Absolutely. Solarwinds is a great example that if you can become important enough, and in with the bricks, the rats won't flee the sinking ship, even as the dec

Absolutely. Solarwinds is a great example that if you can become important enough, and in with the bricks, the rats won't flee the sinking ship, even as the deck goes below the waterline. If investors lost confidence in a company, and sold their shares (impacting the share price), could this create a sufficient paper-based loss for other investors to pursue the senior officers of the company? I think you're right though - unless it is something that makes the CEO lose their job, or go to prison, it is going to be hard to get anyone to take on any (even marginal) increase in the cost of delivering the product.