Competing Duties - Faithful Agent vs. Public Safety
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/88#Competing_Duties_-_Faithful_Agent_vs._Public_Safety
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From Client B's direction to proceed without analysis through resolution of the conflict
Affected parties
Client B
Engineer A
Twenty upstream homeowners
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's simultaneous obligations as faithful agent to Client B and as licensed professional to protect public safety of upstream homeowners
Terminated by
Client B authorizing the analysis, Engineer A disassociating, regulatory authority requiring the analysis, or project abandonment
Triggering event
Client B's explicit direction to proceed without the recommended third-party risk analysis, placing Engineer A's faithful agent duty in direct tension with public safety obligations
Urgency level
high
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.
It is Engineer A's judgment, based on hydraulic evaluation procedures presented at a recent transportation agency conference, that the proposed project may result in some upstream homes becoming uninhabitable a decade or more earlier than would otherwise be the case.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Competing Duties - Faithful Agent vs. Public Safety" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From Client B's direction to proceed without analysis through resolution of the conflict" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Client B",
"Engineer A",
"Twenty upstream homeowners" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "88" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-26T00:09:07.016855+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "88" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-26T00:09:07.016855+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
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:stateclass "Competing Duties State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's simultaneous obligations as faithful agent to Client B and as licensed professional to protect public safety of upstream homeowners" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Client B authorizing the analysis, Engineer A disassociating, regulatory authority requiring the analysis, or project abandonment" ;
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.",
"It is Engineer A's judgment, based on hydraulic evaluation procedures presented at a recent transportation agency conference, that the proposed project may result in some upstream homes becoming uninhabitable a decade or more earlier than would otherwise be the case." ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Client B's explicit direction to proceed without the recommended third-party risk analysis, placing Engineer A's faithful agent duty in direct tension with public safety obligations" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 88 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-26T00:31:11.058026"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 88 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
88
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-26T00:09:07.016855+00:00
First case
88
Generated
2026-02-26T00:09:07.016855+00:00
Attributed to
Case 88 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T00:31:11.058026
Generated by
ProEthica Case 88 Extraction