In light of the current scandals that have gripped the world’s economic headlines and reduced the overall levels of trust in the nation’s business leaders, ethical decision making has become a hot-button issue, both in the halls of academia, where MBAs receive their educations, and also in the everyday language of decision makers in the fields of business administration. This paper shows that what is so potent about the examples of Enron and WorldCom, among other companies accused of fraudulent and criminal business ethics, as well as of Martha Stewart, a brand name as well as an example of ‘housewifery gone corporate logo’, is that bad ethics can be bad business. When ethical scandals grip a company, that company’s future and good name can be destroyed. The paper shows, therefore, that the idea that the only ethical query someone need ask him or herself when engaged in a business transaction is will it make money for the company I work for is a fallacy.