In a world more and more fluid boundaries, public and private managers are often faced with ethical issues that cross familiar geographical and cultural lines. This disguised case says experience in chemical engineering from Brazil, which crosses gender to establish a successful career in the male world of Latin American petrochemical industry. The focus of the event is the construction of a gas pipeline in Ecuador to carry crude oil from the Indian territories in the Amazon to the point of delivery to the Pacific coast. Because of her business acumen and ability to work with the multinational consortium, the main character is the project manager for the company, taking the managerial functions, even when the management refused to name. Her work is going well, until she decides to visit one of the indigenous communities whose way of life is now broken pipeline project. Dramatic encounter with members of the tribe, including the traditional ritual of drinking chicha-produces the crisis of conscience that leads her to wonder if her professional ambitions require deliberate indifference to the plight of indigenous cultures. HKS Case Number 1764.0 "Hide
by Kenneth Winston 13 pages. Publication Date: June 1, 2004. Prod. #: HKS144-PDF-ENG
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