Misrepresentation-in-Business-Dealings-Standard
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/148#Misrepresentation-in-Business-Dealings-Standard
Properties
Instance of
MisrepresentationinBusinessDealingsStandard
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#MisrepresentationinBusinessDealingsStandard
Confidence
0.92
Created by
Professional engineering ethics review bodies
Document title
Misrepresentation in Business Dealings Standard
Importance
high
Used by
Engineer F in completing the employment application; ethics reviewers evaluating Engineer F's conduct
Used in context
Governs whether Engineer F's technically accurate but potentially misleading negative response to the employment application question constitutes a prohibited misrepresentation in a business context, given that the contractor license revocation was material to the employer's evaluation of his professional character.
Version
Current
Source Evidence
Source text
On the engineering firm employment application, there is a question asking whether the engineer 'has ever been disciplined in the practice of professional engineering or had his license suspended or revoked?'
Text references
Engineer F responds in the negative on the employment application
Engineer F's contractor's license was revoked because he allowed an unlicensed individual who was unrelated to his contracting firm to use the contractor license number on another project
On the engineering firm employment application, there is a question asking whether the engineer 'has ever been disciplined in the practice of professional engineering or had his license suspended or revoked?'
TTL
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case148:Misrepresentation-in-Business-Dealings-Standard a proeth:MisrepresentationinBusinessDealingsStandard,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Misrepresentation-in-Business-Dealings-Standard" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Resource" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:createdby "Professional engineering ethics review bodies" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "148" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:documenttitle "Misrepresentation in Business Dealings Standard" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T22:49:54.358243+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "148" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T22:49:54.358243+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:resourceclass "Misrepresentation in Business Dealings Standard" ;
proeth:sourcetext "On the engineering firm employment application, there is a question asking whether the engineer 'has ever been disciplined in the practice of professional engineering or had his license suspended or revoked?'" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer F responds in the negative on the employment application",
"Engineer F's contractor's license was revoked because he allowed an unlicensed individual who was unrelated to his contracting firm to use the contractor license number on another project",
"On the engineering firm employment application, there is a question asking whether the engineer 'has ever been disciplined in the practice of professional engineering or had his license suspended or revoked?'" ;
proeth:usedby "Engineer F in completing the employment application; ethics reviewers evaluating Engineer F's conduct" ;
proeth:usedincontext "Governs whether Engineer F's technically accurate but potentially misleading negative response to the employment application question constitutes a prohibited misrepresentation in a business context, given that the contractor license revocation was material to the employer's evaluation of his professional character." ;
proeth:version "Current" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 148 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T23:11:08.563132"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 148 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
148
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T22:49:54.358243+00:00
First case
148
Generated
2026-02-28T22:49:54.358243+00:00
Attributed to
Case 148 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T23:11:08.563132
Generated by
ProEthica Case 148 Extraction