[ethbro]

There's a lot of ethical failure in failed implementations.

I realize these kind of projects are big consulting firms' bread and butter, but if you as an engineer continue to work on a project that's being managed with an eye towards "Failure is okay, because our lawyers wrote the contract to cover that contingency" then that's pretty scummy from an ethical perspective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Case_File

Edit: On the flipside, I feel a lot more comfortable when employers I've worked for have sat down with customers and had the "Look, this just isn't working out. We recommend you cancel this project and we tie off our relationship, because it's not going to end well for either of us if we continue" talk.