Chiquita Brands International agreed to pay a $25 million fine after admitting to paying a terrorist organization for protection of its banana farms in a region of Columbia. Read an online article pertaining to this ethics scandal. Address the following in your discussion post.
1) Are the ethical decisions made by the Chiquita leadership ethically defensible? Explain.
2) Would you have made the same decisions if you had been placed in the same situation as the Chiquita executives? Please explain.