Yes, but who is doing the judging, and how? What does taking "moral responsibility" mean? Laws are not perfectly correlated with morality (regardless of your i

Yes, but who is doing the judging, and how? What does taking "moral responsibility" mean? Laws are not perfectly correlated with morality (regardless of your ideology), but they at least provide a methodology of implementation and disciplinary action. If I stand to gain from unethical software, and the worst thing that happens to me is some vague entity with no power holds me in disrepute, why do I care? It's not an effective code at all, it just feels good for its proponents.