Professional codes instruct lawyers to be civil, but rudeness isn't tracked or punished as much as more concrete trespasses, such as filching clients' money.

WSJ: Lawyers Behaving Badly Get A Dressing Down From Civility Cops

The Olympus affair is likely to set in train a fairly thorough and far-reaching strengthening and tightening of Japanese codes of conduct, laws and regulations, and criminal and civil remedies to deal with false financial reporting, non-disclosure, and due diligence requirements for company auditors, and stricter and more intrusive regulation by government agencies and securities exchanges.

FORBES: Olympus and "Honor"