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Is It a Bribe or a Gift? The Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act prohibits Canadian firms from making payments to foreign government officials with the aim of gaining or maintaining business. But payments are acceptable if they don't violate local laws. For instance, payments to officers working for foreign corporations are legal. Many countries don't have such legal guidelines. Bribery is a common way of doing business in many underdeveloped countries. Government jobs there often don't pay very well, so it's tempting for officials to supplement their income with bribes. In addition, in many countries, the penalties for demanding and receiving bribes are few or nonexistent. You are a Canadian who works for a large European multinational computer manufacturer. You are currently working to sell a $5 million system to a government agency in Nigeria. The Nigerian official who heads up the team that will decide who gets this contract has asked you for a payment of $20,000. He says this payment will not guarantee you get the order, but without it, he cannot be very encouraging. Your company's policy is very flexible on the issue of "gifts" to facilitate sales. Your boss says that it's OK to pay the $20,000, but only if you can be relatively assured of the order. You are not sure what you should do. The Nigerian official has told you specifically that any payment to him is not to be mentioned to anyone else on the Nigerian team. You know for certain that three other companies are also negotiating, but it's unconfirmed whether two of those companies have turned down the payment request. What would you do? Explain your answer with justified reason and examples. (not less than 400 words)

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Imagine a scenario in which Aristotle and Confucius sit down to discuss Chiquita Brands International, a global produce conglomerate that paid "protection" money to right-wing and Marxist guerrilla groups in Colombia between 1997 and 2004 to ensure there would be no violence against its employees, banana plantations, and facilities. The payment violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (1977), which prohibits bribes and kickbacks to foreign officials. Chiquita claimed it was the victim of extortion and had no choice. However, for its actions, it eventually paid $25 million in fines to the U.S. government. In 2007, a group of Colombians filed a lawsuit against the company under the Alien Tort Claims Act, alleging that, because of its illegal payments, Chiquita was "complicit in extrajudicial killings, torture, forced disappearances, and crimes against humanity" perpetrated against plantation workers by the guerrilla "death squads." The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015, but the Court declined to hear it. Critical Thinking Questions: What do you suppose Confucius and Aristotle, teachers of virtue ethics, would say about the Colombians' case, and how would they go about assessing responsibility? What would they identify as the crime committed? Would they think the executives at Chiquita had acted prudently, cravenly, or deceitfully? What would you do if confronted with this case?

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Imagine a scenario in which Aristotle and Confucius sit down to discuss Chiquita Brands International, a global produce conglomerate that paid "protection" money to right-wing and Marxist guerrilla groups in Colombia between 1997 and 2004 to ensure there would be no violence against its employees, banana plantations, and facilities. The payment violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (1977), which prohibits bribes and kickbacks to foreign officials. Chiquita claimed it was the victim of extortion and had no choice. However, for its actions, it eventually paid $25 million in fines to the U.S. government. In 2007, a group of Colombians filed a lawsuit against the company under the Alien Tort Claims Act, alleging that, because of its illegal payments, Chiquita was "complicit in extrajudicial killings, torture, forced disappearances, and crimes against humanity" perpetrated against plantation workers by the guerilla "death squads." The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015, but the Court declined to hear it. Critical Thinking Questions What do you suppose Confucius and Aristotle, teachers of virtue ethics, would say about the Colombians' case, and how would they go about assessing responsibility? What would they identify as the crime committed? Would they think the executives at Chiquita had acted prudently, cravenly, or deceitfully? What would you do if confronted with this case?

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