Faithful Agent Obligation Engineer A Developer F Waterfront Development
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/94#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Engineer_A_Developer_F_Waterfront_Development
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
City Planning Board public hearing
Developer F's waterfront development project presentation
Balancing with
Objective Completeness in Public Authority Reports
Public Welfare Paramount
Relevance and Pertinence Standard for Voluntary Disclosure at Public Hearings
Concrete expression
Engineer A, retained by Developer F to present the waterfront development design at the City Planning Board hearing, acted as Developer F's faithful agent by presenting the project's design features — while retaining the professional authority to exercise independent judgment about what information was relevant and pertinent to disclose.
Confidence
0.86
Importance
high
Interpretation
The faithful agent obligation required Engineer A to diligently present Developer F's project, but did not require him to suppress information that was relevant and pertinent, and did not override his independent professional judgment about the scope of required disclosure.
Invoked by
Engineer A Public Hearing Presenting Consulting Engineer Present Case
Tension resolution
The Board held that the faithful agent obligation and the public testimony obligation were reconciled through the professional judgment standard: Engineer A fulfilled his faithful agent role by presenting the project, and his professional judgment about relevance and pertinence defined the outer boundary of his disclosure obligation.
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A's ethical obligation does not require him to disclose such information if, in his professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent.'
Text references
Engineer A's ethical obligation does not require him to disclose such information if, in his professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent.'
Engineers who are involved in such activities should perform their obligations in a manner that is consistent with the NSPE Code of Ethics.
TTL
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proeth:appliedto "City Planning Board public hearing",
"Developer F's waterfront development project presentation" ;
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"Public Welfare Paramount",
"Relevance and Pertinence Standard for Voluntary Disclosure at Public Hearings" ;
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proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A, retained by Developer F to present the waterfront development design at the City Planning Board hearing, acted as Developer F's faithful agent by presenting the project's design features — while retaining the professional authority to exercise independent judgment about what information was relevant and pertinent to disclose." ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T19:01:33.144715+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "94" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T19:01:33.144715+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The faithful agent obligation required Engineer A to diligently present Developer F's project, but did not require him to suppress information that was relevant and pertinent, and did not override his independent professional judgment about the scope of required disclosure." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Public Hearing Presenting Consulting Engineer Present Case" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A's ethical obligation does not require him to disclose such information if, in his professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent.'" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The Board held that the faithful agent obligation and the public testimony obligation were reconciled through the professional judgment standard: Engineer A fulfilled his faithful agent role by presenting the project, and his professional judgment about relevance and pertinence defined the outer boundary of his disclosure obligation." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A's ethical obligation does not require him to disclose such information if, in his professional judgment, it is not 'relevant and pertinent.'",
"Engineers who are involved in such activities should perform their obligations in a manner that is consistent with the NSPE Code of Ethics." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 94 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T19:13:05.766755"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 94 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
94
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T19:01:33.144715+00:00
First case
94
Generated
2026-02-28T19:01:33.144715+00:00
Attributed to
Case 94 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T19:13:05.766755
Generated by
ProEthica Case 94 Extraction