East or west, ethical conduct is the very essence of happy-living. It is said that the ‘divine’ is expressed as ethical consciousness in human life. Yet, we often see breakdown in the ethical practices. And when such breakdowns occur among the people occupying influential positions, it is certain to cause mayhem as is felt during the recent global economic crisis. Drawing from the extensive research carried out on cognitive biases, Bazerman and Tenbrunsel (2011) offered five reasons as to how ethical breakdowns occur in organizations. One of them is: motivated blindness, owing to which organizations or its leaders tend to overlook the unethical behavior, for remaining ignorant would be beneficial. An attempt has been made here to expound this concept using the character, Brutus in Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar. Simultaneously, examining the ethical foundations laid down by Vedic Risis, this paper also traces as to what dharma stands for and how the seers made its practice immanent necessity for everybody, including kings/leaders: “anityani sarirani vibhavo naiva sasvatah / nityam samnihito mrtyuh, kartavyo dharma-samgrahah”—Our bodies are not permanent, our prosperity is fleeting; death is always near to us. Therefore, one should take to dharma.