Lying on a Resume

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Lying on a Resume
 Is Lying on a Resume Ethical?
Lying on a resume entails falsifying information regarding academic credentials, work experience, job responsibilities, job titles, and employment gaps. Lying on a resume further involves concealing material information concerning one’s academic qualifications, companies that one has previously worked with, and the referees. People lie on their resume with a sole aim of influencing the hiring managers’ decisions so that they can be considered for the job (Carr n.p). However, lying on a resume is unethical since it presents wrong facts about a potential employee. Also, employers are at liberty to fire employees who falsified their information during the hiring and can also take legal actions against the affected employees. For instance, Mary, who was the business development manager (BDM) at Institute of Business Education, Communication (IBEC), was fired after the company realized that she had lied about having a master’s degree. This was despite her outstanding performance.
Are All Forms of Lying within a Business Unethical?
Lying within a business is not unethical. Lying would qualify as an unethical act if it intended to affect one’s decision regarding hiring an employee, buying a product, or buying a service (Carr n.p). If a person or a company knowingly misleads another person or a company into defaming the company’s products or services, the act constitutes unethical. However, if the company bluffs that it produces and stock the highest quality brands, though not true, these lies do not amount to unethical acts since the company is only marketing its products and does not interfere with other companies’ operations.

Clients are free to look for another supplier or vendor if they think the company does not stock the highest quality brands as it claims to do.
When Is Lying Ethical? When Is It not?
Lying is ethical if it is not intended to cause injury to the others. For instance, any lie that a company uses to increase its sales by not exploiting the consumers or defaming rival businesses is ethical. A good example is bluffing, which leads the clients to believe that the company is the best in its category. Lying is unethical when it is used to mislead clients and to defame rival businesses.
Work Cited
Carr. Z. Albert. “Is Business Bluffing Ethical?” Havard Business Review. 2018. Retrieved on 2nd March 2018 from https://hbr.org/1968/01/is-business-bluffing-ethical