What the article gets wrong is that they think that Andersen had a good reputation up until now. They just haven't been paying attention. Andersen loves to tag team deals with its sister company Accenture so that it gets huge tech-side consulting fees while its audits are being performed. That's always been out-of-bounds as far as my ethics are concerned.
Moreover, Andersen has been sued to high heaven for numerous botched consulting and auditing arrangements. I know for a fact that O'Neal Steel here in Alabama took Andersen out to the woodshed in court for their failed consulting promises, and Andersen auditors reported as "sound" IHI's financial condition just days before it became the largest bankruptcy in Australian history.
But as crooked executives probably know all around the world, if you want your audit to look good, then hire Andersen for your audit and hire their system firm Andersen/Accenture for your tech consulting...
In fact, there has even been an entire published BOOK written about Andersen's ethical shenanigans back in the 1990's.