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A prospective applicant named Nico is preparing to enter the Philippine Bar after completing the pre-law program. In undergraduate studies, he was found responsible for falsifying data in a funded student research project to secure additional funding; he received a one-semester suspension. He did not disclose this disciplinary action in his pre-law moral character evaluation submitted to the Bar. The Bar's Committee on Moral Character denies him admission for lack of candor and for not showing good moral character. Which central doctrine governing admission to the practice of law is implicated by these facts?