While it's true as engineers we must be ethical, try to ask the question of ethics with regards to what we do, and do stand by those ethics in the face of adver

While it's true as engineers we must be ethical, try to ask the question of ethics with regards to what we do, and do stand by those ethics in the face of adversity, the reality is that we are but only engineers. Without a historical grasp for lessons learned in the past and training on how specifically to handle ethical situations (and I can attest that the Intro to Engineering Ethics are poor lessons for practical purposes), there truly needs to be people versed in such code of ethics to really do the work (hence the ACLU, EFF, various Privacy Commissioners of Ontario/Canada, etc.) as well as within the organizations doing the work (lawyers, policy analysts, etc.)