Still, it indicates that companies speak louder and benefit expansively when they collectively subscribe to a single, clear message against corruption.
"The Congress wants to give a clear message that it will not tolerate any corruption charges, " Bhakta Charan Das, a Congress party spokesman, said earlier in the day about Mr. Bansal's resignation.
Europe's leaders will be watching anxiously in case Italy sends a powerful message to the rest of the continent of anger and despair over recession, corruption and the high price being paid to save the single currency.