&gt; &quot;But I was just following orders&quot; isn&#x27;t an acceptable excuse in any situation.<p>On the contrary, it&#x27;s an acceptable excuse in lots of situations. The finding at Nuremberg was that there is a line beyond which it stops being acceptable, and murder is on the far side of that line. But most things in commerce are on the near side of it.<p>In other words, a moral obligation to give up your job rather than tolerate sloppiness, applies when you&#x27;re dealing with safety-critical stuff such that sloppiness could get someone killed. It doesn&#x27;t apply when the sloppiness will cause minor inconvenience.