You might be interested in the Rogers report (the commissioned report on the causes of the Challenger disaster; the committee included notable luminaries such as Feynman). At the end of each chapter it summarizes the findings of the committee. It lays a lot of blame on (among other things) managers accepting escalating risk with each successive launch because "it was OK last time", managerial structures and reporting procedures that failed to communicate critical information upward, and lack of organizational separation between engineering and QA. PDF linked here: https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/outreach/SignificantIncidents/a...

The Challenger disaster is a commonly used case study in engineering classes, especially when discussing engineering ethics or communication with clients/managers.