Surviving the decision process however can be quite long and painful. I believe that it is up to us to evaluate a situation before taking action to avoid useless action by outsiders. We can do this by bouncing ideas off each other. I am a Canadian engineer and thus have taken the oath of the calling of an engineer. It's refered to above.
Engineers can openly and honistly take proper renumeration for their work.
While engineering is a profession it is also a business. Therefore we must operate as an ethical and professional business. I have and will continue to turn down work that I consider unethical. A common request is to seal drawings by others, usually some draftsman whose knowledge of design is somewhat questionable. I will usually refuse as I have to redesign his work in order to dispute why changes need to be made, the result is more work for me and the need to defend my changes.