Resume Selective Emphasis Misrepresentation Prohibition Applied to Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/135#Resume_Selective_Emphasis_Misrepresentation_Prohibition_Applied_to_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
ResumeSelectiveEmphasisMisrepresentationProhibition
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ResumeSelectiveEmphasisMisrepresentationProhibition
Applied to
Description of patented product design work
Engineer A's resume submitted to Employer Y
Balancing with
Contextual Resume Emphasis Permissibility Principle
Concrete expression
Engineer A's resume, through selective framing that omits the team context, creates a materially false overall impression that he was the sole or primary designer of the patented products, even if individual statements about his participation are technically accurate
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
The prohibition on selective emphasis misrepresentation applies with full force when an engineer omits the collaborative team context from descriptions of joint work; the overall portrait conveyed — sole designer — does not correspond to the actual experience — one of six co-equal contributors
Invoked by
Engineer A Collaborative Credit Misrepresenting Job-Seeking Engineer
Tension resolution
The Contextual Resume Emphasis Permissibility Principle permits favorable framing of genuine individual contributions but does not permit omitting co-equal team members' roles entirely; Engineer A's conduct exceeds permissible emphasis and constitutes prohibited misrepresentation
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the team
Text references
Engineer A along with five other engineers in his team participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products
Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the team
TTL
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case135:Resume_Selective_Emphasis_Misrepresentation_Prohibition_Applied_to_Engineer_A a proeth:ResumeSelectiveEmphasisMisrepresentationProhibition,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Resume Selective Emphasis Misrepresentation Prohibition Applied to Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Description of patented product design work",
"Engineer A's resume submitted to Employer Y" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Contextual Resume Emphasis Permissibility Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's resume, through selective framing that omits the team context, creates a materially false overall impression that he was the sole or primary designer of the patented products, even if individual statements about his participation are technically accurate" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "135" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T15:41:30.244787+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "135" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T15:41:30.244787+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The prohibition on selective emphasis misrepresentation applies with full force when an engineer omits the collaborative team context from descriptions of joint work; the overall portrait conveyed — sole designer — does not correspond to the actual experience — one of six co-equal contributors" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Collaborative Credit Misrepresenting Job-Seeking Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Resume Selective Emphasis Misrepresentation Prohibition" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the team" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The Contextual Resume Emphasis Permissibility Principle permits favorable framing of genuine individual contributions but does not permit omitting co-equal team members' roles entirely; Engineer A's conduct exceeds permissible emphasis and constitutes prohibited misrepresentation" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A along with five other engineers in his team participated in and was credited with the design of a series of patented products",
"Engineer A submits his resume to Employer Y and on it implies that he personally was responsible for the design of products which were actually designed through a joint effort of the members of the team" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 135 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T15:57:44.743520"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 135 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
135
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T15:41:30.244787+00:00
First case
135
Generated
2026-03-01T15:41:30.244787+00:00
Attributed to
Case 135 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T15:57:44.743520
Generated by
ProEthica Case 135 Extraction