"I was just following orders" is not just about purges and/or the holocaust as you imply (something the parent didn't explicitly state).
It has been a standard excuse in tons of other, smaller scale, wrongdoings.
Besides, while having your employee file a patent on your work is not similar to those cases you mention in the scale of harm it causes, it's very much the same exact excuse used there.
It has been a standard excuse in tons of other, smaller scale, wrongdoings.
Besides, while having your employee file a patent on your work is not similar to those cases you mention in the scale of harm it causes, it's very much the same exact excuse used there.