DP1
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/135#DP1
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP1
Decision question
Should Engineer A list the jointly patented products on his resume in a manner that implies personal design responsibility, or must he affirmatively disclose the team-based nature of the work?
Focus
Engineer A must decide how to represent his participation in a series of jointly patented products on his resume submitted to Employer Y, where all six team members held equal rank and shared patent credit. The core tension is between presenting credentials in the most favorable light versus accurately disclosing the collaborative nature of the design work.
Option1
List the patented products with explicit notation of collaborative authorship — e.g., 'co-designed with a five-member engineering team' — so that Employer Y can accurately assess Engineer A's individual contribution without drawing the false inference of sole design responsibility.
Option2
List the patented products on the resume under Engineer A's individual credentials without team attribution language, relying on the standard resume convention that patent listings reflect participation rather than sole authorship, and leaving clarification to the interview process.
Option3
Note that the patented products resulted from a team effort without naming individual co-designers, consistent with the minimum disclosure standard — acknowledging collaborative context while preserving Engineer A's ability to highlight personal participation in a significant patent portfolio.
Role
Engineer A Resume-Submitting Job-Seeking Engineer
TTL
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case135:DP1 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP1" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP1" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "Should Engineer A list the jointly patented products on his resume in a manner that implies personal design responsibility, or must he affirmatively disclose the team-based nature of the work?" ;
proeth:focus "Engineer A must decide how to represent his participation in a series of jointly patented products on his resume submitted to Employer Y, where all six team members held equal rank and shared patent credit. The core tension is between presenting credentials in the most favorable light versus accurately disclosing the collaborative nature of the design work." ;
proeth:option1 "List the patented products with explicit notation of collaborative authorship — e.g., 'co-designed with a five-member engineering team' — so that Employer Y can accurately assess Engineer A's individual contribution without drawing the false inference of sole design responsibility." ;
proeth:option2 "List the patented products on the resume under Engineer A's individual credentials without team attribution language, relying on the standard resume convention that patent listings reflect participation rather than sole authorship, and leaving clarification to the interview process." ;
proeth:option3 "Note that the patented products resulted from a team effort without naming individual co-designers, consistent with the minimum disclosure standard — acknowledging collaborative context while preserving Engineer A's ability to highlight personal participation in a significant patent portfolio." ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer A Resume-Submitting Job-Seeking Engineer" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T16:10:36.395048"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 135 Extraction" .
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2026-03-01T16:10:36.395048
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ProEthica Case 135 Extraction