Yes — because integrity is not negotiable in the lodge, and it cannot be negotiable in business.
A Masonic business partner carries a reputation that precedes him. The lodge is a small society; word of dishonorable conduct travels fast. A man who would cheat a customer, mislead an investor, or abandon a contract would not survive the scrutiny of his Brothers — and he knows it.
This is not theoretical. Throughout the 19th century, Masonic partnerships built railroads, banks, and publishing houses across America and Europe. The reason was simple: a Masonic obligation is a bond that outlasts contracts. When two Brothers shake hands on a deal, they are bound not only by commercial law but by something older and deeper — the sacred promise to deal squarely with all men, but especially with a Brother Mason.
That does not mean Masonic partnerships are immune to failure. It means they begin from a foundation of assumed good faith, and when disputes arise, they are resolved with the same tools the lodge teaches: level-headedness, square dealing, and the plumb line of moral rectitude.