Engineer A Bridge Faithful Agent Limits
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/86#Engineer_A_Bridge_Faithful_Agent_Limits
Definition
Engineer A's duty of loyalty to VWX and the public agency was genuine and supported the decision not to include speculative structural observations in the formal report, but that duty did not authorize Engineer A to abandon follow-through on corrective action entirely.
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Defective bridge wall condition
Public Agency Bridge Client
Balancing with
Public Welfare Paramountcy Principle
Concrete expression
Engineer A's duty of loyalty to VWX and the public agency was genuine and supported the decision not to include speculative structural observations in the formal report, but that duty did not authorize Engineer A to abandon follow-through on corrective action entirely.
Confidence
0.87
Interpretation
Faithful agency to the client supports scope-limited reporting and deference to the prime consultant's broader project knowledge, but does not permit the engineer to ignore a potential public safety issue indefinitely.
Tension resolution
The Board resolved the tension by requiring Engineer A to follow through on corrective action while permitting scope-limited formal reporting, treating faithful agency as subordinate to but not wholly displaced by public welfare.
Match Confidence
0.95
Match Reasoning
Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Faithful Agent Duty Principle'
Matched Ontology Label
Faithful Agent Duty Principle
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
appliedTo
balancingWith
concreteExpression
confidence
interpretation
principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A acted reasonably under the circumstances by properly balancing the obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client and not to disclose what might be considered by the client to be confidential information concerning the business affairs of a client without that client's consent, and the obligation of the engineer to hold paramount the public health and safety.
Engineer A had an obligation to follow through to see that correct follow-up action was taken by the public agency.
Source text
Engineer A acted reasonably under the circumstances by properly balancing the obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client and not to disclose what might be considered by the client to be confidential information concerning the business affairs of a client without that client's consent, and the obligation of the engineer to hold paramount the public health and safety.
TTL
@prefix case86: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/86#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> .
@prefix proeth-prov: <http://proethica.org/provenance#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case86:Engineer_A_Bridge_Faithful_Agent_Limits a proeth:FaithfulAgentDutyPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Bridge Faithful Agent Limits" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case86:Agent_Engineer_A,
case86:Agent_VWX_Architects_and_Engineers ;
proeth:appliedTo "Defective bridge wall condition",
"Public Agency Bridge Client" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Public Welfare Paramountcy Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "Engineer A's duty of loyalty to VWX and the public agency was genuine and supported the decision not to include speculative structural observations in the formal report, but that duty did not authorize Engineer A to abandon follow-through on corrective action entirely." ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:interpretation "Faithful agency to the client supports scope-limited reporting and deference to the prime consultant's broader project knowledge, but does not permit the engineer to ignore a potential public safety issue indefinitely." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer A Structural Inspection Sub-Consultant",
"VWX Prime Consultant" ;
proeth:principleClass "Faithful Agent Duty Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The Board resolved the tension by requiring Engineer A to follow through on corrective action while permitting scope-limited formal reporting, treating faithful agency as subordinate to but not wholly displaced by public welfare." ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A acted reasonably under the circumstances by properly balancing the obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client and not to disclose what might be considered by the client to be confidential information concerning the business affairs of a client without that client's consent, and the obligation of the engineer to hold paramount the public health and safety.",
"Engineer A had an obligation to follow through to see that correct follow-up action was taken by the public agency." ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 86 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T17:32:47.556599+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 86 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.95 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Faithful Agent Duty Principle'" ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:FaithfulAgentDutyPrinciple ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Faithful Agent Duty Principle" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer A acted reasonably under the circumstances by properly balancing the obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client and not to disclose what might be considered by the client to be confidential information concerning the business affairs of a client without that client's consent, and the obligation of the engineer to hold paramount the public health and safety." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "appliedTo",
"balancingWith",
"concreteExpression",
"confidence",
"interpretation",
"principleClass",
"tensionResolution",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A's duty of loyalty to VWX and the public agency was genuine and supported the decision not to include speculative structural observations in the formal report, but that duty did not authorize Engineer A to abandon follow-through on corrective action entirely." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A's duty of loyalty to VWX and the public agency was genuine and supported the decision not to include speculative structural observations in the formal report, but that duty did not authorize Engineer A to abandon follow-through on corrective action entirely." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T17:32:47.556599+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 86 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 86 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
86
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T17:32:47.556599+00:00
First case
86
Generated
2026-06-04T17:32:47.556599+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 86 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 86 Extraction