Doe Selective Emphasis Competence Deception Boundary Managerial Resume Aerospace
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/166#Doe_Selective_Emphasis_Competence_Deception_Boundary_Managerial_Resume_Aerospace
Properties
Instance of
SelectiveEmphasisCompetence-DeceptionBoundaryComplianceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SelectiveEmphasisCompetence-DeceptionBoundaryComplianceObligation
Case context
The board applied the competence-deception boundary test and found Doe's conduct permissible because the employer was not deceived as to whether Doe possessed any managerial competence — only as to the degree of that competence relative to his technical experience.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
John Doe (Resume Misrepresenting Job-Seeking Engineer)
Obligation statement
Doe was obligated to ensure that his selective emphasis of managerial qualifications did not cross into deceiving the prospective employer about his actual competence for the management role; the board found the boundary was not crossed because Doe genuinely possessed some managerial competence, even though he strongly emphasized its extent.
Temporal scope
At the time of resume preparation and submission to prospective employers
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Contextual Resume Emphasis Permissibility Principle Invoked As Potential Defense
Source Evidence
Source text
The purpose of Section 3(e), we prefer to believe, is to protect a prospective employer from being deceived as to the competence of an engineer-applicant in order that the employer not be tricked into entrusting important engineering decisions to one not qualified to make them.
Text references
In this case, however, Doe could truthfully show some degree of competence in the managerial and administrative technical area of the employment, even though he strongly emphasized its extent and level.
The purpose of Section 3(e), we prefer to believe, is to protect a prospective employer from being deceived as to the competence of an engineer-applicant in order that the employer not be tricked into entrusting important engineering decisions to one not qualified to make them.
TTL
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rdfs:label "Doe Selective Emphasis Competence Deception Boundary Managerial Resume Aerospace" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case166:Doe_Selective_Emphasis_Competence-Deception_Boundary_Violation ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case166:Doe_Selective_Emphasis_Competence-Deception_Boundary_Violation ;
proeth:casecontext "The board applied the competence-deception boundary test and found Doe's conduct permissible because the employer was not deceived as to whether Doe possessed any managerial competence — only as to the degree of that competence relative to his technical experience." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case166:Contextual_Resume_Emphasis_Permissibility_Principle_Invoked_As_Potential_Defense ;
proeth:discoveredincase "166" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "166" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T11:43:00.336679+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "John Doe (Resume Misrepresenting Job-Seeking Engineer)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Selective Emphasis Competence-Deception Boundary Compliance Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Doe was obligated to ensure that his selective emphasis of managerial qualifications did not cross into deceiving the prospective employer about his actual competence for the management role; the board found the boundary was not crossed because Doe genuinely possessed some managerial competence, even though he strongly emphasized its extent." ;
proeth:sourcetext "The purpose of Section 3(e), we prefer to believe, is to protect a prospective employer from being deceived as to the competence of an engineer-applicant in order that the employer not be tricked into entrusting important engineering decisions to one not qualified to make them." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of resume preparation and submission to prospective employers" ;
proeth:textreferences "In this case, however, Doe could truthfully show some degree of competence in the managerial and administrative technical area of the employment, even though he strongly emphasized its extent and level.",
"The purpose of Section 3(e), we prefer to believe, is to protect a prospective employer from being deceived as to the competence of an engineer-applicant in order that the employer not be tricked into entrusting important engineering decisions to one not qualified to make them." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
166
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T11:43:00.336679+00:00
First case
166
Generated
2026-03-02T11:43:00.336679+00:00
Attributed to
Case 166 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T11:50:25.435915
Generated by
ProEthica Case 166 Extraction