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Overview
Provenance Draft

PASS 3: Temporal Dynamics

Case 166: Statements in Employee Resume

32 entities 6 actions 5 events 7 causal chains 13 temporal relations
Timeline Overview
Action Event 11 sequenced markers
Managerial Position Pursuit Following the counselor's advice, before the resume revision
Specialized Job Search Many months following the layoff
Career Redirection Advice After many months of Doe's unsuccessful job seeking
Resume Revision After repeated rejections for managerial positions
Hiring Decision After Doe submitted the revised resume
Code Interpretation Ruling Subsequent review of Doe's conduct
Contract Termination After twelve years of Doe's employment, during the aerospace industry downturn
Mass Layoff Following contract terminations
Specialized Search Failure Many months after the layoff
Repeated Application Rejections After receiving the counselor's career redirection advice
Employment Obtained After the resume revision and hiring decision
OWL-Time Temporal Structure 13 relations time: = w3.org/2006/time
Doe's twelve-year employment as design engineer time:intervalBefore layoff
highly technical and complex engineering design work time:intervalDuring twelve-year aerospace employment
minor managerial and administrative experience time:intervalDuring former employment
contract terminations time:intervalMeets layoff of Doe and thousands of other engineers
layoff time:intervalBefore many months of unsuccessful job search in specialized field
many months of unsuccessful job search time:intervalBefore employment counselor's advice
employment counselor's advice time:intervalBefore repeated rejections for managerial/administrative positions
repeated rejections for managerial positions time:intervalBefore devising the new resume
devising the new resume time:intervalBefore obtaining the new job
field of technical expertise 'drying up' time:intervalDuring aerospace unemployment crisis
Doe's job search and resume embellishment time:intervalDuring aerospace unemployment crisis
obtaining the new job time:intervalBefore ethics board review under Section 3(e)
ethics board review time:intervalBefore removal of Code Section 3(e)
Extracted Actions (6)
Volitional professional decisions with intentions and ethical context

Description: After being laid off, Doe spent many months seeking a new position in his specialized field of highly technical engineering design work, without success.

Temporal Marker: Many months following the layoff interval

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Obtain reemployment in his specialized technical design field

Foreseen Unintended Effects:

  • Prolonged unemployment if the specialized field remained depressed
Required Capabilities:
Highly technical and complex engineering design expertise
Within Competence: Yes
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • requiresCapability: Highly technical and complex engineering design expertise
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: After being laid off, Doe spent many months seeking a new position in his specialized field of highly technical engineering design work, without success.
  • hasAgent content: John Doe
  • temporalMarker content: Many months following the layoff
  • eventRoleContext content: Design Engineer
  • hasMentalState content: deliberate
  • intendedOutcome content: Obtain reemployment in his specialized technical design field
  • foreseenUnintendedEffects content: Prolonged unemployment if the specialized field remained depressed
  • textReferences content: After many months of seeking a new job in his specialized field with no success
  • temporalExtent content: interval
  • temporalSequence content: 3
  • withinCompetence assessment: True
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Description: An employment counselor advised Doe that his only opportunity lay in finding a position involving management and administration of engineering work.

Temporal Marker: After many months of Doe's unsuccessful job seeking instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Career Redirection Toward Management

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Redirect Doe toward an employable career path in engineering management and administration

Foreseen Unintended Effects:

  • Doe would need to compete for positions where his resume showed little experience
Required Capabilities:
Employment counseling and labor market knowledge
Within Competence: Yes
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • requiresCapability: Employment counseling and labor market knowledge
  • initiates: Career Redirection Toward Management
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: An employment counselor advised Doe that his only opportunity lay in finding a position involving management and administration of engineering work.
  • hasAgent content: Employment counselor
  • temporalMarker content: After many months of Doe's unsuccessful job seeking
  • hasMentalState content: deliberate
  • intendedOutcome content: Redirect Doe toward an employable career path in engineering management and administration
  • foreseenUnintendedEffects content: Doe would need to compete for positions where his resume showed little experience
  • textReferences content: he was advised by an employment counselor that his only opportunity lay in finding a position involving management and administration of engineering work
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 5
  • withinCompetence assessment: True
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Description: Doe applied repeatedly for technical managerial and administrative positions, believing he could perform satisfactorily at a higher level despite only minor prior managerial experience, and was repeatedly turned down.

