Comment by rectang

But here we're talking about developers being asked to implement decisions which they don't understand to be compliant.

Engineers are not shielded by their implementer role if they participate in illegal activity. James Robert Liang was a rank-and-file engineer for Volkswagen and he got jailed for his role the VW emissions scandal[1].

No matter how much an enterprise architect or compliance officer promises "it'll be fine" to the developer, the developer needs documented CYA. An enlightened organization would perhaps find ways to expedite that CYA documentation rather than demonizing programmers as a class.

[1] https://apnews.com/general-news-988ea2ae45694b37b320e68cefe3...