Perhaps it's time to establish an actual Professional Engineer board for "software engineers". This could start with the most safety critical systems, embedded

Perhaps it's time to establish an actual Professional Engineer board for "software engineers". This could start with the most safety critical systems, embedded life support code, etc. You then get the other engineering codes/standards to require board-certified programmers for these "critical" systems, and that drives the wedge of larger companies being "forced" to hire engineers who are bound to an ethical discipline. They then would have grounds to stand on for pushing back on shady systems.