design later is found to run afoul of a regulation, the company can absorb liability and pay fines, and there are no professional consequences for the engineers who built the technology, as there would be in the case of a doctor or lawyer who commits a serious breach of professional ethics. This is a perverse incentive that does not exist in other professions. If an employer asked a lawyer or nurse to act unethically, they would be obligated to refuse or face losing their professional license. In other words, they have skin in the game to challenge their employer.
