Engineer A Faithful Agent Limits Wetland
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/86#Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Limits_Wetland
Definition
Engineer A's faithful agent duty to the client arising from the wetland delineation engagement does not extend to remaining silent about the client's subsequent, independently observed violation of federal and state wetland law, and that duty is defeated by the paramount obligation to public welfare.
Properties
Instance of
Case context
Engineer A owes a duty of loyalty to the client from the prior engagement, but the client's unpermitted fill of more than half an acre of wetlands is a substantial violation of law that rises to a public welfare concern, defeating the faithful agent duty under the defeasibility condition recognized in the NSPE Code.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.85
Obligation statement
Engineer A's faithful agent duty to the client arising from the wetland delineation engagement does not extend to remaining silent about the client's subsequent, independently observed violation of federal and state wetland law, and that duty is defeated by the paramount obligation to public welfare.
Temporal scope
Upon discovery of the violation, at the point where the faithful agent duty conflicts with the public welfare paramount obligation.
Match Confidence
0.95
Match Reasoning
Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Faithful Agent Obligation'
Matched Ontology Label
Faithful Agent Obligation
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
complianceStatus
confidence
obligationClass
obligationStatement
temporalScope
textReferences
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Safety Obligation Wetl and Fill
obligatedParty
Agent Engineer A
derivedFromPrinciple
Engineer A Faithful Agent Limits
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A performs wetland delineation services on the client's wetland site.
The installation of the fill material is a substantial violation of the federal and state laws and regulations.
Source text
Engineer A performs wetland delineation services on the client's wetland site.
TTL
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@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#> .
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case86:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Limits_Wetland a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Faithful Agent Limits Wetland" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case86:Engineer_A_Safety_Obligation_Wetland_Fill ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case86:Engineer_A_Confirmed_Environmental_Risk,
case86:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Duty_Conflict ;
proeth-core:obligatedParty case86:Agent_Engineer_A ;
proeth:caseContext "Engineer A owes a duty of loyalty to the client from the prior engagement, but the client's unpermitted fill of more than half an acre of wetlands is a substantial violation of law that rises to a public welfare concern, defeating the faithful agent duty under the defeasibility condition recognized in the NSPE Code." ;
proeth:complianceStatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case86:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Limits ;
proeth:obligatedParty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationClass "Faithful Agent Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationStatement "Engineer A's faithful agent duty to the client arising from the wetland delineation engagement does not extend to remaining silent about the client's subsequent, independently observed violation of federal and state wetland law, and that duty is defeated by the paramount obligation to public welfare." ;
proeth:temporalScope "Upon discovery of the violation, at the point where the faithful agent duty conflicts with the public welfare paramount obligation." ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A performs wetland delineation services on the client's wetland site.",
"The installation of the fill material is a substantial violation of the federal and state laws and regulations." ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 86 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T17:30:01.042237+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 86 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.95 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Faithful Agent Obligation'" ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:FaithfulAgentObligation ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Faithful Agent Obligation" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer A performs wetland delineation services on the client's wetland site." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "caseContext",
"complianceStatus",
"confidence",
"obligationClass",
"obligationStatement",
"temporalScope",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer A's faithful agent duty to the client arising from the wetland delineation engagement does not extend to remaining silent about the client's subsequent, independently observed violation of federal and state wetland law, and that duty is defeated by the paramount obligation to public welfare." ;
skos:definition "Engineer A's faithful agent duty to the client arising from the wetland delineation engagement does not extend to remaining silent about the client's subsequent, independently observed violation of federal and state wetland law, and that duty is defeated by the paramount obligation to public welfare." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T17:30:01.042237+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
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T17:30:01.042237+00:00
First case
86
Generated
2026-06-04T17:30:01.042237+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 86 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 86 Extraction