We dumped ethyl-methyl bad stuff into the environment, and killed a bunch of fish, but now we've reported it. And they are off the hook as a result of stepping forward with that. This kind of change is an example. There's no disincentive for not cutting corners and saving money with the potential to pollute the environment. It's very insidious and it's not something that's easily seen.
People like to be part of a group and want to comply with their bosses' wishes.
It's just this policy shift that over time you saw occurring. Pretty soon it's obvious to the people working at both those agencies that they aren't going to get any support for taking any hard-line actions. Pretty soon they just don't. I was still in the agency, when the Engler Administration was making these changes, when the two departments were together. The morale would swing from really low to almost manic depressive sometimes.