Engineer A Faithful Agent Within Ethical Limits Developer Client Obligation Instance
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/83#Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Within_Ethical_Limits_Developer_Client_Obligation_Instance
Properties
Instance of
Case context
Engineer A's faithful agent duty to the developer client was bounded by the overriding obligation to submit complete and accurate written reports to the public authority. The faithful agent duty did not justify omitting the threatened species finding to serve the developer's commercial interests in obtaining regulatory approval.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (principal, environmental engineering firm)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to serve the developer client faithfully as a retained environmental engineering firm, but only within the bounds of professional ethics — meaning the faithful agent duty did not authorize omission of the threatened species finding from the written report submitted to the public authority, as such omission would have crossed the ethical boundary of the faithful agent role.
Temporal scope
Throughout the engagement and at the time of preparing the written report
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Objective Complete Reporting Public Authority Obligation Instance, Engineer A Public Welfare Paramount Threatened Species Omission Obligation Instance, Engineer A Threatened Species Written Report Inclusion Obligation Instance
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is a principal in an environmental engineering firm and is requested by a developer client to prepare an analysis of a piece of property adjacent to a wetlands area for potential development as a residential condominium
Text references
Engineer A does not include the information in a written report that will be submitted to a public authority that is considering the developer's proposal
Engineer A is a principal in an environmental engineering firm and is requested by a developer client to prepare an analysis of a piece of property adjacent to a wetlands area for potential development as a residential condominium
TTL
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case83:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Within_Ethical_Limits_Developer_Client_Obligation_Instance a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Faithful Agent Within Ethical Limits Developer Client Obligation Instance" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case83:Engineer_A_Objective_Complete_Reporting_Public_Authority_Obligation_Instance,
case83:Engineer_A_Public_Welfare_Paramount_Threatened_Species_Omission_Obligation_Instance,
case83:Engineer_A_Threatened_Species_Written_Report_Inclusion_Obligation_Instance ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case83:Client_Interest_vs._Public_Interest_Conflict_Over_Environmental_Disclosure,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/83#Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Boundary_—_Post-Confirmed_Finding> ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A's faithful agent duty to the developer client was bounded by the overriding obligation to submit complete and accurate written reports to the public authority. The faithful agent duty did not justify omitting the threatened species finding to serve the developer's commercial interests in obtaining regulatory approval." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case83:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Applied_to_Developer_Client_Relationship ;
proeth:discoveredincase "83" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T18:59:29.260448+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "83" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T18:59:29.260448+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (principal, environmental engineering firm)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Faithful Agent Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to serve the developer client faithfully as a retained environmental engineering firm, but only within the bounds of professional ethics — meaning the faithful agent duty did not authorize omission of the threatened species finding from the written report submitted to the public authority, as such omission would have crossed the ethical boundary of the faithful agent role." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is a principal in an environmental engineering firm and is requested by a developer client to prepare an analysis of a piece of property adjacent to a wetlands area for potential development as a residential condominium" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the engagement and at the time of preparing the written report" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A does not include the information in a written report that will be submitted to a public authority that is considering the developer's proposal",
"Engineer A is a principal in an environmental engineering firm and is requested by a developer client to prepare an analysis of a piece of property adjacent to a wetlands area for potential development as a residential condominium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 83 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T19:15:08.287802"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 83 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
83
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T18:59:29.260448+00:00
First case
83
Generated
2026-02-27T18:59:29.260448+00:00
Attributed to
Case 83 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T19:15:08.287802
Generated by
ProEthica Case 83 Extraction