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Re:Programmers confess unethical, illegal tasks asked of them by erikb on Sunday November 20, 2016 @05:08PM (#13001566)
If you lose your job because you are asked to do something illegal, can you sue? Do you know about that? If you can afford not having a job, maybe you can afford a lawyer. If it's possible and affordable I think doing that would help giving more power to people who can't easily afford to lose their jobs.
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Re:Programmers confess unethical, illegal tasks asked of them by contingencies on Sunday November 20, 2016 @05:38PM (#13001704)
Established professions have unions and indeed entire libraries of case-law for this that are, at least by report in Australia, very highly effective.
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Re:Programmers confess unethical, illegal tasks asked of them by erikb on Monday November 21, 2016 @12:12PM (#13006990)
Good idea. Wishing that would be common in Programming as well.
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Re:Programmers confess unethical, illegal tasks asked of them by hobarrera on Sunday November 20, 2016 @06:37PM (#13001941)
> If you lose your job because you are asked to do something illegal, can you sue?

It all depends on what you can prove - which is the hardest part.

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Re:Programmers confess unethical, illegal tasks asked of them by erikb on Monday November 21, 2016 @12:11PM (#13006987)
This is the second step though. There are lots of things you can't sue despite feeling you should, or they can sue you back for a much bigger payout.
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