engineer retained by the MWC charged with evaluating water treatment needs for the change in water source, provided a report to Engineer A recommending extensive capital investments and a three-year timeline for further evaluation of water quality, design, and construction of improvements.
TTL
@prefix case76: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/76#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> .
@prefix proeth-prov: <http://proethica.org/provenance#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case76:Engineers_A_B_Faithful_Agent_Duty a proeth:FaithfulAgentDutyPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineers A B Faithful Agent Duty" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case76:Agent_Engineer_A,
case76:Agent_Engineer_B ;
proeth:appliedTo "Joint recommendation to delay the water source change",
"MWC water source change evaluation" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Proactive Risk Disclosure Principle",
"Public Welfare Paramountcy Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "Engineers A and B served as faithful agents to the MWC by conducting thorough evaluations, providing complete and honest recommendations, and presenting those recommendations to the MWC before the vote. This duty was fulfilled through honest advice, not through acquiescence to the override." ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:interpretation "The faithful agent duty required Engineers A and B to advance the MWC's legitimate interests in cost reduction and water source change, but those interests do not include proceeding with a plan that creates an unmitigated public health risk. The duty was discharged through honest and complete advice." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer A Water Commission Chief Engineer",
"Engineer B Water Treatment Consultant" ;
proeth:principleClass "Faithful Agent Duty Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The faithful agent duty is subordinate to the public welfare paramountcy principle; Engineers A and B discharged their loyalty obligation through honest advice and are not required to remain silent following the override." ;
proeth:textReferences "Both Engineer A and Engineer B met with the MWC at a meeting sparsely attended by the public and recommended that the change in water source be substantially delayed until improvements could be completed.",
"Engineer B, a consulting engineer retained by the MWC charged with evaluating water treatment needs for the change in water source, provided a report to Engineer A recommending extensive capital investments and a three-year timeline." ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 76 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-05T11:22:15.977522+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 76 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.92 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Via class 'Faithful Agent Duty Principle': The existing ontology contains 'Faithful Agent Duty Principle' defined as the relational principle establishing that an engineer owes a duty of loyalty to each client or employer, acting as a faithful agent or trustee, but subordinate to the paramount duty to public welfare. This is a direct match." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:FaithfulAgentDutyPrinciple ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Faithful Agent Duty Principle" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer B, a consulting engineer retained by the MWC charged with evaluating water treatment needs for the change in water source, provided a report to Engineer A recommending extensive capital investments and a three-year timeline for further evaluation of water quality, design, and construction of improvements." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "appliedTo",
"balancingWith",
"concreteExpression",
"confidence",
"interpretation",
"principleClass",
"tensionResolution",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineers A and B served as faithful agents to the MWC by conducting thorough evaluations, providing complete and honest recommendations, and presenting those recommendations to the MWC before the vote. This duty was fulfilled through honest advice, not through acquiescence to the override." ;
skos:definition "Engineers A and B served as faithful agents to the MWC by conducting thorough evaluations, providing complete and honest recommendations, and presenting those recommendations to the MWC before the vote. This duty was fulfilled through honest advice, not through acquiescence to the override." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-05T11:22:15.977522+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 76 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 76 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
76
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-05T11:22:15.977522+00:00
First case
76
Generated
2026-06-05T11:22:15.977522+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 76 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 76 Extraction