Technically True But Misleading Statement Prohibition Invoked By Doe Resume
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/166#Technically_True_But_Misleading_Statement_Prohibition_Invoked_By_Doe_Resume
Properties
Instance of
TechnicallyTrueButMisleadingStatementProhibition
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#TechnicallyTrueButMisleadingStatementProhibition
Applied to
Doe's resume representations about managerial experience
Balancing with
Contextual Resume Emphasis Permissibility Principle
Concrete expression
Doe's resume likely contained no outright false statements — he did have some managerial and administrative experience — but the selective framing created a materially false impression that his primary professional identity was managerial rather than technical, violating the principle that the overall impression conveyed must be truthful
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
The ethical standard extends beyond literal truth to the overall impression; Doe's 'minor' managerial experience was presented as 'an important responsibility,' which is a framing choice designed to exploit the literal accuracy of the underlying fact while creating a false overall impression of his career profile
Invoked by
John Doe Resume Misrepresenting Job-Seeking Engineer
Tension resolution
Permissible emphasis requires that the overall portrait correspond to actual experience; characterizing minor responsibilities as 'important' when they were acknowledged to be minor crosses into the prohibited category of technically-true-but-misleading representation
Source Evidence
Source text
Doe had had some managerial and administrative experience of a minor nature in connection with his former employment but felt he could perform satisfactorily at a higher level in that related field of technical activity if given the opportunity.
Text references
Doe had had some managerial and administrative experience of a minor nature in connection with his former employment
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:Technically_True_But_Misleading_Statement_Prohibition_Invoked_By_Doe_Resume a proeth:TechnicallyTrueButMisleadingStatementProhibition,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Technically True But Misleading Statement Prohibition Invoked By Doe Resume" ;
proeth:appliedto "Doe's resume representations about managerial experience" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Contextual Resume Emphasis Permissibility Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Doe's resume likely contained no outright false statements — he did have some managerial and administrative experience — but the selective framing created a materially false impression that his primary professional identity was managerial rather than technical, violating the principle that the overall impression conveyed must be truthful" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
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 ethical standard extends beyond literal truth to the overall impression; Doe's 'minor' managerial experience was presented as 'an important responsibility,' which is a framing choice designed to exploit the literal accuracy of the underlying fact while creating a false overall impression of his career profile" ;
proeth:invokedby "John Doe Resume Misrepresenting Job-Seeking Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Technically True But Misleading Statement Prohibition" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Doe had had some managerial and administrative experience of a minor nature in connection with his former employment but felt he could perform satisfactorily at a higher level in that related field of technical activity if given the opportunity." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Permissible emphasis requires that the overall portrait correspond to actual experience; characterizing minor responsibilities as 'important' when they were acknowledged to be minor crosses into the prohibited category of technically-true-but-misleading representation" ;
proeth:textreferences "Doe had had some managerial and administrative experience of a minor nature in connection with his former employment",
"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 "2026-03-02T11:50:25.429211"^^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
2026-03-02T11:35:35.710388+00:00
First case
166
Generated
2026-03-02T11:35:35.710388+00:00
Attributed to
Case 166 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T11:50:25.429211
Generated by
ProEthica Case 166 Extraction