Competing Duties — Client Authority vs. Third-Party Protection
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/88#Competing_Duties_—_Client_Authority_vs._Third-Party_Protection
Properties
Parent
Activeperiod
From Client B's direction to proceed without analysis through resolution
Affectedparties
Client B
Engineer A
Regulatory authorities
Upstream homeowners
Concept Category
State
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Stateclass
Competing Duties State
Subject
Engineer A's simultaneous obligations to serve Client B's project interests and to protect upstream homeowners from foreseeable harm
Terminatedby
Resolution through analysis authorization, disclosure to regulators, or project withdrawal
Triggeringevent
Client B's direction to defer the risk analysis, placing Engineer A's faithful agent duty in direct conflict with the paramount obligation to protect public health, safety, and welfare
Urgencylevel
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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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
a51faf16f7d7917d...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
88
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-02-27T06:39:47.280651+00:00
First Case
88
Generated
2026-02-27T06:39:47.280651+00:00
Attributed To
Case 88 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T10:32:26.861386
Generated By
ProEthica Case 88 Extraction