Temporal Marker: Following the counselor's advice, before the resume revision interval

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Secure a technical managerial or administrative position

Foreseen Unintended Effects:

  • Rejection due to a resume showing lack of managerial experience
Required Capabilities:
Minor managerial and administrative experience Technical engineering expertise
Within Competence: Yes
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • requiresCapability: Minor managerial and administrative experience; Technical engineering expertise
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: Doe applied repeatedly for technical managerial and administrative positions, believing he could perform satisfactorily at a higher level despite only minor prior managerial experience, and was repeatedly turned down.
  • hasAgent content: John Doe
  • temporalMarker content: Following the counselor's advice, before the resume revision
  • eventRoleContext content: Design Engineer
  • hasMentalState content: deliberate
  • intendedOutcome content: Secure a technical managerial or administrative position
  • foreseenUnintendedEffects content: Rejection due to a resume showing lack of managerial experience
  • textReferences content: After being turned down repeatedly for technical managerial or administrative positions because his resume showed a lack of such experience; 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
  • temporalExtent content: interval
  • temporalSequence content: 6
  • withinCompetence assessment: True
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Description: After repeated rejections, Doe devised a new resume that played down his technical design experience and expertise and emphasized his minor managerial and administrative function as an important responsibility.

Temporal Marker: After repeated rejections for managerial positions instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Emphasized Qualifications Representation

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Overcome resume based rejections and obtain a managerial or administrative position

Foreseen Unintended Effects:

  • Prospective employers could form an inflated impression of the extent and level of his managerial experience
Required Capabilities:
Some degree of competence in the managerial and administrative technical area Resume presentation skill
Within Competence: Yes
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • requiresCapability: Some degree of competence in the managerial and administrative technical area; Resume presentation skill
  • initiates: Emphasized Qualifications Representation
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: After repeated rejections, Doe devised a new resume that played down his technical design experience and expertise and emphasized his minor managerial and administrative function as an important responsibility.
  • hasAgent content: John Doe
  • temporalMarker content: After repeated rejections for managerial positions
  • eventRoleContext content: Design Engineer
  • hasMentalState content: deliberate
  • intendedOutcome content: Overcome resume based rejections and obtain a managerial or administrative position
  • foreseenUnintendedEffects content: Prospective employers could form an inflated impression of the extent and level of his managerial experience
  • textReferences content: 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
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 8
  • withinCompetence assessment: True
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Description: A prospective employer, relying on Doe's revised resume, hired Doe into a new job involving responsibilities in his general field of technical expertise.

Temporal Marker: After Doe submitted the revised resume instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • New Employment
Terminates (1)
  • Unemployment

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Engage an applicant qualified for managerial and administrative engineering responsibilities

Required Capabilities:
Applicant evaluation and hiring judgment
Within Competence: Yes
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • requiresCapability: Applicant evaluation and hiring judgment
  • initiates: New Employment
  • terminates: Unemployment
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: A prospective employer, relying on Doe's revised resume, hired Doe into a new job involving responsibilities in his general field of technical expertise.
  • hasAgent content: Prospective employer
  • temporalMarker content: After Doe submitted the revised resume
  • hasMentalState content: deliberate
  • intendedOutcome content: Engage an applicant qualified for managerial and administrative engineering responsibilities
  • textReferences content: As a result he was able to obtain a new job which involved responsibilities in his general field of technical expertise
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 9
  • withinCompetence assessment: True
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Description: The ethics board construed Section 3(e) to cover employment applications, interpreted the word exaggerated as applying only to deliberate untruths of the facts of former employment, and condoned Doe's conduct as a degree of emphasis rather than exaggeration.

