I am currently employed at Wells Fargo and have recently become aware of various scandals associated with the company. In the course of exploring this issue, I came across an article on the 80,000 Hours website titled “Which jobs help the world the most?” that discusses potentially harmful career paths.
Given this context, I would appreciate your perspective: is it ethically justifiable for me to continue working at Wells Fargo?
I think it makes a big difference whether this is private information you came across in the course of your employment, or public information that you learned of through the news, trade press etc. If the former you should consider informing your manager, HR or compliance department, or regulator, depending on the nature of the problem (you should have received training explaining who the appropriate people to bring different types of issues to are). If it is public events you can discuss them here, and my strong intuition is they do not provide strong reasons for you to resign if you otherwise wouldn't.
I'd say two things:
Finally, though you asked about ethics, I would also suggest that you consider the effects of your actions on your career. For example, having your name publicly out there as a whistleblower could limit your career options in some ways. On the other hand, you probably don't want to have a position on your resume that is later shown to have been associated with some scandal.