dhasenan comments on Ends Don't Justify Means (Among Humans) - Less Wrong
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That is, you can't take the precedent of killing one person to save five, and use that to kill another person on a whim.
I have mainly heard the phrase used to ignore the consequences of your actions because your goal is a good one. It's obviously wrong to suggest that a type of behavior is universally justified if it is justified in one set of circumstances in which the sum of its effects is positive.