Programmers confess unethical, illegal tasks asked of them

Re:Programmers confess unethical, illegal tasks asked of them by wallacoloo on Sunday November 20, 2016 @05:00PM (#13001510)

It's not difficult to do at least some research of a company before you accept a job. Take the extra month to find a job with a company that's never had any scandals that you're uncomfortable with, one whose business model isn't built on violating their customer's privacies or being otherwise ethically dubious, and one who emphasizes ethical responsibility in their code of conduct. In other words, pay the cost upfront.

It's not a sure way to ensure you never encounter these problems, but it will reduce the likelihood.

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Re:Programmers confess unethical, illegal tasks asked of them by devoply on Sunday November 20, 2016 @05:31PM (#13001680)

The market is either a supply market or a demand market. If you are in a job supply market, where there is more supply than demand, perhaps you can do that. If you are in a job demand market you can not do that. And sure this should be how a person exercises his morality. But I think most ethically dubious situations are not evident outright. Big companies spend a lot of money through P/R department to keep their images clean.

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