This subverse is for news from all around the world.
Be sure to check out /v/news as well!
Related Subverses:
/v/WarFollowing - Sub for all things relating to combat, terrorism, battle or war related news, stories, videos, etc. Also contains content related to dealing with war in daily life.
/v/USNews - For U.S.-central news
/v/WorldNews2 - Our less-moderated anything-goes subverse
Rules & Guidelines
[0] Removed
[1] Please report rule violations instead of debating them in the comments.
[2] News must not be older than fourteen days at the time of submission.
[3] User-editorialized titles are subject to deletion. State only the facts, not opinions or speculation.
[4] No spam, advertisements or ref-links.
[5] Removed
[6] Use correct capitalization in titles (i.e. no caps lock).
[7] Link the desktop version of an article, not its mobile version, and if you can search for an archive and link to that on https://archive.is/
[8] This should go without saying, but this is an English-language subverse. Posts and comments in other languages may be removed.
The spirit of these rules is to foster a community where dissent, free thought and open discussions are encouraged. All moderation activity should operate within this spirit.
Please do not post links in other subverses pointing to specific submissions or comments here. Cite the source directly if you are interested in the content.
view the rest of the comments →
[–] nicky_haflinger 1 point 7 points 8 points (+8|-1) ago
So certainly all the engineers on the project violated their professional ethics, but this betrays a fundamental failure in the understanding of the role of management, which is responsibility. Obviously accepting a position of responsibility for a situation you do not understand is quite bad but it is also standard operating procedure ie SNAFU (acronym nsfw)
[–] dontdoxxmebro 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The role of management has nothing to do with responsibility; Unless you consider responsibility and profit the same thing.
[–] Oveass 3 points 2 points 5 points (+5|-3) ago
Engineering doesn't have a code of ethics like the doctors. And I sincerely doubt it's a few rogue employees of VW when the problem is spread across several brand using that BOSH ecu. It might be a few employees of the holding of the multiple manufacturers, but it's from top down.
If you look at who cheats best it's mercedes, they rose to 150% on their E class cars. BMW does this as well, PSA does this,... it's not only VW so I think it unlikely it's only a few rogue low levels at VW.
Pure speculation: I think eu law pushed manufactures to cheat, bosh found a solution, under the table offered this to a bunch of companies, good money for bosh, competitive specs for the manufacturers, big bosses everywhere happy.
[–] LusciousFox 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Although thats America, Engineers in Australia do due to membership of EA being a requirement to practice Engineering.
[–] nicky_haflinger 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Engineer certainly do have a professional code of ethics although you are right it isn't as straightforward as the doctor's "first do no harm"