Client Loyalty Invoked By Client B Cost Management Directive
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/88#Client_Loyalty_Invoked_By_Client_B_Cost_Management_Directive
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Engineer A Tidal Crossing Infrastructure Design Engineer
Specialized hydrologic and hydraulic analysis decision
Balancing with
Non-Acquiescence to Unsafe Client Directives
Proactive Risk Disclosure
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
Client B directed Engineer A to proceed without the costly specialized hydraulic analysis unless and until requested by regulatory authorities, invoking the client's legitimate authority to direct project scope and cost management within the bounds of professional ethics
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, client loyalty creates a legitimate tension with Engineer A's public welfare and proactive risk disclosure obligations; the client's cost management directive is a legitimate exercise of client authority that Engineer A must respect within the bounds of professional ethics, but that authority does not extend to suppressing safety-relevant analysis
Invoked by
Client B Cost-Directing Developer
Tension resolution
Client loyalty is overridden by public welfare paramount when the client's directive would result in the suppression of safety-relevant analysis affecting identifiable third parties; Engineer A must advise Client B of this limit and refuse to acquiesce in the directive
Source Evidence
Source text
Client B directs Engineer A to proceed without the costly analysis unless and until such an analysis is requested by the applicable regulatory authorities
Text references
Client B directs Engineer A to proceed without the costly analysis unless and until such an analysis is requested by the applicable regulatory authorities
Engineer A is a consulting engineer representing Client B
TTL
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case88:Client_Loyalty_Invoked_By_Client_B_Cost_Management_Directive a proeth:ClientLoyalty,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Client Loyalty Invoked By Client B Cost Management Directive" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A Tidal Crossing Infrastructure Design Engineer",
"Specialized hydrologic and hydraulic analysis decision" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Non-Acquiescence to Unsafe Client Directives",
"Proactive Risk Disclosure",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Client B directed Engineer A to proceed without the costly specialized hydraulic analysis unless and until requested by regulatory authorities, invoking the client's legitimate authority to direct project scope and cost management within the bounds of professional ethics" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "88" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-26T00:13:22.311648+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "88" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-26T00:13:22.311648+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, client loyalty creates a legitimate tension with Engineer A's public welfare and proactive risk disclosure obligations; the client's cost management directive is a legitimate exercise of client authority that Engineer A must respect within the bounds of professional ethics, but that authority does not extend to suppressing safety-relevant analysis" ;
proeth:invokedby "Client B Cost-Directing Developer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Client Loyalty" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Client B directs Engineer A to proceed without the costly analysis unless and until such an analysis is requested by the applicable regulatory authorities" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Client loyalty is overridden by public welfare paramount when the client's directive would result in the suppression of safety-relevant analysis affecting identifiable third parties; Engineer A must advise Client B of this limit and refuse to acquiesce in the directive" ;
proeth:textreferences "Client B directs Engineer A to proceed without the costly analysis unless and until such an analysis is requested by the applicable regulatory authorities",
"Engineer A is a consulting engineer representing Client B" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 88 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-26T00:31:11.063539"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 88 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
88
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-26T00:13:22.311648+00:00
First case
88
Generated
2026-02-26T00:13:22.311648+00:00
Attributed to
Case 88 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T00:31:11.063539
Generated by
ProEthica Case 88 Extraction