It&#x27;s not about ethical imperative, but ...<p>1. It doesn&#x27;t look good on your CV if you only worked on projects that don&#x27;t have any business value.<p>2. If what you do does not have any value chances are someone will figure out at some point.<p>3. It&#x27;s not fun to work on a project that has no value for anyone. This is the kind of thing that will create burnout.<p>If what you are doing is very intellectually challenging for you, or it has value other than business value then it might be different.