Faithful Agent Obligation Bounded by Public Welfare in Environmental Assessment
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/83#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Bounded_by_Public_Welfare_in_Environmental_Assessment
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Environmental assessment report submitted to public authority for development approval
Balancing with
Objective Completeness in Public Authority Reports
Public Welfare Paramount
Sustainable Development Advocacy Obligation
Concrete expression
Engineer A's faithful agent obligation to the developer client — which would ordinarily support compliance with client preferences about report content — is bounded by the ethical limits imposed by public welfare obligations, objectivity requirements, and sustainable development principles, such that the faithful agent role does not authorize omission of the threatened species finding from the formal written report
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Interpretation
The faithful agent role is not absolute — it operates within the ethical limits established by the NSPE Code, including the obligation to include all relevant and pertinent information in professional reports submitted to public authorities
Invoked by
Engineer A Environmental Firm Principal
Tension resolution
The faithful agent obligation yields to the engineer's independent ethical obligations when client preferences conflict with the duty to provide complete and objective professional reports to public regulatory authorities
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineers, in the performance of their professional services, act as 'agents' or 'trustees' to their clients.
Text references
Engineer A, therefore, had an obligation to include it in the written report and advise the client of its inclusion.
Engineers, in the performance of their professional services, act as 'agents' or 'trustees' to their clients.
They and the members of their firms are privy to a great deal of information and background concerning the business affairs of their client.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Bounded by Public Welfare in Environmental Assessment" ;
proeth:appliedto "Environmental assessment report submitted to public authority for development approval" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Objective Completeness in Public Authority Reports",
"Public Welfare Paramount",
"Sustainable Development Advocacy Obligation" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's faithful agent obligation to the developer client — which would ordinarily support compliance with client preferences about report content — is bounded by the ethical limits imposed by public welfare obligations, objectivity requirements, and sustainable development principles, such that the faithful agent role does not authorize omission of the threatened species finding from the formal written report" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "83" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T19:04:02.625201+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "83" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T19:04:02.625201+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The faithful agent role is not absolute — it operates within the ethical limits established by the NSPE Code, including the obligation to include all relevant and pertinent information in professional reports submitted to public authorities" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Environmental Firm Principal" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineers, in the performance of their professional services, act as 'agents' or 'trustees' to their clients." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The faithful agent obligation yields to the engineer's independent ethical obligations when client preferences conflict with the duty to provide complete and objective professional reports to public regulatory authorities" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A, therefore, had an obligation to include it in the written report and advise the client of its inclusion.",
"Engineers, in the performance of their professional services, act as 'agents' or 'trustees' to their clients.",
"They and the members of their firms are privy to a great deal of information and background concerning the business affairs of their client." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 83 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T19:15:08.292229"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 83 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
83
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T19:04:02.625201+00:00
First case
83
Generated
2026-02-27T19:04:02.625201+00:00
Attributed to
Case 83 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T19:15:08.292229
Generated by
ProEthica Case 83 Extraction