Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits Tension with Administrator C Orders
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/92#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Tension_with_Administrator_C_Orders
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Administrator C's orders to restrict communication
Administrator C's removal of Engineer A from sanitary system responsibility
Balancing with
Mandatory Statutory Reporting Obligation Non-Deferrable by Employer Order
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
Engineer A's faithful agent obligation to Administrator C required compliance with reasonable employer directives, but that obligation was bounded by the ethical limit that it could not require Engineer A to suppress mandatory safety reporting or accept an unlicensed responsible charge assignment — at which point the faithful agent duty yielded to the public welfare obligation
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
The faithful agent obligation is conditional on the employer's directives remaining within ethical bounds; Administrator C's orders crossed that boundary by suppressing mandatory statutory reporting and assigning unlicensed responsible charge
Invoked by
Engineer A City Engineer Sanitary System
Tension resolution
The faithful agent obligation yielded to the public welfare paramount and statutory reporting obligations; Engineer A's escalation over Administrator C's objection was ethically required
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C.
Text references
City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys.
Engineer A again privately brings the problem up to other city officials.
Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C.
TTL
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case92:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Tension_with_Administrator_C_Orders a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits Tension with Administrator C Orders" ;
proeth:appliedto "Administrator C's orders to restrict communication",
"Administrator C's removal of Engineer A from sanitary system responsibility" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Mandatory Statutory Reporting Obligation Non-Deferrable by Employer Order",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's faithful agent obligation to Administrator C required compliance with reasonable employer directives, but that obligation was bounded by the ethical limit that it could not require Engineer A to suppress mandatory safety reporting or accept an unlicensed responsible charge assignment — at which point the faithful agent duty yielded to the public welfare obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "92" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:37:08.179379+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "92" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:37:08.179379+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The faithful agent obligation is conditional on the employer's directives remaining within ethical bounds; Administrator C's orders crossed that boundary by suppressing mandatory statutory reporting and assigning unlicensed responsible charge" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A City Engineer Sanitary System" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The faithful agent obligation yielded to the public welfare paramount and statutory reporting obligations; Engineer A's escalation over Administrator C's objection was ethically required" ;
proeth:textreferences "City Administrator C orders Engineer A to discuss the problems only with him and warns her that her job is in danger if she disobeys.",
"Engineer A again privately brings the problem up to other city officials.",
"Engineer A has the responsibility for the disposal plant and beds and is directly responsible to City Administrator C." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 92 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T14:00:16.244517"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 92 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
92
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:37:08.179379+00:00
First case
92
Generated
2026-03-01T13:37:08.179379+00:00
Attributed to
Case 92 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:00:16.244517
Generated by
ProEthica Case 92 Extraction