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Doesn't that boil down though to: "You may as well do the right thing because you are going to be punished either way." Compared to the alternative of protecti
by harimau777 8y ago
Doesn't that boil down though to: "You may as well do the right thing because you are going to be punished either way."
Compared to the alternative of protecting the engineer, that seems like a rather dystopian way to encourage doing the right thing.
- emilecantin 8y agoIn a sense, yes. It's a choice between losing your job or your whole career. However, because losing your whole career is such a horrifying prospect, companies are going to have a very hard time finding an engineer willing to break the rules. When you need an engineer to sign off on something, but no one is willing to, you might re-evaluate your stance. It's the same as trying to find a lawyer willing to break the law, in a sense. As an engineer, you're beholden to the public first, and your employer second.