Intentional Deception Versus Inadvertent Inaccuracy Invoked By Doe Resume Strategy
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/166#Intentional_Deception_Versus_Inadvertent_Inaccuracy_Invoked_By_Doe_Resume_Strategy
Properties
Instance of
IntentionalDeceptionVersusInadvertentInaccuracyDistinctioninProfessionalMisrepresentation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#IntentionalDeceptionVersusInadvertentInaccuracyDistinctioninProfessionalMisrepresentation
Applied to
Doe's deliberate resume redesign strategy
Balancing with
Economic Hardship Non-Excuse for Professional Misrepresentation
Concrete expression
Doe's resume revision was a deliberate, calculated strategy — he 'devised' a new resume specifically to overcome repeated rejections — establishing that the misrepresentation was intentional rather than inadvertent, which places it squarely within the category of ethically prohibited deception
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
The word 'devised' in the case text signals deliberate intent; Doe consciously engineered the resume to create a false impression after being repeatedly rejected, satisfying the intentionality element that triggers the full ethical prohibition on misrepresentation
Invoked by
John Doe Resume Misrepresenting Job-Seeking Engineer
Tension resolution
Economic hardship provides sympathetic context but does not negate the intentionality of the deception; the deliberate nature of the strategy means this is not an inadvertent error and the full ethical prohibition applies
Source Evidence
Source text
After being turned down repeatedly for technical managerial or administrative positions because his resume showed a lack of such experience, 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
After being turned down repeatedly for technical managerial or administrative positions because his resume showed a lack of such experience, 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:Intentional_Deception_Versus_Inadvertent_Inaccuracy_Invoked_By_Doe_Resume_Strategy a proeth:IntentionalDeceptionVersusInadvertentInaccuracyDistinctioninProfessionalMisrepresentation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Intentional Deception Versus Inadvertent Inaccuracy Invoked By Doe Resume Strategy" ;
proeth:appliedto "Doe's deliberate resume redesign strategy" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Economic Hardship Non-Excuse for Professional Misrepresentation" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Doe's resume revision was a deliberate, calculated strategy — he 'devised' a new resume specifically to overcome repeated rejections — establishing that the misrepresentation was intentional rather than inadvertent, which places it squarely within the category of ethically prohibited deception" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "166" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T11:35:35.710388+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "166" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T11:35:35.710388+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The word 'devised' in the case text signals deliberate intent; Doe consciously engineered the resume to create a false impression after being repeatedly rejected, satisfying the intentionality element that triggers the full ethical prohibition on misrepresentation" ;
proeth:invokedby "John Doe Resume Misrepresenting Job-Seeking Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Intentional Deception Versus Inadvertent Inaccuracy Distinction in Professional Misrepresentation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "After being turned down repeatedly for technical managerial or administrative positions because his resume showed a lack of such experience, 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:tensionresolution "Economic hardship provides sympathetic context but does not negate the intentionality of the deception; the deliberate nature of the strategy means this is not an inadvertent error and the full ethical prohibition applies" ;
proeth:textreferences "After being turned down repeatedly for technical managerial or administrative positions because his resume showed a lack of such experience, 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 "2026-03-02T11:50:25.429053"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
166
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T11:35:35.710388+00:00
First case
166
Generated
2026-03-02T11:35:35.710388+00:00
Attributed to
Case 166 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T11:50:25.429053
Generated by
ProEthica Case 166 Extraction