1. However, the SW engineer is the one who actually executes the decisions, and they can refuse (and for example in cases when the decisions are illegal, they a

1. However, the SW engineer is the one who actually executes the decisions, and they can refuse (and for example in cases when the decisions are illegal, they are actually required to refuse), and in extreme cases even quit the job. Ethical judgment of this of course depends on situation, for example whether they can handle the loss of income, however, at least in my country, there are lots of free job openings in IT, and switching jobs is very easy.