The scrutiny and fallout from the statements made by the Campbell’s Soup executive should not be a shocking surprise to anyone in a C-Suite position. When you are at the top of a corporate ladder, your words and your actions have amplified consequences that likely would not result for those at lower echelons.
The Campbell’s case involved a now-fired vice president in their technology department who was recorded saying racist things about some workers and disparaging the product and their customers. It became known a year after it was recorded in a lawsuit by an ex-employee fired after he complained about the statements. 
This is like the married CEO caught cuddling with his mistress on a Coldplay concert Jumbotron cam shot. The moral of the story was not just that cameras are everywhere, but that those with the most to lose may lose it when others might suffer lesser punishment or no punishment.
There are parallels with those at the top who might be strongly or even marginally involved in emails with the late Jeffrey Epstein and are now feeling repercussions from their employers.
People are delighted to watch the rich and mighty fall. C-Suite denizens should always be aware that whether they see the spotlight on them or not, everything they say and do may come back to bite them. A misstep might bring the knives out just like they do for a paparazzi-hounded celebrity.
This problem may currently be exacerbated by an increasing general distrust in corporations and institutions. We see it when we pick juries; folks are ready to pounce in judgment.
Most executives come to me when they have just had or are about to have a hard fall. These magnified consequences should not be a surprise. Executives can find lesson after lesson of fellow corporate leaders looking like deer caught in the headlights when they should have known those headlights are always there.