Engineer A Client Loyalty Non-Partisan Dispute Finding Boundary BER 93-4

@prefix case98: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/98#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case98:Engineer_A_Client_Loyalty_Non-Partisan_Dispute_Finding_Boundary_BER_93-4 a proeth:ClientLoyaltyNon-PartisanDisputeFindingBoundaryObligation, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer A Client Loyalty Non-Partisan Dispute Finding Boundary BER 93-4" ; proeth-core:competesWith case98:Engineer_A_Contractually_Designated_Dispute_Resolver_Impartiality_BER_93-4 ; proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case98:Engineer_A_Construction_Phase_Contractual_Impartiality_Obligation, case98:Owner-Contractor_Dispute_Requiring_Engineer_Adjudication ; proeth:casecontext "The Owner criticized Engineer A after Engineer A found in the Contractor's favor, claiming that Engineer A's duty of loyalty required a client-favoring result. The NSPE Board of Ethical Review determined that it would have been unethical for Engineer A to have found in the Owner's favor and that impartial performance fulfilled the loyalty obligation." ; proeth:compliancestatus "met" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ; proeth:confidence "0.93" ; proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case98:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_BER_Case_93-4, case98:Loyalty_Fulfillment_Through_Role-Faithful_Objective_Performance_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_BER_Case_93-4 ; proeth:discoveredincase "98" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:37:33.627657+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "98" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:37:33.627657+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (BER Case 93-4)" ; proeth:obligationclass "Client Loyalty Non-Partisan Dispute Finding Boundary Obligation" ; proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the duty of loyalty to the Owner did not require — and in fact prohibited — finding in the Owner's favor when the contract documents and facts supported the Contractor's position, and that impartial performance of the contractually designated role constituted fulfillment of the loyalty obligation." ; proeth:sourcetext "The Owner accepted Engineer A's interpretation, but also criticized Engineer A, claiming that because of Engineer A's ethical duty of loyalty to the Owner, Engineer A should have found in Owner's favor." ; proeth:temporalscope "At the time of rendering the dispute determination and in response to the Owner's criticism" ; proeth:textreferences "Engineer A's action also complied with the terms of the agreement and avoided a charge that the Owner and Engineer A may have 'colluded' against the Contractor.", "Engineer A's action provided the Owner with a candid and straightforward interpretation of the issues involved in the claim, expedited the claim, and avoided further delays and a potential for further misunderstandings between the parties.", "The Owner accepted Engineer A's interpretation, but also criticized Engineer A, claiming that because of Engineer A's ethical duty of loyalty to the Owner, Engineer A should have found in Owner's favor.", "the NSPE Board of Ethical Review concluded that it would have been unethical for Engineer A to have found in the Owner's favor and Engineer A owed a general duty of loyalty to the Owner. However, in acting impartially under the terms of the contract, the Board of Ethical Review determined that Engineer A fulfilled that ethical obligation to the Owner." ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 98 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:43:22.150153"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 98 Extraction" .