Client Loyalty Obligation of Engineer A Bounded by Public Safety
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/87#Client_Loyalty_Obligation_of_Engineer_A_Bounded_by_Public_Safety
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Client A Cost-Refusing Developer
Balancing with
Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
Engineer A owes Client A a duty of faithful service in performing the hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment engagement, including respecting Client A's financial constraints and business decisions, but this loyalty obligation is bounded by Engineer A's paramount obligation to protect the safety of future residents
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, client loyalty requires Engineer A to present the 100-year storm surge elevation recommendation in a manner that is sensitive to Client A's cost concerns and to explore whether alternative design approaches might reduce costs while maintaining adequate safety, but does not permit Engineer A to abandon the safety recommendation in response to Client A's refusal
Invoked by
Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment
Tension resolution
Client loyalty is bounded by the paramount public welfare obligation; Engineer A may be a faithful agent to Client A in all respects that do not require compromising the public safety standard
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is retained by Client A, a developer, to perform hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment in connection with potential climate change and sea level rise for a residential development project near a coastal area
Text references
Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation
Engineer A is retained by Client A, a developer, to perform hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment
TTL
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case87:Client_Loyalty_Obligation_of_Engineer_A_Bounded_by_Public_Safety a proeth:ClientLoyalty,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Client Loyalty Obligation of Engineer A Bounded by Public Safety" ;
proeth:appliedto "Client A Cost-Refusing Developer" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A owes Client A a duty of faithful service in performing the hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment engagement, including respecting Client A's financial constraints and business decisions, but this loyalty obligation is bounded by Engineer A's paramount obligation to protect the safety of future residents" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "87" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, client loyalty requires Engineer A to present the 100-year storm surge elevation recommendation in a manner that is sensitive to Client A's cost concerns and to explore whether alternative design approaches might reduce costs while maintaining adequate safety, but does not permit Engineer A to abandon the safety recommendation in response to Client A's refusal" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case Coastal Risk Assessment" ;
proeth:principleclass "Client Loyalty" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is retained by Client A, a developer, to perform hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment in connection with potential climate change and sea level rise for a residential development project near a coastal area" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Client loyalty is bounded by the paramount public welfare obligation; Engineer A may be a faithful agent to Client A in all respects that do not require compromising the public safety standard" ;
proeth:textreferences "Because of the increased cost, Owner refuses to agree that the residential development project be built to a 100-year projection storm surge elevation",
"Engineer A is retained by Client A, a developer, to perform hydrodynamic modeling and coastal risk assessment" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 87 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T16:34:23.735324"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 87 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
87
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00
First case
87
Generated
2026-02-27T15:35:25.619322+00:00
Attributed to
Case 87 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T16:34:23.735324
Generated by
ProEthica Case 87 Extraction