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Engineers can and do go to prison for mistakes, so at least there is precedent for paying reasonable-if-high salaries. I would expect folks interested in public
by heretogetout 4y ago
Engineers can and do go to prison for mistakes, so at least there is precedent for paying reasonable-if-high salaries. I would expect folks interested in public service and justice would be intrinsically motivated to do a good job, too.
- usefulcat 4y agoI'd be genuinely interested in reading about an example of that. Do you know of a particular incident that I could search for?
- eftychis 4y agoExample/exempli gratia: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/two-foreign-shipping-companies-and-first-assistant-engineer-charged-offenses-related https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/two-foreign-shipping-co... A lot of us took an engineer oath upon graduation and there is a fiduciary relationship formed with the public in certain contexts -- outside the U.S. There are professional ethics regardless. In the U.S. with the lack of regulation the topic is a bit hit or miss https://www.natlawreview.com/article/court-holds-engineer-does-not-owe-fiduciary-duties-to-non-client https://www.natlawreview.com/article/court-holds-engineer-do... vs e.g. some states which regulate the/any engineering profession.