Temporal Marker: Subsequent review of Doe's conduct instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Condoned Conduct Determination

Mental State: deliberate

Intended Outcome: Interpret Section 3(e) so as to protect employers from deception about competence while taking a charitable view of Doe's conduct under the stated circumstances

Foreseen Unintended Effects:

  • The distinction between emphasis and exaggeration becomes a matter of degree
Guided By Principles:
  • Protection of Employer from Deception
Required Capabilities:
Code of ethics interpretation
Within Competence: Yes
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • guidedByPrinciple: Protection of Employer from Deception
  • requiresCapability: Code of ethics interpretation
  • initiates: Condoned Conduct Determination
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: The ethics board construed Section 3(e) to cover employment applications, interpreted the word exaggerated as applying only to deliberate untruths of the facts of former employment, and condoned Doe's conduct as a degree of emphasis rather than exaggeration.
  • hasAgent content: Ethics board
  • temporalMarker content: Subsequent review of Doe's conduct
  • hasMentalState content: deliberate
  • intendedOutcome content: Interpret Section 3(e) so as to protect employers from deception about competence while taking a charitable view of Doe's conduct under the stated circumstances
  • foreseenUnintendedEffects content: The distinction between emphasis and exaggeration becomes a matter of degree
  • textReferences content: we are inclined to the more charitable view that his action can be condoned as something less than an "exaggeration" in that it more nearly might be considered a degree of emphasis; We hold that the word "exaggerated" in the code applies only to deliberate untruths of the facts of former employment rather than the emphasis placed on the degree of experience or other qualifications which may be involved
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 11
  • withinCompetence assessment: True
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Extracted Events (5)
Occurrences that trigger ethical considerations and state changes

Description: The aerospace company's contracts were terminated during an industry-wide downturn and no new work was forthcoming, precipitating mass layoffs.

Temporal Marker: After twelve years of Doe's employment, during the aerospace industry downturn interval

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (2)
  • Aerospace Industry Downturn
  • Work Unavailability
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • initiates: Aerospace Industry Downturn; Work Unavailability
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: The aerospace company's contracts were terminated during an industry-wide downturn and no new work was forthcoming, precipitating mass layoffs.
  • temporalMarker content: After twelve years of Doe's employment, during the aerospace industry downturn
  • textReferences content: contracts with his company were terminated and new work was not forthcoming
  • eventType content: exogenous
  • temporalExtent content: interval
  • temporalSequence content: 1
  • confidence assessment: 0.95
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Description: John Doe was laid off along with thousands of other aerospace engineers as a consequence of the terminated contracts and lack of new work.

Temporal Marker: Following contract terminations instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Unemployment State
Terminates (1)
  • Design Engineer Employment
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • initiates: Unemployment State
  • terminates: Design Engineer Employment
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: John Doe was laid off along with thousands of other aerospace engineers as a consequence of the terminated contracts and lack of new work.
  • temporalMarker content: Following contract terminations
  • textReferences content: Along with thousands of other engineers in the aerospace industry, he was laid off when contracts with his company were terminated
  • eventType content: exogenous
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 2
  • confidence assessment: 0.95
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Description: Many months of seeking a new position in Doe's specialized technical field produced no success, his field of expertise having dried up during the unemployment crisis.

Temporal Marker: Many months after the layoff interval

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Specialized Field Dried Up

Caused By Action: Action_Specialized_Job_Search

Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • causedByAction: http://proethica.org/ontology/case/166#Action_Specialized_Job_Search
  • initiates: Specialized Field Dried Up
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • description content: Many months of seeking a new position in Doe's specialized technical field produced no success, his field of expertise having dried up during the unemployment crisis.
  • temporalMarker content: Many months after the layoff
  • textReferences content: After many months of seeking a new job in his specialized field with no success; his field of technical expertise having "dried up" during the aerospace unemployment crisis
  • eventType content: outcome
  • temporalExtent content: interval
  • temporalSequence content: 4
  • confidence assessment: 0.9
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Description: Doe was turned down repeatedly for technical managerial or administrative positions because his resume showed a lack of managerial experience.

Temporal Marker: After receiving the counselor's career redirection advice interval

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • Resume Experience Gap Recognized

Caused By Action: Action_Managerial_Position_Pursuit

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  • confidence assessment: 0.9
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Description: As a result of the revised resume emphasizing his minor managerial and administrative experience, Doe secured a new job involving responsibilities in his general field of technical expertise.

