Respond to the following questions using the weekly chapter material and relevant outside research sources to strengthen your answers. Follow APA formatting requirements for in-text cites and for your Reference list.
1. Is resume inflation and deception ethical? What about resume omission? Is it a matter of degree? Are small lies and exaggerations acceptable? Do employers expect some puffery and exaggeration? Would you ever practice resume deception or omission?
2. Does the situation affect your answer? If you are unemployed and your family is hungry and you are about to become homeless is deception acceptable?
3. Were the actions of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson ethical? Should he have been fired? If you were tasked with hiring a CEO for a company would you hire Thompson? Why or why not?
4. What ethical principles does resume inflation and deception violate? Is resume fraud illegal?