>> I would question the ethics of engineers whom employ a strategy of preferring politics over delivering solutions.

> Hopefully there is not misalignment between satisfying leadership goals and delivering end-user solutions.

This is precisely the situation I identified. Reproducing a quote from the article:

  If you ship something users hate and makes no money, but 
  your leadership team is happy, you still shipped. 

> But if there is, I hardly classify that as an "ethical" dilemma for the team members.

If not having to choose between corporate politics and delivering solutions, then what would qualify as an ethical dilemma for an engineer?