On December 27 , 2001 Martha Stewart, America's beloved housewife, sold her shares  of ImClone  after she received specific inside information regarding the status of the companies business. A series of events led to an investigation, interviews, indictments, a trial & sentencing of Martha Stewart to 5 months in a minimum security prison camp and then 5 months of home confinement.

     Merril Lynch tipped off the Securities & Exchange commission to report the possibility of insider trading on Imclong, and launched the joint investigation with the FBI into whether or not Ms. Stewart committed a crime.  I believe that Martha Stewart was guilty of insider trading, lying and conspiring to lie, in order to protect their money.

    After reading this chapter on Business Ethics,  primarily this case involving Ms. Stewart came to the fore front nationally because she violated the Theory of Amorality, which did not match up with her persona. Martha Stewart made a living reaching , unifying and teaching Americans how to live a "good Life" by doing wholesome, handmade & homemaker type projects. Ms. Stewart exemplified the throwback to a time when American women were schooled in their womanhood and station in life by how she kept her home & her family taken care of. Generally we think of those times when people were honest and genuinely cared to do what is morally right.  Her entire fortune was based on her catch phrase of "its a good thing" and educating American working women how to take care of their homes and families.

    Martha Stewart is an incredibly smart and well versed woman and many p ...