> "But I was just following orders" isn't an acceptable excuse in any situation. On the contrary, it's an acceptable excuse in lots of situations. The finding

> "But I was just following orders" isn't an acceptable excuse in any situation. On the contrary, it's an acceptable excuse in lots of situations. The finding at Nuremberg was that there is a line beyond which it stops being acceptable, and murder is on the far side of that line. But most things in commerce are on the near side of it. In other words, a moral obligation to give up your job rather than tolerate sloppiness, applies when you're dealing with safety-critical stuff such that sloppiness could get someone killed. It doesn't apply when the sloppiness will cause minor inconvenience.