The making ethical decisions box "should you stay or should you go?" addresses a dilemma worthy of consideration. it describes: ethical decisions that need to be considered when employees leave a faltering business to start their own, eventually competing against their previous employer. the slow death of a business and how important it is to delay payments, sell off assets and do everything possible to save a failing business except dismissing employees who need their jobs for survival. the unethical and disloyal decision to leave your family business and start your own, taking with you all the family business's trade secrets. an unethical situation where the business owner's need for capital causes him/her to delay all payments to suppliers for 120 days, forcing several of his close business relationships out of business.