[kelnos]

Certainly CA shares blame for not managing their contracts better (whether due to incompetence or malice).

But it's unethical behavior to be a contractor who intentionally under-bids with the plan to later (repeatedly) charge exorbitant amounts for modifications and fixes.

The government isn't doing its due diligence, but I take a dim view of people who exploit and waste taxpayers' money.

[kazinator]

> But it's unethical behavior to be a contractor who intentionally under-bids with the plan to later (repeatedly) charge exorbitant amounts for modifications and fixes.

If the ethical alternatives all ensure that someone else gets the contract, then that particular ethics in that situation is rather good for nothing.

[kelnos]

I'll never claim that taking the ethical choice will ensure that others won't choose unethically. But "everyone else is doing it" is not an excuse for unethical behavior.

Suggesting that ethics are good for nothing in this case because of that is... well, even more disappointingly cynical than I'm willing to go.