CJ 5: Hostage Taking (Initial Response)
Time Expired. Penalty Applied. Make Your Decision Now!
Your team’s Administrative Assistant walks in the door and says, “You need to look at this!”
The image below has just been posted to X. The situation has now escalated beyond an environmental, operational and public relations crisis. Amazonia is facing a new and immediate hostage-taking threat.
Select the best option from the list below to respond to the new hostage-taking crisis.
Explore the negotiation strategies available to your team. Select a tab to read each option’s approach, advantages, and disadvantages.
- Option 1
- Option 2
- Option 3
- Option 4
- Option 5
- Option 6
Option 1: Diplomatic Channels
Engage diplomatic channels to facilitate negotiations, leveraging international relationships and resources.
Option 2: Community Mediation
Involve local community leaders to mediate discussions between the captors and Amazonia.
Option 3: Engage Crisis Negotiation Team
Assemble a crisis negotiation team with expertise in psychology and conflict resolution.
Option 4: Leverage Brazilian Co-Chair
Use Lucas, the Brazilian Co-Chair, to facilitate the negotiation.
Option 5: Demand Proof of Life
Demand a clear “proof of life” from all of the hostages as a key precondition to negotiation.
Option 6: Crisis Communications Strategy
Use crisis communications to apply pressure on captors and manage public perception.
After carefully reviewing the options above, your team must now choose the negotiation strategy that best aligns with operational and humanitarian objectives. Select one option below to record your team’s decision with 1 min (or less) remaining.
Option 1: Diplomatic Channels
Option 2: Community Mediation
Option 3: Engage Crisis Negotiation Team
Option 4: Leverage Brazilian Co-Chair
Option 5: Demand Proof of Life
Option 6: Crisis Communications Strategy
