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Who Is Ultimately Most Responsible for Code That Accomplishes Something Unethical? 19.7% voted "the developer who wrote it"

Do Developers Have an Obligation to Consider the Ethical Implications of Their Code? 79.6% voted "Yes"

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I initially bumped on this one too, but "obligation to consider" doesn't mean "obligation to quit their jobs over". You consider the ethical implications, you push back against management, management tells you sit down. Are you now obligated to quit? If you decide to keep your job, knowing that the code will be written either way, are you now ultimately responsible for it?

(Completely unrelated but the first thing that came to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKdgDX2dGh0)

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