Q Submit responses to the following Cases/Readings by Sunday at 11:59 p.m.: • Case 6.2 • Case 6.6 • Case 6.8 • Case 6.12 Case 6.2 1. Think about this question: How did Chiquita get into this position in the first place? Why did it feel that it had no choice in these circumstances? What of the sale of its most profitable unit in 2004? 2. Why does the term technical violation creep into our discussions of ethical and legal issues? Reid Weingarten, Mr. Hills’s attorney has said, “That Rod Hills would find himself under investigation for a crime he himself reported is absurd.” Evaluate Mr. Weingarten’s analysis of the situation. 3. Are there any lines you could draw (some elements for your credo) based on what happened at Chiquita? 4. Discuss the relationship between social responsibility and the sustainability initiative and compliance with the law. What benefits do companies gain from social responsibility actions? Case 6.6 1. One executive noted, “We’re damned if we do because we exploit. We’re damned if we don’t because these foreign economies don’t develop. Who’s to know what’s right?” How does this observation compare with the changes and experiences of the companies covered in the case? 2. Would you employ a 12-year-old in one of your factories if it were legal to do so? 3. Would you limit hours and require a minimum wage even if it were not legally mandated? 4. Would you work to provide educational opportunities for these child laborers? 5. Why do you think the public seizes on the Nike issues, but not the Apple issues? That is, there is no boycott of Apple products despite continuing labor issues emerging within the company’s international supply chain. Why? Case 6.8 1. If you had been an executive with Nestle?, would you have changed your marketing approach after the boycotts began? 2. Did Nestle? suffer long-term damage because of its third-world marketing techniques? 3. How could a marketing plan address the concerns of the AAP and WHO? 4. Is anyone who worked in the infant formula companies responsible for the deaths of infants described in the United Nations study? Is there a line that companies could draw that emerges in this case? 5. Is the moratorium on distributing free formula samples voluntary? Would your company comply? 6. If you were a hospital administrator, what policy would you adopt on discharge packs? 7. Should formula makers advertise directly to the public? What if their ads read, “Remember, breast is best”? Case 6.12 1. Why do we worry about these types of payments if the result is more jobs for those in Mexico? 2. Why does it make a difference whether the payments were bribe or “grease”/facilitation payments? 3. Why was general counsel pushing for a “no payments to government officials” policy? 4. Subsequent to the discovery of the payments in Mexico, issues about Walmart behaviors in India emerged. A business consultant there said that the payments result because it is so difficult to open businesses in India and that “All of these conditions have only made India a poorer country. Do the restrictions or the bribery hurt the country’s economy more?