ECO 240 - Chapter 6 Discussion Assignment FA21

Your company is a major fruit processor that maintains long-term contracts with plantation owners in Central America to guarantee supplies of high quality produce. Many of those plantations are in politically unstable areas and your U.S.-based teams travel to those regions at high personal risk. You have been contacted by a representative from one of the local groups of Freedom Fighters demanding that you make a donation to their cause in return for the guaranteed protection of the plantations with which you do business. The representative makes it very clear that failure to pay the donation could put your team on the ground at risk of being kidnapped and held for ransom. Your company is proud of its compliance with all aspects of the FCPA and the revised FSGO legislation. Divide into two groups and argue your case for and against paying this donation. Students with last names beginning with the letters A-L will argue against and students with last names beginning with M-Z will argue for paying the ransom. Initial posts must be 6-8 sentences in length. Be sure to practice proper spelling, grammar, sentence structure, etc... You must respond to at least two classmates. Responses should be 2-3 sentences in length - minimum. "I agree" or "I disagree" are not acceptable responses. Students will earn a 0 for work that lacks true reflection. Remember! When you post/reply, don't forget to put your first and last name at the end of your post if you did not open a Padlet account! If you are responding to a classmate, be sure to have their name at the top of your post.

Please do discussion for Paying the ransome**