I desperately wish there were some kind of equivalent to the Bar Association for software. A higher power that can punish blatant ethical violations in the face

I desperately wish there were some kind of equivalent to the Bar Association for software. A higher power that can punish blatant ethical violations in the face of the relentless greed of an engineer's boss, company, or industry. I think of the Volkswagen emissions snafu and how that might have been handled differently if the engineers had something with teeth to use to push back against unethical and illegal practices. On the other hand, I feel that it would be a moot point. 'Ethics violations' require a code of ethics and an intent to violate them. I was recently at a meeting where an engineer was describing how they used an A/B test to prove that creating an extra modal dialogue in the account deletion process reduced the number of people who deleted their account. They described the entire process as being good for the user, who might be 'confused' about 'accidentally' deleting their account and how they would be more 'empowered' to 'remain loyal'. I realized I was listening to someone describe a dark pattern, but this person was convinced that dark was light.