The OP used capital "E" engineering, so I'm assuming they may mean an ethics course for licensure, which is required in many states. With that said, I you gener

The OP used capital "E" engineering, so I'm assuming they may mean an ethics course for licensure, which is required in many states. With that said, I you generally aren't required to have an engineering license to work at NASA. A different charitable take is that ethics courses are generally a recurring requirement for government employees. I'm not sure how much impact that has on actually ethical behavior.