The whole point of the article was that Galen Urso was cognizant of that fact and chose to involve himself in the project in order to introduce a fatal flaw. T

The whole point of the article was that Galen Urso was cognizant of that fact and chose to involve himself in the project in order to introduce a fatal flaw. The people writing the checks obviously have the most power and responsibility, but that doesn't mean that engineers don't have to engage in ethical reasoning.