Temporal Marker: After the resume revision and hiring decision instant

Fluent Transitions:
Initiates (1)
  • New Employment State
Terminates (1)
  • Unemployment State

Caused By Action: Action_Resume_Revision

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  • eventType content: outcome
  • temporalExtent content: instant
  • temporalSequence content: 10
  • confidence assessment: 0.92
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Causal Chains (7)
NESS test analysis: Necessary Element of Sufficient Set

Causal Language: Along with thousands of other engineers in the aerospace industry, he was laid off when contracts with his company were terminated and new work was not forthcoming.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Termination of the company's aerospace contracts
  • Absence of new incoming work to reassign engineers
  • Industry-wide downturn eliminating internal transfer options
Sufficient Factors:
  • Contract termination combined with no forthcoming new work was sufficient to force workforce reductions including Doe
Counterfactual Test: Had contracts continued or new work been secured, Doe would likely have retained his design engineering position
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Aerospace company / external market conditions
Type: indirect
Within Agent Control: No

Causal Sequence:
  1. Contract Termination
    The aerospace company's contracts were terminated during an industry-wide downturn
  2. No New Work Forthcoming
    New work was not forthcoming to sustain the engineering staff
  3. Mass Layoff
    Doe was laid off along with thousands of other aerospace engineers
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Contract Termination
  • effect: Mass Layoff
  • responsibleAgent: Aerospace company / external market conditions
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
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  • necessaryFactors content: Termination of the company's aerospace contracts; Absence of new incoming work to reassign engineers; Industry-wide downturn eliminating internal transfer options
  • sufficientFactors content: Contract termination combined with no forthcoming new work was sufficient to force workforce reductions including Doe
  • counterfactual content: Had contracts continued or new work been secured, Doe would likely have retained his design engineering position
  • agentKnowledge content: Company knew contracts were ending and no replacement work existed
  • interveningFactors content: Industry-wide aerospace unemployment crisis; Government/client contract decisions
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  • responsibilityType assessment: indirect
  • withinAgentControl assessment: False
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Causal Language: After many months of seeking a new job in his specialized field with no success he was advised by an employment counselor

