You are a vice president of a multinational corporation headquartered in North America. You are asked to visit

Latin America to meet with government officials to con- sider a location for a new factory. On your arrival, you

are met at the airport by one of your hosts, who spends some time that day taking you on a tour of the city and getting acquainted. That evening you are invited to his home for dinner with government representatives. After dinner, one of the guests who works for a key government ministry asks what you think of your companys role in his country as an employer, taxpayer, and corporate good citizen. He makes it clear that his country is no longer a puppet of the North Americans. He asks you to show him that you understand his concerns and to show him

that your company will be respectful of his countrys cul- ture, environment, natural resources, and local laws. How

do you respond?