Reference no: EM132240847

Question 1

In 2014 the 11th U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Chiquita Brands who was accused of which of the following? 

A. Supporting a civil war in Columbia.

B. Supporting paramilitary soldiers who had killed or tortured the relatives of 4,000 Colombians. 

C. Not protecting its employees in Colombia.

D. Getting involved in the political executions taking place in Colombia.

Question 2

Why had Chiquita originally made payments to the paramilitary group?

A. to protect the lives of employees. 

B. to support the cause of the organization.

C.to prevent the closing of its operations in Colombia. 

D. to prevent extortion by the paramilitary group.

Question 3

Which of the following steps did Chiquita take when advised by their attorneys to stop making payments?

A. They withdrew their operations from Columbia.

B. They stopped the payments and increased security to protect employees.

C. They continued to make protection payments.

D. They moved their operations to another country.

Question 4

In 2007, how did Chiquita plead with regard to the charge of engaging in transactions with a global terrorist group and what did it pay in fines?

A. They plead innocent to the charge and the case was dropped. 

B. They plead innocent to the charges but paid a restitution of over $50 to the families anyway.  

C. they plead guilty to the charge and paided a fine of $25 million. 

D. They plead guilty to the charge, but only paid a fine of $5 million. 

Question 5

When Chiquita weighs the costs and benefits of paying protection payments, which of the four methods of ethical reasoning are they using?

A. Virtues

B. Justice

C. Rights

D. Utilitarian

Question 6

Early in their careers, Alcoa employees learned that every decision they made and all that they did must align with the company's

A. mission

B. vision

C. strategy

D. values

Question 7

Alcoa's Chief Executive Officer, Paul O'Neill, believed that achieving success in the area of safety required great attention to _______, saying that it was imperative. 

A. factory audits

B. policy compliance

C. safety programs

D. changing behaviors

Question 8

Corporate headquarters required all business units to meet the same overall safety goal of

A. 0% work-related injuries and illnesses

B. 1% or less work-related injuries and illnesses

C. 1.5% or less work-related injuries and illnesses

D. 2% or less work-related injuries and illnesses

Question 9

The Alcoa value that is the PRIMARY focus of this case is

A. Profitability

B. Customer

C. Health and Safety

D. Environment

Question 10

The fact that Alcoa has a global ethics helpline reflects which of the following ethical safeguards?

A. ethics audit

B. ethics training program

C. ethics reporting mechanisms

D. ethics and compliance officers