This happens in a similar away at the small architecture company I work at. A client will pay for work, and then it will then become clear the work they have asked for is infeasible. However we are still contracted to do work. It benefits us to do this work and bill for it. I find it totally unethical to do any work after finding out that it will never result in a building, but my managers know that if we do the work we can bill for it. I think this story is the same, whereby the managers know the client will not benefit, but also that they will pay.
A recent HN post spoke about how employees are either aligned with a company (profit) or the overall goals espoused by the company. These goals appeal to the client. This story is an example of the OP being aligned to the client but not the company, and essentially how our economy is not aligned with ethical practice.
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> It's easier to be wrong. And it is cinsiderably harder to be actually helpful . While everything you said is true, we and the author do not know what was previously discussed with the client. We don't know what was promised by either party, we don't know what the client messed up Heck, I attended meetings with partners/clients that were simply impossible to get an output from, since the expectations in general were…
Sure, but you're acting like acknowledging a problem is less helpful than pretending that there isn't one. That isn't the case, has never been the case and will never be the case.
No, I'm not and I never said anything like that.