How can companies engage in questionable, unethical business practices even when they are subject to national laws, industry standards, and organizational codes of conduct that are supposed to prevent such actions? This case encourages students to consider this management conundrum in the context of corporate lobbying and through the case of Bell Pottinger - a UK-based lobbying consultancy recently implicated in a lobbying scandal in South Africa. Students are asked to diagnose the scandal, identify the factors that contributed to it, and formulate recommendations to help similar companies avoid repeating the problems that ultimately led to Bell Pottinger's downfall.