1. What is? Chiquita is a banana production company established in United States‚ grows their Banana in Colombia. The main ethical issue is that‚ Chiquita involvement in payment to terrorist organization in Colombia. Stakeholder analysis Top level management – that is CEO of the company who owns the power‚ Pays money to the terrorist organization for the protection of company’s employees working in outsource country. Employees / families of employees –due to urgency‚ employees are working in those
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Abstract: Chiquita Brands International and its leaders learned a very hard lesson about paying off terrorist groups to protect their employees. Over the past 25 years‚ no place has been more perilous for companies than Colombia‚ a country that is finally beginning to emerge from the effects its Colombian banana subsidiaries had made protection payments to terrorist groups from 1997 through 2004. The Justice Department began an investigation‚ focusing on the role and conduct of Chiquita and some
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1.3. Why the Illegal Drugs Industry grew in Colombia The exponential growth of the illegal drugs industry in this country raises several questions: why is Colombia so much involved in this illegal drug market? Why is this country the main importer of cocaine in the United States and in Europe? Why the production is located in Colombia and not in another country? Many analysts tried to answer these questions‚ and the answers cannot be so obvious since the drug can be produced in many other countries
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Migration Paths in Business Model Innovation of Small Enterprises: Three Cases from Colombia Jaime A. Barragán‚ School of Management‚ Zhejiang University‚ Hangzhou‚ Zhejiang‚ People´s Republic of China e-mail: jaime@brightep.com‚ jaimeabm@hotmail.com Abstract Business model innovation is still a subject of debate. Moreover referring to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from developing countries‚ where research is scarce despite the general acknowledgment of them as natural innovators
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Extorting Chiquita Chiquita Brands International Inc. headquartered in Cincinnati‚ Ohio‚ was a leading international marketer and distributor of high-quality fresh produce that was sold under the Chiquita premium brand and related trademarks. Banadex‚ a subsidiary of Chiquita Brands‚ was responsible for managing Chiquita’s extensive plantation holdings in Columbia and its most profitable international operation. Chiquita had been operating fruit plantations in Columbia for nearly 100 years
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of the poor in Colombia to protect them from government violence and to provide social justice through socialism Colombian government claims to be fighting for order and stability‚ and seeking to protect the rights and interests of its citizens Background: The War between Guerilla Groups and the Government has taken the lifes of over 200‚000 Innocent lives and has displaced millions of other people. Currently there are 3.5 million internally displaced persons inside Colombia Possible Solutions:
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ANALISIS UNITARIOS - CASA DE JUSTICIA CODIGO NOMBRE UNID CANTIDAD VR/UNIT VR/TOTAL 1.01 DESCAPOTE Y RETIRO A MAQUINA PROFUNDIDAD=50 CMS M3 COSTOS DIRECTOS I - EQUIPO 18‚975.00 BULLDOZER D6 HRA 3/40 45‚000.00 3‚375.00 VOLQUETA POR M3 M3 1.3 12‚000.00 15‚600.00 SUBTOTAL COSTOS DIRECTOS 18‚975.00 TOTAL ANALISIS 18‚975.00 1.02 LOCALIZACION Y REPLANTEO M2 COSTOS DIRECTOS I - EQUIPO
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chance‚ it’s one that end up costing them their reputation. Chiquita admitted‚ in 2004‚ to the U.S. Justice Department‚ that one of its subsidiaries was guilty of making protection payments from 1997 through 2004 to different terrorist groups inside Colombia. In addition to that‚ as stated in the case brief‚ news surfaced that: “Chiquita ha[d] been involved in paying bribes to Latin American government officials in exchange for preferential treatment‚ encouraging of supporting U.S. coups against smaller
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Chiquita in Columbia I. Overview of the Issue In 1997‚ executives at Chiquita Brands Banadex were faced with a very serious ethical dilemma‚ which would severely impact the future of the company. The executives were confronted by the leader of one of the most powerful terrorist groups in the state of Columbia and the company had a significant choice to make; Chiquita could pay the terrorist group a penny for every dollar of bananas exported in return for the safety of their employees or they
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