Technically True But Misleading Statement Prohibition Applied to Engineer A Resume
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/135#Technically_True_But_Misleading_Statement_Prohibition_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Resume
Properties
Instance of
TechnicallyTrueButMisleadingStatementProhibition
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#TechnicallyTrueButMisleadingStatementProhibition
Applied to
Engineer A's resume submitted to Employer Y
Balancing with
Legitimate self-promotion
Concrete expression
Engineer A's resume statements about the patented products may be technically accurate in that he did participate in their design, but the framing deliberately creates a false impression of sole personal responsibility, exploiting the literal truth of his participation to obscure the collaborative reality
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Interpretation
The ethical standard is not whether each statement is literally true but whether the overall impression conveyed is accurate; implying sole responsibility through selective framing while technically having participated in the design constitutes the type of artful deception this principle prohibits
Invoked by
Engineer A Collaborative Credit Misrepresenting Job-Seeking Engineer
Tension resolution
The prohibition on technically-true-but-misleading statements applies regardless of the employment-seeking context; the overall impression of sole authorship is false and therefore unethical
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 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:Technically_True_But_Misleading_Statement_Prohibition_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Resume a proeth:TechnicallyTrueButMisleadingStatementProhibition,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Technically True But Misleading Statement Prohibition Applied to Engineer A Resume" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's resume submitted to Employer Y" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Legitimate self-promotion" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's resume statements about the patented products may be technically accurate in that he did participate in their design, but the framing deliberately creates a false impression of sole personal responsibility, exploiting the literal truth of his participation to obscure the collaborative reality" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
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 ethical standard is not whether each statement is literally true but whether the overall impression conveyed is accurate; implying sole responsibility through selective framing while technically having participated in the design constitutes the type of artful deception this principle prohibits" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Collaborative Credit Misrepresenting Job-Seeking Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Technically True But Misleading Statement 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 prohibition on technically-true-but-misleading statements applies regardless of the employment-seeking context; the overall impression of sole authorship is false and therefore unethical" ;
proeth:textreferences "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 "2026-03-01T15:57:44.743885"^^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
2026-03-01T15:57:44.743885
Generated by
ProEthica Case 135 Extraction