DP5
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/8#DP5
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP5
Decision question
Should Engineer L treat the faithful agent duty to Client X as bounded by independent public safety obligations, or should Engineer L defer to Client X's informed business decisions about risk tolerance and protective measures?
Focus
Throughout the project, Engineer L served as a faithful agent to Client X while also bearing obligations to public safety and environmental protection. When Client X's instructions conflicted with those obligations, Engineer L had to determine where the boundary of the faithful agent duty lies and whether serving the client's stated preferences was compatible with the engineer's independent professional obligations.
Option1
Treat the faithful agent obligation as requiring full compliance with Client X's instructions only up to the point where those instructions conflict with independent public safety obligations, and refuse to follow client instructions that would require omitting safety findings, continuing unsafe work, or suppressing regulatory reports.
Option2
Treat the faithful agent obligation as satisfied by full disclosure of the risk and recommendation of protective measures, and defer to Client X's informed business decision about risk tolerance and cost, continuing work as directed while maintaining documentation of the disclosed risk and client override.
Option3
Engage a neutral third party, such as a professional ethics board or senior firm partner, to mediate the conflict between the faithful agent duty and the public safety obligation before taking unilateral action to refuse work or report to regulatory authorities, preserving the client relationship while seeking authoritative guidance on the boundary of permissible deference.
Role
Engineer L Stormwater Design Engineer
TTL
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case8:DP5 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP5" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP5" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "Should Engineer L treat the faithful agent duty to Client X as bounded by independent public safety obligations, or should Engineer L defer to Client X's informed business decisions about risk tolerance and protective measures?" ;
proeth:focus "Throughout the project, Engineer L served as a faithful agent to Client X while also bearing obligations to public safety and environmental protection. When Client X's instructions conflicted with those obligations, Engineer L had to determine where the boundary of the faithful agent duty lies and whether serving the client's stated preferences was compatible with the engineer's independent professional obligations." ;
proeth:option1 "Treat the faithful agent obligation as requiring full compliance with Client X's instructions only up to the point where those instructions conflict with independent public safety obligations, and refuse to follow client instructions that would require omitting safety findings, continuing unsafe work, or suppressing regulatory reports." ;
proeth:option2 "Treat the faithful agent obligation as satisfied by full disclosure of the risk and recommendation of protective measures, and defer to Client X's informed business decision about risk tolerance and cost, continuing work as directed while maintaining documentation of the disclosed risk and client override." ;
proeth:option3 "Engage a neutral third party, such as a professional ethics board or senior firm partner, to mediate the conflict between the faithful agent duty and the public safety obligation before taking unilateral action to refuse work or report to regulatory authorities, preserving the client relationship while seeking authoritative guidance on the boundary of permissible deference." ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer L Stormwater Design Engineer" ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 8 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Attributed to
claude-sonnet-4-6
Generated by
ProEthica Case 8 Extraction