Suppose a team of software engineers working for a software firm was negligent, and that the team’s faulty software caused a major accident involving loss of life. The company was sued and settled the case. What should happen to the software engineers? In particular, should any punitive action against them be levied by their company, their professional organization, the civil courts, the criminal courts, or some combination involving more than one of those possibilities? Explain.

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