Engineer A Resume Implication-Based Misrepresentation Prohibition
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/135#Engineer_A_Resume_Implication-Based_Misrepresentation_Prohibition
Properties
Instance of
ResumeTeamContributionSoleAuthorshipMisrepresentationProhibitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ResumeTeamContributionSoleAuthorshipMisrepresentationProhibitionObligation
Case context
Engineer A submitted a resume to Employer Y listing jointly-patented products without indicating that the design was performed by a six-member team, creating the false impression of sole personal design responsibility.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from implying on his resume that he was personally and solely responsible for the design of products that were in fact jointly designed by a six-member team, recognizing that intentional implication of sole authorship — even without an explicit false statement — constitutes misrepresentation under NSPE Code Section II.5.a.
Temporal scope
At the time of resume submission to Employer Y
Source Evidence
Source text
we interpret Section II.5.a. to prohibit Engineer A to imply on his resume that he was personally responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through the joint efforts of the members of the design team.
Text references
While we acknowledge that Engineer A did not in fact state that he was personally responsible for the work in question, we interpret the term 'misrepresentation' in Section II.5.a. to include implications which are intended to obscure truth to a client, members of the public, or prospective employers for that matter.
we interpret Section II.5.a. to prohibit Engineer A to imply on his resume that he was personally responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through the joint efforts of the members of the design team.
TTL
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case135:Engineer_A_Resume_Implication-Based_Misrepresentation_Prohibition a proeth:ResumeTeamContributionSoleAuthorshipMisrepresentationProhibitionObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Resume Implication-Based Misrepresentation Prohibition" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case135:Engineer_A_Resume_Competitive_Pressure_Non-Justification_for_Misrepresentation,
case135:John_Doe_Case_72-11_Selective_Emphasis_Competence-Deception_Boundary_Compliance ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case135:Engineer_A_Resume_Competitive_Pressure_Non-Justification_for_Misrepresentation ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A submitted a resume to Employer Y listing jointly-patented products without indicating that the design was performed by a six-member team, creating the false impression of sole personal design responsibility." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/135#Implication-as-Misrepresentation_—_Engineer_A_Sole_Credit_Implication_for_Joint_Design> ;
proeth:discoveredincase "135" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "135" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T15:48:54.714289+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Resume Team Contribution Sole Authorship Misrepresentation Prohibition Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from implying on his resume that he was personally and solely responsible for the design of products that were in fact jointly designed by a six-member team, recognizing that intentional implication of sole authorship — even without an explicit false statement — constitutes misrepresentation under NSPE Code Section II.5.a." ;
proeth:sourcetext "we interpret Section II.5.a. to prohibit Engineer A to imply on his resume that he was personally responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through the joint efforts of the members of the design team." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of resume submission to Employer Y" ;
proeth:textreferences "While we acknowledge that Engineer A did not in fact state that he was personally responsible for the work in question, we interpret the term 'misrepresentation' in Section II.5.a. to include implications which are intended to obscure truth to a client, members of the public, or prospective employers for that matter.",
"we interpret Section II.5.a. to prohibit Engineer A to imply on his resume that he was personally responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through the joint efforts of the members of the design team." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 135 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T15:57:44.750944"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
135
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T15:48:54.714289+00:00
First case
135
Generated
2026-03-01T15:48:54.714289+00:00
Attributed to
Case 135 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T15:57:44.750944
Generated by
ProEthica Case 135 Extraction