Carnival Corporation’s chairman and CEO, Micky Arison, was criticized by The Wall Street Journal and other commentators for remaining conspicuously silent during the extreme crisis unfolding in Italy. Arison was faulted for not exercising leadership from the top and instead leaving public appearances to Pier Luigi Foschi, the embattled CEO of Costa Crociere, Carnival Corporation’s Italian subsidiary. Foschi was facing the news media virtually alone in the days and weeks after the Costa Concordia accident. What might explain Micky Arison’s low profile, considering that he also let Gerry Cahill handle the Carnival Splendor crisis alone?