Many reasonable people seem to believe that the backlash and horror inm response to the US government killing of Arthur Andersen and the subsequent job losses were what led to the later toothless reactions by the DoJ to subsequent corporate scandals:

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/11/536642560/is-the-justice-depar...

http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/slate_money/2017/07/t...

https://www.amazon.com/Chickenshit-Club-Justice-Department-C...