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Loss of employment through layoff
  • Doe's twelve years of highly specialized design expertise
  • Doe's need for continued employment income
Sufficient Factors:
  • Being laid off while possessing a narrow specialized skill set was sufficient to prompt a search in his specialized field
Counterfactual Test: Without the layoff, Doe would have had no occasion to seek new employment at all
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: John Doe
Type: direct
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Mass Layoff
    Doe loses his design engineering position of twelve years
  2. Specialized Job Search
    Doe spends many months seeking a new position in his specialized technical field
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Mass Layoff
  • effect: Specialized Job Search
  • responsibleAgent: John Doe
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  • necessaryFactors content: Loss of employment through layoff; Doe's twelve years of highly specialized design expertise; Doe's need for continued employment income
  • sufficientFactors content: Being laid off while possessing a narrow specialized skill set was sufficient to prompt a search in his specialized field
  • counterfactual content: Without the layoff, Doe would have had no occasion to seek new employment at all
  • agentKnowledge content: Doe knew his expertise lay in highly technical and complex engineering design work
  • interveningFactors content: Thousands of similarly skilled engineers competing for the same scarce positions
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  • responsibilityType assessment: direct
  • withinAgentControl assessment: True
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Causal Language: After many months of seeking a new job in his specialized field with no success he was advised by an employment counselor that his only opportunity lay in finding a position involving management and administration of engineering work.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Many months of unsuccessful searching in the specialized field
  • Doe's engagement with an employment counselor
  • Market conditions foreclosing specialized design positions
Sufficient Factors:
  • Prolonged search failure plus professional counseling was sufficient to produce the redirection advice
Counterfactual Test: Had the specialized search succeeded, no counselor advice toward management positions would have been sought or given
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Employment counselor
Type: indirect
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Specialized Search Failure
    Many months of seeking work in the specialized field produce no success
  2. Consultation with Counselor
    Doe consults an employment counselor about his prospects
  3. Career Redirection Advice
    Counselor advises that Doe's only opportunity lies in engineering management and administration
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Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Specialized Search Failure
  • effect: Career Redirection Advice
  • responsibleAgent: Employment counselor
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • causalLanguage content: After many months of seeking a new job in his specialized field with no success he was advised by an employment counselor that his only opportunity lay in finding a position involving management and administration of engineering work.
  • necessaryFactors content: Many months of unsuccessful searching in the specialized field; Doe's engagement with an employment counselor; Market conditions foreclosing specialized design positions
  • sufficientFactors content: Prolonged search failure plus professional counseling was sufficient to produce the redirection advice
  • counterfactual content: Had the specialized search succeeded, no counselor advice toward management positions would have been sought or given
  • agentKnowledge content: Counselor knew the specialized field had dried up and assessed Doe's only realistic opportunity
  • interveningFactors content: Aerospace unemployment crisis; Saturation of the specialized labor market
  • causalSequence content: {'proeth:step': 1, 'proeth:element': 'Specialized Search Failure', 'proeth:description': 'Many months of seeking work in the specialized field produce no success'}; {'proeth:step': 2, 'proeth:element': 'Consultation with Counselor', 'proeth:description': 'Doe consults an employment counselor about his prospects'}; {'proeth:step': 3, 'proeth:element': 'Career Redirection Advice', 'proeth:description': "Counselor advises that Doe's only opportunity lies in engineering management and administration"}
  • responsibilityType assessment: indirect
  • withinAgentControl assessment: True
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Causal Language: 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.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Counselor's advice identifying management as the only opportunity
  • Doe's belief that he could perform satisfactorily at a higher level
  • Doe's minor prior managerial and administrative experience
Sufficient Factors:
  • Authoritative career advice combined with Doe's self-assessed capability was sufficient to redirect his applications toward managerial positions
Counterfactual Test: Without the counselor's advice, Doe would likely have continued the failing specialized search rather than pivoting to managerial applications
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: John Doe
Type: shared
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Career Redirection Advice
    Counselor advises Doe that management/administration is his only opportunity
  2. Self-Assessment
    Doe judges he could perform satisfactorily at a higher managerial level
  3. Managerial Position Pursuit
    Doe applies repeatedly for technical managerial and administrative positions
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Career Redirection Advice
  • effect: Managerial Position Pursuit
  • responsibleAgent: John Doe
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • causalLanguage content: 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.
  • necessaryFactors content: Counselor's advice identifying management as the only opportunity; Doe's belief that he could perform satisfactorily at a higher level; Doe's minor prior managerial and administrative experience
  • sufficientFactors content: Authoritative career advice combined with Doe's self-assessed capability was sufficient to redirect his applications toward managerial positions
  • counterfactual content: Without the counselor's advice, Doe would likely have continued the failing specialized search rather than pivoting to managerial applications
  • agentKnowledge content: Doe knew his managerial experience was minor but believed he could succeed at a higher level
  • interveningFactors content: Counselor's professional assessment; Continued lack of specialized openings
