Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits Tested by Client B's Directive
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/88#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Tested_by_Client_Bs_Directive
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Client B's cost-management directive
Engineer A's consulting engagement with Client B
Balancing with
Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
Engineer A is Client B's faithful agent for the roadway design engagement, obligated to execute Client B's project diligently; however, Client B's directive to forgo safety analysis tests the ethical limits of that agency, requiring Engineer A to determine whether compliance would cross into ethical violation.
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, the principle permits Engineer A to respect Client B's business decisions within ethical limits but prohibits acquiescence to directives that suppress safety-critical analysis.
Invoked by
Client B Development Project Client Refusing Safety Evaluation
Engineer A Climate Change Impact Evaluating Infrastructure Engineer
Tension resolution
The ethical limits of faithful agency are reached when the client's directive would suppress analysis the engineer has determined is necessary to characterize material public risk.
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is a consulting engineer representing Client B, a developer who is proposing to develop a health care facility that requires a significant upgrade to the property's access road that crosses a tidal saltmarsh.
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, a developer who is proposing to develop a health care facility.
TTL
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case88:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Tested_by_Client_Bs_Directive a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits Tested by Client B's Directive" ;
proeth:appliedto "Client B's cost-management directive",
"Engineer A's consulting engagement with Client B" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Non-Acquiescence to Client Directive Suppressing Safety Analysis",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A is Client B's faithful agent for the roadway design engagement, obligated to execute Client B's project diligently; however, Client B's directive to forgo safety analysis tests the ethical limits of that agency, requiring Engineer A to determine whether compliance would cross into ethical violation." ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "88" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T14:10:34.833493+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "88" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T14:10:34.833493+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, the principle permits Engineer A to respect Client B's business decisions within ethical limits but prohibits acquiescence to directives that suppress safety-critical analysis." ;
proeth:invokedby "Client B Development Project Client Refusing Safety Evaluation",
"Engineer A Climate Change Impact Evaluating Infrastructure Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is a consulting engineer representing Client B, a developer who is proposing to develop a health care facility that requires a significant upgrade to the property's access road that crosses a tidal saltmarsh." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The ethical limits of faithful agency are reached when the client's directive would suppress analysis the engineer has determined is necessary to characterize material public risk." ;
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, a developer who is proposing to develop a health care facility." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 88 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T10:32:26.854573"^^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
2026-02-27T14:10:34.833493+00:00
First case
88
Generated
2026-02-27T14:10:34.833493+00:00
Attributed to
Case 88 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T10:32:26.854573
Generated by
ProEthica Case 88 Extraction