Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits Misapplied By Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Misapplied_By_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Client's 'as is' sale directive
Confidentiality agreement
Structural engagement
Balancing with
Code Exception Clause Activation for Public Safety Disclosure
Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
Engineer A treated the faithful agent obligation as requiring compliance with the client's confidentiality agreement and 'as is' sale directive, failing to recognize that the faithful agent role operates within ethical limits that include the public safety exception to confidentiality
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Interpretation
The faithful agent obligation required Engineer A to execute the structural assessment diligently and protect legitimate client confidentiality interests — but it did not require compliance with client directives that violated the public safety exception to confidentiality
Invoked by
Engineer A
Tension resolution
The ethical limits of the faithful agent role required Engineer A to report the code violations to appropriate authorities despite the confidentiality agreement — faithful agency does not extend to facilitating ongoing endangerment of building occupants
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is retained to investigate the structural integrity of a 60-year old occupied apartment building
Text references
Engineer A is retained to investigate the structural integrity of a 60-year old occupied apartment building
in view of the terms of the agreement, Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party
TTL
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case84:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Misapplied_By_Engineer_A a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits Misapplied By Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Client's 'as is' sale directive",
"Confidentiality agreement",
"Structural engagement" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Code Exception Clause Activation for Public Safety Disclosure",
"Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A treated the faithful agent obligation as requiring compliance with the client's confidentiality agreement and 'as is' sale directive, failing to recognize that the faithful agent role operates within ethical limits that include the public safety exception to confidentiality" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:37:05.727947+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:37:05.727947+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The faithful agent obligation required Engineer A to execute the structural assessment diligently and protect legitimate client confidentiality interests — but it did not require compliance with client directives that violated the public safety exception to confidentiality" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is retained to investigate the structural integrity of a 60-year old occupied apartment building" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The ethical limits of the faithful agent role required Engineer A to report the code violations to appropriate authorities despite the confidentiality agreement — faithful agency does not extend to facilitating ongoing endangerment of building occupants" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A is retained to investigate the structural integrity of a 60-year old occupied apartment building",
"in view of the terms of the agreement, Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:56:58.167759"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 84 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
84
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:37:05.727947+00:00
First case
84
Generated
2026-03-01T13:37:05.727947+00:00
Attributed to
Case 84 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:56:58.167759
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction