PE Exam Failure Non-Disclosure State
Class
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PEExamFailureNon-DisclosureState
Definition
State in which an engineer intern or candidate has failed a professional licensure examination one or more times and does not disclose those prior failures to a prospective employer during hiring negotiations — where the employer is aware the candidate has not yet passed the exam — creating a question about whether the omission constitutes a material misrepresentation, with the ethical determination depending on whether the undisclosed information would have been material to the employer's hiring decision given what the employer already knew.
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Definition
State in which an engineer intern or candidate has failed a professional licensure examination one or more times and does not disclose those prior failures to a prospective employer during hiring negotiations — where the employer is aware the candidate has not yet passed the exam — creating a question about whether the omission constitutes a material misrepresentation, with the ethical determination depending on whether the undisclosed information would have been material to the employer's hiring decision given what the employer already knew.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer Intern explained to a prospective employer the intention to take the PE exam in the coming weeks, but was not asked and did not disclose two previous failures to pass the PE exam
TTL
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<http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PEExamFailureNon-DisclosureState> a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "PE Exam Failure Non-Disclosure State" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which an engineer intern or candidate has failed a professional licensure examination one or more times and does not disclose those prior failures to a prospective employer during hiring negotiations — where the employer is aware the candidate has not yet passed the exam — creating a question about whether the omission constitutes a material misrepresentation, with the ethical determination depending on whether the undisclosed information would have been material to the employer's hiring decision given what the employer already knew." ;
rdfs:subClassOf <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#State> .
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Content Hash
8c2d28ab6e59836b...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
60
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-25T23:01:21.964143+00:00
First Discovered In Case
60
Generated
2026-02-25T23:01:21.964143+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 60 Extraction