Case 17: Chiquita: An Excruciating Dilemma between Life and Law
1. Go to the ethical dilemma at the beginning of the case. Which position did you take and why?
Did your position change after you read the case?
2. Was Chiquita justified in making the extortion payments to protect its employees? Was the
company really between a rock and a hard place? What should it have done differently?
3. Using your knowledge of business ethics and global practices, what concepts, principles, or
ideas from your study have a bearing on this case? Explain how some of them might have guided
Chiquita toward better decisions.
As noted in question 1, you cannot negotiate with terrorist groups. This only encourages
4. What is your assessment of then- Did he come across as sincere or
just making excuses?
5. What is your analysis of the Chiquita Board of D
selling the farms at a loss in Columbia was the right thing to do? Why?
6. If you were the judge in the consolidated case, what would you decide?
7. nk is the real Chiquita and why?