  • causalSequence content: {'proeth:step': 1, 'proeth:element': 'Career Redirection Advice', 'proeth:description': 'Counselor advises Doe that management/administration is his only opportunity'}; {'proeth:step': 2, 'proeth:element': 'Self-Assessment', 'proeth:description': 'Doe judges he could perform satisfactorily at a higher managerial level'}; {'proeth:step': 3, 'proeth:element': 'Managerial Position Pursuit', 'proeth:description': 'Doe applies repeatedly for technical managerial and administrative positions'}
  • responsibilityType assessment: shared
  • withinAgentControl assessment: True
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Causal Language: 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.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Repeated rejections attributable to the resume showing lack of managerial experience
  • Doe's continued need for employment
  • Doe's decision to reframe rather than abandon the managerial track
Sufficient Factors:
  • Repeated rejections plus economic desperation plus Doe's volitional choice to reframe his experience were together sufficient to produce the revised resume
Counterfactual Test: Had Doe been hired on his original resume, or had he abandoned the managerial track, the embellished resume would not have been devised
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: John Doe
Type: direct
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Repeated Application Rejections
    Doe is turned down repeatedly because his resume shows a lack of managerial experience
  2. Decision to Reframe Experience
    Doe decides to alter how his qualifications are presented rather than what jobs he seeks
  3. Resume Revision
    Doe devises a new resume playing down design work and emphasizing minor managerial functions as important responsibility
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Repeated Application Rejections
  • effect: Resume Revision
  • responsibleAgent: John Doe
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
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  • necessaryFactors content: Repeated rejections attributable to the resume showing lack of managerial experience; Doe's continued need for employment; Doe's decision to reframe rather than abandon the managerial track
  • sufficientFactors content: Repeated rejections plus economic desperation plus Doe's volitional choice to reframe his experience were together sufficient to produce the revised resume
  • counterfactual content: Had Doe been hired on his original resume, or had he abandoned the managerial track, the embellished resume would not have been devised
  • agentKnowledge content: Doe knew his managerial experience was of a minor nature yet chose to present it as an important responsibility
  • interveningFactors content: Aerospace unemployment crisis; Employers' screening practices based on resume experience
  • causalSequence content: {'proeth:step': 1, 'proeth:element': 'Repeated Application Rejections', 'proeth:description': 'Doe is turned down repeatedly because his resume shows a lack of managerial experience'}; {'proeth:step': 2, 'proeth:element': 'Decision to Reframe Experience', 'proeth:description': 'Doe decides to alter how his qualifications are presented rather than what jobs he seeks'}; {'proeth:step': 3, 'proeth:element': 'Resume Revision', 'proeth:description': 'Doe devises a new resume playing down design work and emphasizing minor managerial functions as important responsibility'}
  • responsibilityType assessment: direct
  • withinAgentControl assessment: True
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  "proeth:cause": "Repeated Application Rejections",
  "proeth:counterfactual": "Had Doe been hired on his original resume, or had he abandoned the managerial track, the embellished resume would not have been devised",
  "proeth:discoveredInSection": "facts",
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Causal Language: As a result he was able to obtain a new job which involved responsibilities in his general field of technical expertise.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • The revised resume emphasizing managerial and administrative experience
  • An employer with an opening in the related technical field
  • Doe's genuine underlying degree of competence in the managerial technical area
Sufficient Factors:
  • The revised resume presented to a receptive employer, backed by some truthful degree of competence, was sufficient to secure the hiring decision
Counterfactual Test: Given repeated prior rejections on the original resume, employment would very likely not have been obtained without the revision
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: John Doe (with the hiring employer as reliant party)
Type: shared
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Resume Revision
    Doe devises a resume emphasizing minor managerial experience as an important responsibility
  2. Employer Reliance
    A prospective employer relies on the revised resume in evaluating Doe
  3. Hiring Decision
    The employer hires Doe into the new position
  4. Employment Obtained
    Doe obtains a job involving responsibilities in his general field of technical expertise
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Resume Revision
  • effect: Employment Obtained
  • responsibleAgent: John Doe (with the hiring employer as reliant party)
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
  • causalLanguage content: As a result he was able to obtain a new job which involved responsibilities in his general field of technical expertise.
  • necessaryFactors content: The revised resume emphasizing managerial and administrative experience; An employer with an opening in the related technical field; Doe's genuine underlying degree of competence in the managerial technical area
  • sufficientFactors content: The revised resume presented to a receptive employer, backed by some truthful degree of competence, was sufficient to secure the hiring decision
  • counterfactual content: Given repeated prior rejections on the original resume, employment would very likely not have been obtained without the revision
  • agentKnowledge content: Doe knew he had embellished the extent and level of his managerial experience in order to obtain new employment
  • interveningFactors content: Employer's reliance on the resume in its hiring decision; Doe's actual partial competence noted by the board
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  • responsibilityType assessment: shared
  • withinAgentControl assessment: True
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  "proeth:discoveredInSection": "facts",
  "proeth:effect": "Employment Obtained",
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    "An employer with an opening in the related technical field",
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  "proeth:responsibilityType": "shared",
  "proeth:responsibleAgent": "John Doe (with the hiring employer as reliant party)",
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Causal Language: Under the stated facts there is little doubt that Doe embellished the facts of his experience in order to obtain new employment, his field of technical expertise having "dried up" during the aerospace unemployment crisis.

