Engineer A Faithful Agent Boundary — Post-Confirmed Finding
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/83#Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Boundary_—_Post-Confirmed_Finding
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From Engineer A's confirmed finding through resolution of tension between client preference and public reporting obligation
Affected parties
Client/Developer
Engineer A
Public regulatory authority
Confidence
0.83
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's obligation to act as faithful agent to client while simultaneously fulfilling public reporting obligation by including confirmed environmental finding in report
Terminated by
Board determination that faithful agent duty does not extend to omitting confirmed, material findings from professional reports
Triggering event
Engineer A's confirmed finding of threatened species habitat creating tension between faithful agent duty and public reporting obligation under NSPE Code Section II.3.a.
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
engineers play an essential role in society by taking steps and actions to see that products, systems, facilities, structures, and the land surrounding them are reasonably safe
Text references
Engineers, in the performance of their professional services, act as 'agents' or 'trustees' to their clients
Sometimes engineers are placed in situations where they must balance the extent of their obligations to their employer or client with their obligations to protect the public health and safety
engineers play an essential role in society by taking steps and actions to see that products, systems, facilities, structures, and the land surrounding them are reasonably safe
TTL
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"Engineer A",
"Public regulatory authority" ;
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proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
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proeth:stateclass "Faithful Agent Boundary State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's obligation to act as faithful agent to client while simultaneously fulfilling public reporting obligation by including confirmed environmental finding in report" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Board determination that faithful agent duty does not extend to omitting confirmed, material findings from professional reports" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineers, in the performance of their professional services, act as 'agents' or 'trustees' to their clients",
"Sometimes engineers are placed in situations where they must balance the extent of their obligations to their employer or client with their obligations to protect the public health and safety",
"engineers play an essential role in society by taking steps and actions to see that products, systems, facilities, structures, and the land surrounding them are reasonably safe" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer A's confirmed finding of threatened species habitat creating tension between faithful agent duty and public reporting obligation under NSPE Code Section II.3.a." ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
83
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T18:56:41.372529+00:00
First case
83
Generated
2026-02-27T18:56:41.372529+00:00
Attributed to
Case 83 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T19:15:08.297193
Generated by
ProEthica Case 83 Extraction