BER Case No. 86-6
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/134#BER_Case_No._86-6
Properties
Instance of
Confidence
0.98
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Document title
NSPE Board of Ethical Review Case No. 86-6
Importance
high
Used by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review in analogical reasoning for the present case
Used in context
Cited as precedent establishing that implying sole personal responsibility for team-designed work on a resume is unethical, because such statements are intentionally designed to mislead a potential employer by obscuring the truth about collaborative contributions
Version
1986
Source Evidence
Source text
In BER Case No. 86-6, the Board reviewed a case involving Engineer A who was seeking employment with Employer Y.
Text references
In BER Case No. 86-6, the Board reviewed a case involving Engineer A who was seeking employment with Employer Y.
In deciding that it was unethical for Engineer A to imply on his resume that he was personally responsible for the design of the products, the Board indicated that although Engineer A did not specifically state that he was personally responsible for the work in question, Engineer A implied such in a manner intended to obscure truth to a prospective employer.
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
134
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T21:13:09.677947+00:00
First case
134
Generated
2026-02-28T21:13:09.677947+00:00
Attributed to
Case 134 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T21:30:32.612069
Generated by
ProEthica Case 134 Extraction