Engineer L Faithful Agent Duty
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/8#Engineer_L_Faithful_Agent_Duty
Definition
Engineer L owed a genuine duty of loyalty to Client X as the contracting party, which required advancing Client X's development interests through competent design and honest advice. This duty was in tension with but ultimately subordinate to Engineer L's public welfare obligations when Client X refused to implement necessary protective measures.
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Client X's development project interests
Engineer L's contractual relationship with Client X
Balancing with
Environmental Stewardship Principle
Proactive Risk Disclosure Principle
Public Welfare Paramountcy Principle
Concrete expression
Engineer L owed a genuine duty of loyalty to Client X as the contracting party, which required advancing Client X's development interests through competent design and honest advice. This duty was in tension with but ultimately subordinate to Engineer L's public welfare obligations when Client X refused to implement necessary protective measures.
Confidence
0.88
Interpretation
The faithful agent duty required Engineer L to serve Client X's legitimate interests, including advising on risks and regulatory requirements. It did not authorize Engineer L to suppress findings or continue work that perpetuated identified public risks at Client X's direction.
Tension resolution
The faithful agent duty was properly fulfilled through honest advice and risk disclosure, but was overridden by public welfare paramountcy when Client X refused to act on that advice.
Match Confidence
0.92
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Faithful Agent Duty Principle': The existing Faithful Agent Duty Principle directly addresses the engineer's duty of loyalty to clients as a genuine but subordinate obligation, which is the relational principle at stake when Engineer L must balance serving Client X's interests against public welfare obligations.
Matched Ontology Label
Faithful Agent Duty Principle
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
appliedTo
balancingWith
concreteExpression
confidence
interpretation
principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
invokedBy
Agent Engineer L
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer L is contracted by Client X, a private development entity, to design a stormwater management system for a large residential and commercial development
Engineer L notifies Client X of this risk, advising that additional protective measures should be considered
Source text
Engineer L is contracted by Client X, a private development entity, to design a stormwater management system for a large residential and commercial development near a small community.
TTL
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case8:Engineer_L_Faithful_Agent_Duty a proeth:FaithfulAgentDutyPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer L Faithful Agent Duty" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case8:Agent_Engineer_L ;
proeth:appliedTo "Client X's development project interests",
"Engineer L's contractual relationship with Client X" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Environmental Stewardship Principle",
"Proactive Risk Disclosure Principle",
"Public Welfare Paramountcy Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "Engineer L owed a genuine duty of loyalty to Client X as the contracting party, which required advancing Client X's development interests through competent design and honest advice. This duty was in tension with but ultimately subordinate to Engineer L's public welfare obligations when Client X refused to implement necessary protective measures." ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:interpretation "The faithful agent duty required Engineer L to serve Client X's legitimate interests, including advising on risks and regulatory requirements. It did not authorize Engineer L to suppress findings or continue work that perpetuated identified public risks at Client X's direction." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer L" ;
proeth:principleClass "Faithful Agent Duty Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The faithful agent duty was properly fulfilled through honest advice and risk disclosure, but was overridden by public welfare paramountcy when Client X refused to act on that advice." ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer L is contracted by Client X, a private development entity, to design a stormwater management system for a large residential and commercial development",
"Engineer L notifies Client X of this risk, advising that additional protective measures should be considered" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 8 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-05T02:19:30.537881+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 8 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.92 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Via class 'Faithful Agent Duty Principle': The existing Faithful Agent Duty Principle directly addresses the engineer's duty of loyalty to clients as a genuine but subordinate obligation, which is the relational principle at stake when Engineer L must balance serving Client X's interests against public welfare obligations." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:FaithfulAgentDutyPrinciple ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Faithful Agent Duty Principle" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer L is contracted by Client X, a private development entity, to design a stormwater management system for a large residential and commercial development near a small community." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "appliedTo",
"balancingWith",
"concreteExpression",
"confidence",
"interpretation",
"principleClass",
"tensionResolution",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer L owed a genuine duty of loyalty to Client X as the contracting party, which required advancing Client X's development interests through competent design and honest advice. This duty was in tension with but ultimately subordinate to Engineer L's public welfare obligations when Client X refused to implement necessary protective measures." ;
skos:definition "Engineer L owed a genuine duty of loyalty to Client X as the contracting party, which required advancing Client X's development interests through competent design and honest advice. This duty was in tension with but ultimately subordinate to Engineer L's public welfare obligations when Client X refused to implement necessary protective measures." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-05T02:19:30.537881+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 8 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 8 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
8
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-05T02:19:30.537881+00:00
First case
8
Generated
2026-06-05T02:19:30.537881+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 8 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 8 Extraction