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The attacks on commercial shipping vessels by Somali pirates have introduced a business dilemma for ship-owners. While maritime piracy has been outlawed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, ship-owners must determine whether to pay ransom demands to Somali pirates or not. There is no easy answer to solve this ethical dilemma for ship-owners and other interest groups, however, this article proposes a solution which takes into account all of the parties involved.
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Lansing, P., Petersen, M. Ship-Owners and the Twenty-First Century Somali Pirate: The Business Ethics of Ransom Payment. J Bus Ethics 102, 507–516 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-0832-y
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