In the late 1990s‚ a trade dispute erupted between the United States and several European countries over a popular fruit – bananas. At issue was whether or not‚ under World Trade Organization rules‚ the Europeans had the right to give preference to fruit imported from their former colonies. When the colonial era came to a close in the 1950s and 60s‚ Britain‚ France‚ and Italy signed trade agreements with their former colonies in the Caribbean‚ Africa‚ and the Pacific. Their purpose was to help
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process of observing a banana‚ involuntary recurrent memories and repressed thoughts and emotions were recalled into my consciousness. Banana is an ordinary produce that if one devotes time to observe and analyze‚ he or she might discover that it associates with much more than just monkeys. With that being said‚ my observations of the banana directed my consciousness towards the sensation‚ perception‚ and thoughts of my inner process. The most obvious characteristics of a banana are its color and shape
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“Blood Bananas” Core Issue Chiquita Brands Company was a well-established international fruit growing and processing company in the 90’s. They had subsidiaries around the world; Colombia was one of those countries. With the creation of Banadex‚ Chiquita’s subsidiary in Colombia‚ revenues for the parent company increased a great amount. Banadex was Chiquita’s most profitable international operation; they had been working in that country around 100 years in the business of growing huge bananas’ fields
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1. What is? Chiquita is a banana production company established in United States‚ grows their Banana in Colombia. The main ethical issue is that‚ Chiquita involvement in payment to terrorist organization in Colombia. Stakeholder analysis Top level management – that is CEO of the company who owns the power‚ Pays money to the terrorist organization for the protection of company’s employees working in outsource country. Employees / families of employees –due to urgency‚ employees are working in those
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1. How strong Chiquita Bananas was before the trade war began? Chiquita Bananas (and its predecessor United Fruit Company UFC) was very strong before the trade war began. They have been one of the front bearers of the banana industry and dominated the international banana trade and affected the economic and social conditions of the Caribbean and Latin America. The following points illustrate Chiquita Bananas position before the trade war: • They were the largest supplier of banana in the world with
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huge cost is more effective than paying annually amount of money to the AUC for God knows when ! plus they will have their current profits and they can sell their company in Colombia and gain extra money that will enable them to start again somewhere else. they are a well-developed corporation‚ if they did a good strategy with a well written plan they will manage to start up over and maybe even better ! In conclusion‚ Chiquita was in a bad situation‚ and as a normal corporation whose aim is to make
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analysis Blood Bananas: Chiquita in Columbia As learned in class‚ the advantages of international business are great‚ but so are the risks. Some of the risks involve ethical issues as the ones Chiquita faced doing business in Columbia. Chiquita was the first to successfully internationalize banana trade; Chiquita did so by paying special attention to retail development and followed industry trends. Their competitive advantage was acquired when the company revolutionalized the banana trade by using
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agricultural products‚ the banana is the fourth most important food product within the least developed countries‚ being the staple food for some 400 million people (1). Of all the fruits‚ it holds first place by production volume and is amongst the five most consumed fruits on the planet (2). Some 1‚000 varieties of banana trees have been identified in more than 150 countries‚ producing around 105 to 120 million tonnes (Mt) of fruit a year. There are two main families: the sweet banana or “fruit”‚ essentially
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for Blood Bananas What do you think were root causes for Chiquita’s actions in Columbia? 1. First of all‚ they don’t want to do business in unstable environment. The terrorism groups need that money to do violence‚ so Chiquita can do business in peace. It is a business to exchange peace by money. 2. The local government and its army cannot protect the company’s land and employees. These reasons cause Chiquita to pay money to the terrorism groups. Do you think Chiquita or its managers
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Donivino 1/8/13 Can Animals Think? Adorable‚ what comes to mind when you think of this word? Some might think of puppies‚ dogs‚ rabbits‚ cats‚ dolphins‚ or maybe even monkeys. But have you ever considered intelligence as a characteristic of these animals? Few have‚ even though the animal shows evidence of intelligence every day. Of course animals aren’t as intelligent as humans but we both share common
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