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While that may be true, people who were just “following orders” still need to be held to account. Tyrannical things happen when people simply follow orders and
by ostenning 5y ago
While that may be true, people who were just “following orders” still need to be held to account.
Tyrannical things happen when people simply follow orders and negate responsibility for their roles in society.
- Bancakes 5y agoSorry, my contract is with the corporation, not society.
- polymatter 5y agoIf you are a member of a professional organisation, there will normally be some professional ethics rules which, if broken, will lose you your licence to work as a professional. Software developers don't have that yet, but civil engineers certainly do. As do lawyers, accountants and other professionals.
- Bancakes 5y agoI absolutely agree with you. Living in the last stages of the Wild Digital West right now.
- selfhoster11 5y agoWe should get rules like that for our industry, I agree.
- salawat 5y agoI want this so terribly right now. You have no idea.
- canadianfella 5y agoEveryone has a contract with society. That’s exactly what society is!
- rocqua 5y agoSociety doesn't need a contract to hold you responsible for your actions.
- iSnow 5y agoYour jail sentence on the other hand is handed out by society.
- pydry 5y agoIt's too easy to scapegoat the people with the least power and the least culpability with this attitude.