1. What are the ethical issues in this case?
2. Was Martha Stewart guilty of a serious crime, or was she a scapegoat for other, more serious, CEO malfeasants who had not yet been brought to justice?
3. Was the media attention given to the Martha Stewart case excessive? Did this help or hurt her case?
4. Did Ms. Stewart’s sentence seem appropriate given the magnitude of her offense? Was a prison sentence the appropriate penalty for her offenses?
5. If you were on the board of directors of Ms. Stewart’s company, what role would you say she should play after the restrictions are lifted in 2011? Does her history affect your attitude toward the products with the Martha Stewart brand? Why or why not?

A blowing gust of wind moved the trees in the courtyard where the ImClone emblem stands in front of the company’s headquarters in New York. ImClone Systems Incorporated, founded in 1984, “is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing breakthrough biologic medicines in the area of oncology. The Company has utilized the many advances made in the fields of molecular biology, oncology, genomics and antibody engineering to build a novel pipeline of product candidates designed to address specific genetic mechanisms involved in cancer growth and development.” The company’s main focus is “the development of therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer and cancer-related disorders.”