Re:Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack
by sidlls on Thursday October 12, 2017 @02:43PM
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Licensing empowers the engineer to refuse to do something that violates sound engineering practice according to the license and have legal recourse against retaliation.
It isn't perfect, and the imbalance of power will certainly still be an issue. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try.
Re:Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack
by camus2 on Thursday October 12, 2017 @07:42PM
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> Licensing empowers the engineer to refuse to do something that violates sound engineering practice according to the license and have legal recourse against retaliation.
It would just put most legal liabilities on engineers vs the org. It's a great way to protect management, that's the only thing it's going to do. That's exactly how dumb traders end up being scapegoated with each financial scandal. Any engineer who would dare report any wrong doing would be blacklisted for life from the IT industry.
Business like Equifax already have legal requirements at the org level, let's not shift all responsibility onto engineers.
When Wells Fargo had their credit scandal the salesmen shouldn't have been punished, their managers should've.
These things start at the top. When deadlines are pushed onto you, you don't have time to write unit tests, refactor, update dependencies.