1. Chiquita should not compromise with the terrorist group for its employees. In the case, one of Chiquita executive claimed that those payments were the “cost of doing business in Colombia”. The company’s management also believed that the company had the responsibility to protect its employees, even if giving money to the terrorist group was illegal. One of the strongest ethical principles is do no harm. It seemed that it was the right thing to do in Chiquita’s point of view. However, it just ignored the potential risks that the terrorist group would bring to the public. It was no doubt that it prevented harm from the terrorist, yet the payments were also helping the terrorist group survived and grew. It would lead more harm to the general
