DP4
Individual
10578115
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/135#DP4
Properties
Parent
Decision Point Id
DP4
Decision Question
Does Employer Y's capacity to independently verify resume claims mitigate Engineer A's ethical culpability for submitting a misleading resume, or is the ethical violation complete and irremediable upon submission regardless of downstream verification?
Focus
The Board must determine whether Employer Y's independent capacity to verify the team-based nature of Engineer A's design work through reference checks or other means mitigates or shifts any portion of Engineer A's ethical culpability for submitting a misleading resume, and whether the ethical violation is complete upon submission regardless of downstream verification or harm.
Option1
Determine that Engineer A's ethical violation is fully constituted at the moment of submitting the misleading resume, regardless of whether Employer Y independently verified the team-based nature of the work or was actually deceived in making a hiring decision.
Option2
Recognize that Employer Y's independent verification capacity and residual obligation to seek clarification of ambiguous resume claims partially shifts the ethical burden, mitigating Engineer A's culpability when the prospective employer has reasonable means to discover the collaborative nature of the work.
Option3
Treat the ethical violation as contingent on whether Employer Y was actually deceived and made a hiring decision based on the false impression of sole authorship — finding no violation where Employer Y discovered the collaborative reality through reference checks before extending an offer.
Role Label
Engineer A Act-of-Submission Ethical Violation Assessor
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Ontology
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Individual
Content Hash
10578115f8cda688...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
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2026-03-01T16:10:36.398068
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ProEthica Case 135 Extraction