I recently took an engineering ethics course, which is required for the renewal of my professional license. The Columbia and Challenger disasters were specifically covered, focusing on the decision making process.
1. Groupthink
2. “Take off your engineer hat and put on your management hat.” Yes, that phrase was used when concerns were raised about the o rings prior to launch.
Ethics, brains, b@lls. You might get the first two from a classroom. You won’t get the third. And that third has been sadly lacking for quite some time.
Pardon my French.