Faithful Agent Obligation Invoked By Engineer A BER Case 93-4
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/98#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_BER_Case_93-4
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits
Applied to
Concrete pour acceptability dispute between Owner and General Contractor
Balancing with
Impartiality in Contractually Designated Dispute Resolution Role
Objectivity
Concrete expression
Engineer A fulfilled the faithful agent obligation to the Owner by acting impartially as the contractually designated interpreter of contract documents, serving the Owner's genuine interest in candid, expeditious, and defensible dispute resolution rather than partisan advocacy
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, faithful agency does not require finding in the client's favor; it requires honest, role-faithful performance that serves the client's genuine long-term interests, including avoidance of collusion allegations and expeditious claim resolution
Invoked by
Engineer A Construction Dispute Impartial Interpreter
Tension resolution
The Board determined that impartial role performance and loyalty are reconcilable — faithful execution of the impartial adjudicatory role itself constitutes fulfillment of the loyalty obligation
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineers have an ethical obligation to act as faithful agents or trustees for the benefit of their employers or clients.
Text references
Engineers have an ethical obligation to act as faithful agents or trustees for the benefit of their employers or clients.
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.
the need to serve the client's interest consistent with the engineer's obligation to act as a faithful agent and trustee
TTL
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case98:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_BER_Case_93-4 a proeth:FaithfulAgentObligationWithinEthicalLimits,
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rdfs:label "Faithful Agent Obligation Invoked By Engineer A BER Case 93-4" ;
proeth:appliedto "Concrete pour acceptability dispute between Owner and General Contractor" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Impartiality in Contractually Designated Dispute Resolution Role",
"Objectivity" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A fulfilled the faithful agent obligation to the Owner by acting impartially as the contractually designated interpreter of contract documents, serving the Owner's genuine interest in candid, expeditious, and defensible dispute resolution rather than partisan advocacy" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:36:26.372831+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "98" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:36:26.372831+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, faithful agency does not require finding in the client's favor; it requires honest, role-faithful performance that serves the client's genuine long-term interests, including avoidance of collusion allegations and expeditious claim resolution" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Construction Dispute Impartial Interpreter" ;
proeth:principleclass "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineers have an ethical obligation to act as faithful agents or trustees for the benefit of their employers or clients." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The Board determined that impartial role performance and loyalty are reconcilable — faithful execution of the impartial adjudicatory role itself constitutes fulfillment of the loyalty obligation" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineers have an ethical obligation to act as faithful agents or trustees for the benefit of their employers or clients.",
"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.",
"the need to serve the client's interest consistent with the engineer's obligation to act as a faithful agent and trustee" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 98 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:43:22.140414"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
98
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:36:26.372831+00:00
First case
98
Generated
2026-02-28T00:36:26.372831+00:00
Attributed to
Case 98 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:43:22.140414
Generated by
ProEthica Case 98 Extraction