Necessary Factors (NESS):
  • Doe's revised resume raising the question of exaggerated qualifications under Section 3(e)
  • Absence of any previous decisions on this section of the code
  • The board's assessment that Doe could truthfully show some degree of competence
Sufficient Factors:
  • The disputed resume conduct presented to the board, in a first-impression context, was sufficient to require an interpretive ruling on 'exaggerated'
Counterfactual Test: Without the embellished resume there would have been no occasion for the board to construe Section 3(e) or distinguish emphasis from exaggeration
Responsibility Attribution:

Agent: Ethics board
Type: direct
Within Agent Control: Yes

Causal Sequence:
  1. Resume Revision
    Doe embellishes the facts of his experience in order to obtain new employment
  2. Ethics Question Raised
    The conduct is examined under Section 3(e)'s prohibition on exaggerated statements of qualifications
  3. Board Deliberation
    The board weighs whether the distortion was an 'exaggeration' or merely 'a degree of emphasis'
  4. Code Interpretation Ruling
    The board holds that 'exaggerated' applies only to deliberate untruths, not emphasis, and condones Doe's action
Field classification (triples vs literals)
Relations (structural triples)
  • cause: Resume Revision
  • effect: Code Interpretation Ruling
  • responsibleAgent: Ethics board
Literal extractions (kept for synthesis)
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  • necessaryFactors content: Doe's revised resume raising the question of exaggerated qualifications under Section 3(e); Absence of any previous decisions on this section of the code; The board's assessment that Doe could truthfully show some degree of competence
  • sufficientFactors content: The disputed resume conduct presented to the board, in a first-impression context, was sufficient to require an interpretive ruling on 'exaggerated'
  • counterfactual content: Without the embellished resume there would have been no occasion for the board to construe Section 3(e) or distinguish emphasis from exaggeration
  • agentKnowledge content: The board knew Doe embellished his experience but also that he could truthfully show some degree of competence in the managerial area
  • interveningFactors content: Aerospace unemployment crisis mitigating context; Lack of prior precedent under Section 3(e)
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  • responsibilityType assessment: direct
  • withinAgentControl assessment: True
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Allen Temporal Relations (13)
Interval algebra relationships with OWL-Time standard properties
From Entity Allen Relation To Entity OWL-Time Property Evidence
Doe's twelve-year employment as design engineer before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		layoff time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		had been employed as a design engineer in an aerospace company for twelve years... he was laid off w... [more]
highly technical and complex engineering design work during
Entity1 occurs entirely within the duration of Entity2 		twelve-year aerospace employment time:intervalDuring
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalDuring 		for twelve years, during which time he had been assigned to the performance of highly technical and ... [more]
minor managerial and administrative experience during
Entity1 occurs entirely within the duration of Entity2 		former employment time:intervalDuring
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalDuring 		Doe had had some managerial and administrative experience of a minor nature in connection with his f... [more]
contract terminations meets
Entity1 ends exactly when Entity2 begins 		layoff of Doe and thousands of other engineers time:intervalMeets
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalMeets 		he was laid off when contracts with his company were terminated and new work was not forthcoming
layoff before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		many months of unsuccessful job search in specialized field time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		he was laid off... After many months of seeking a new job in his specialized field with no success
many months of unsuccessful job search before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		employment counselor's advice time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		After many months of seeking a new job in his specialized field with no success he was advised by an... [more]
employment counselor's advice before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		repeated rejections for managerial/administrative positions time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		he was advised by an employment counselor that his only opportunity lay in finding a position involv... [more]
repeated rejections for managerial positions before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		devising the new resume time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		After being turned down repeatedly for technical managerial or administrative positions because his ... [more]
devising the new resume before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		obtaining the new job time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		he devised a new resume which played down his technical design experience... As a result he was able... [more]
field of technical expertise 'drying up' during
Entity1 occurs entirely within the duration of Entity2 		aerospace unemployment crisis time:intervalDuring
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalDuring 		his field of technical expertise having 'dried up' during the aerospace unemployment crisis
Doe's job search and resume embellishment during
Entity1 occurs entirely within the duration of Entity2 		aerospace unemployment crisis time:intervalDuring
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalDuring 		Doe embellished the facts of his experience in order to obtain new employment, his field of technica... [more]
obtaining the new job before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		ethics board review under Section 3(e) time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		he was able to obtain a new job... Under the stated facts there is little doubt that Doe embellished... [more]
ethics board review before
Entity1 is before Entity2 		removal of Code Section 3(e) time:intervalBefore
http://www.w3.org/2006/time#intervalBefore 		Note: The following Code sections no longer exist: Code of Ethics-Section 3(e)
About Allen Relations & OWL-Time

Allen's Interval Algebra provides 13 basic temporal relations between intervals. These relations are mapped to OWL-Time standard properties for interoperability with Semantic Web temporal reasoning systems and SPARQL queries.

Each relation includes both a ProEthica custom property and a time:* OWL-Time property for maximum compatibility.

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