Why would using skeletons in an office psychopath's closet to encourage them to do better quality work be ..

Question

.. blackmail ?

Your typical office psychopath in a safety-critical software position has done things like :

swap Left and Right controls for a robot, perhaps a torpedo,
and issued the doctored software perhaps with advice to watch how it works at sea.

doctored algorithms, good heavens, perhaps for surface to air missile software and test software, and "released" the doctored software.

Why would it be blackmail to indicate that this is part of their track record and that you expect improvement.

To dlin - terrific. thanks.

Answer 1

why would you even continue to have someone like that remain in that job? if you know they have done such things, and you leave them in a position to do the same again, then you can be held liable for negligence
but yes, its still blackmail, to use something against someone to achieve anything