it is a game in a game-theoretical sense. if those other individual actors lie and massage their resume, does it increase my chance of success by being honest,

it is a game in a game-theoretical sense. if those other individual actors lie and massage their resume, does it increase my chance of success by being honest, or by lying a little better? all players do use that move. whether you realize it or not. your moral framework (one i completely agree with, fwiw) is only informing your own decisions, not other adversaries.