> If you show up to my manager demanding to know why I made a specific engineering decision, he's not going to tell you Well if your working in a standards dev

> If you show up to my manager demanding to know why I made a specific engineering decision, he's not going to tell you Well if your working in a standards development organisation then your manager probably should. It looks like (in the US at least) standards development organisations have to have (and follow) very robust transparency processes to not be default-liable for individual decisions. (Unlike most organisations, such as where where you and your manager from your scenario come from)