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Executives need to be punished - not just lowly engineers who followed orders under the duress of losing employment
by mankash666 9y ago
Executives need to be punished - not just lowly engineers who followed orders under the duress of losing employment
- stonogo 9y agoHe moved to the US specifically to lie to federal authorities. Lowly?
- mankash666 9y agoWho was the boss who suggested this be done?
- eninetytwo 9y agoWho said it was his job on the line if he didn't? Quite frankly, it was his choice to engineer the cheat, whether he was ordered to by threat of employment or not.
- peckrob 9y agoI don't disagree that some of the executives should be face similar, perhaps even harsher, sentences, but just "following orders," even under "duress" does not relieve a person of responsibility for their actions. Someone telling you to do something illegal does not suddenly make it legal. Ethics is a big deal in many engineering disciplines, and breaking those ethical codes can cost your your license in addition to facing legal consequences.
- gxh8N 9y ago"U.S. prosecutors have charged eight current and former Volkswagen executives in connection with the diesel emissions cheating probe. Liang is one of the lowest-ranking executives charged so far." Other executives are charged too.
- akira2501 9y ago> just lowly engineers He was an engineering _manager_. His official job title was "Leader of Diesel Competence." Let's not pretend he was all that "lowly."