TY  - JOUR
AB  - Should an international company operating in a violent nation pay a paramilitary group to keep its employees from harm? Executives at Chiquita Brands' Banadex subsidiary in Colombia faced a dilemma in 1997. Carlos Castano, the leader of the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, a paramilitary group, was demanding payment in return for not harming Banadex's employees or operations. The executives must weigh the various options including, among others, making the payments or shutting down operations. This case examines the history of Chiquita (formerly the United Fruit Company) in Colombia (and other South American countries), its interaction with the country's political and social structure, and the difficulties of doing business in one of the world's most violent countries.
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SN  - 2474-7890
DO  - 10.1108/case.darden.2016.000066
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/case.darden.2016.000066
AU  - Wicks Andrew C.
AU  - Mead Jenny
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Chiquita in Colombia
T2  - Darden Business Publishing Cases
PB  - University of Virginia Darden School Foundation
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -