Doe Selective Emphasis Competence-Deception Boundary Violation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/166#Doe_Selective_Emphasis_Competence-Deception_Boundary_Violation
Properties
Instance of
SelectiveEmphasisCompetence-DeceptionBoundaryComplianceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SelectiveEmphasisCompetence-DeceptionBoundaryComplianceObligation
Case context
Doe emphasized minor managerial experience to overcome repeated rejections, but the emphasis crossed the permissibility boundary by creating a false impression of managerial competence he did not genuinely possess at the level implied.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
John Doe
Obligation statement
John Doe was obligated to ensure that any selective emphasis of his managerial qualifications remained within the permissible zone — i.e., that it did not deceive the prospective employer as to his actual competence for the management role sought — and was prohibited from crossing into misrepresentation by implying a level of managerial competence and experience that his minor administrative functions did not genuinely support.
Temporal scope
At the time of preparing and distributing the revised resume
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Doe Exaggeration-Emphasis Threshold Determination
derivedFromPrinciple
Technically True But Misleading Statement Prohibition Invoked By Doe Resume
Source Evidence
Source text
he devised a new resume which played down his technical design experience and expertise and emphasized his minor managerial and administrative function in his former employment as an important responsibility
Text references
felt he could perform satisfactorily at a higher level in that related field of technical activity if given the opportunity
he devised a new resume which played down his technical design experience and expertise and emphasized his minor managerial and administrative function in his former employment as an important responsibility
TTL
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case166:Doe_Selective_Emphasis_Competence-Deception_Boundary_Violation a proeth:SelectiveEmphasisCompetence-DeceptionBoundaryComplianceObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Doe Selective Emphasis Competence-Deception Boundary Violation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case166:Doe_Selective_Emphasis_Competence_Deception_Boundary_Managerial_Resume_Aerospace ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case166:Doe_Exaggeration-Emphasis_Threshold_Determination ;
proeth:casecontext "Doe emphasized minor managerial experience to overcome repeated rejections, but the emphasis crossed the permissibility boundary by creating a false impression of managerial competence he did not genuinely possess at the level implied." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case166:Technically_True_But_Misleading_Statement_Prohibition_Invoked_By_Doe_Resume ;
proeth:discoveredincase "166" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T11:37:22.168529+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "166" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T11:37:22.168529+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "John Doe" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Selective Emphasis Competence-Deception Boundary Compliance Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "John Doe was obligated to ensure that any selective emphasis of his managerial qualifications remained within the permissible zone — i.e., that it did not deceive the prospective employer as to his actual competence for the management role sought — and was prohibited from crossing into misrepresentation by implying a level of managerial competence and experience that his minor administrative functions did not genuinely support." ;
proeth:sourcetext "he devised a new resume which played down his technical design experience and expertise and emphasized his minor managerial and administrative function in his former employment as an important responsibility" ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of preparing and distributing the revised resume" ;
proeth:textreferences "felt he could perform satisfactorily at a higher level in that related field of technical activity if given the opportunity",
"he devised a new resume which played down his technical design experience and expertise and emphasized his minor managerial and administrative function in his former employment as an important responsibility" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 166 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T11:50:25.430486"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 166 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
166
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T11:37:22.168529+00:00
First case
166
Generated
2026-03-02T11:37:22.168529+00:00
Attributed to
Case 166 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T11:50:25.430486
Generated by
ProEthica Case 166 Extraction