In Cactus Club Cafe , you are the new Chief Financial Officer for a multinational mining company. While reviewing the company's finances for operations in a distant foreign country which is also in a politically troubled region, you noticed a line item labelled "Miscellaneous expenses" that amounts to well over $1,000,000 a year. There is no further information in the financial reports for this line item. You call the regional director for the firm in that part of the world and ask about the mysterious line item. The director sounds anxious and explains that the money is used to pay off warlords in the region to "ensure security" for the company's employees, operations and property. This is clearly a form of extortion or a protection racket, and while payments have been successful in keeping your company's people and property unharmed in the region, you also realize the money allows the warlords to purchase weapons and ammunition. Your company is therefore directly supporting the violence in the region, and the ongoing murders of innocent civilians. On the other hand, the regional director makes it clear that if the payments to the warlords are cut off, the company's operations and employees in the region are likely to be subjected to the violence from the warlords.
Explain the ethical situation you are facing
Explain what decision you would make about this and why
Please write in a narrative form.