Engineering and politics should not mix. I try to pick providers which are neutral and focus their energy on building good products, not activism.
"Just following orders" isn't even a valid defense for soldiers - why should it apply to corporations who are free to refuse business?
Wasn't IG Farben already taking in political money to find such chemicals?
> Research by Fritz Haber of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry led to the founding in 1919 of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schädlingsbekämpfung mbH (Degesch), a state-controlled consortium formed to investigate military use of the chemical.
of which IG Farben was a part. So it seems like this would suggest to not add politics (la military weapons research) to engineering
I'm confused - should companies pick and choose who they do business with, or shouldn't they?
I don't think anyone has spoken against companies getting to pick and choose in this chain, just on what merits they should pick and choose on