How Did Monsanto Coexist?

The Bartlett’s are a family of four that live in the San Joaquin Valley in rural California. Mark Bartlett, the father, is 39-years-old and Maggie, his wife, is 37-years-old. They have two daughters, Kate, who is 12-years-old, and Sarah, who is nine-years-old. For several generations, Mark’s family owned and operated a small private farm that produced mainly soy and corn. However, in the recent years with the rapid growth of Monsanto and other similar agriculture conglomerates, the Bartlett’s have been forced to shut down the operation of their farm. Last year they were faced with a lawsuit against Monsanto wherein Monsanto claimed that the Bartlett’s had illegally obtained Monsanto-trademarked seed. Following this lawsuit, the Bartlett’s have

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Take a good look at what you consume. You will soon realize that it is Monsanto’s creation of “frankenfood”. Frankenfood, also known as genetically modified muck, is extremely hazardous and detrimental to our health. Monsanto, the world’s largest agricultural and agrochemical biotechnology corporation is the modern day version of the worst villain and “the face of corporate evil” (Anderson e.p. 1). This company, made and run by humans, creates foods and other chemical infused products that cause adverse effects on both the environment and humanity. Instead of evolving and bringing about good changes to ourselves and the environment, we are doing the exact opposite. Humans always strive for better, but what we do not realize is that our careless

The objective of this report is to analyze the differences in Monsanto’s experiences in the United States and Europe and the reasons of opposition in Europe, despite that, why Monsanto pushed ahead so hard.

Mexico should stop buying corn from those corporations that demand to turn over their corn crops to them. Therefore, it would be best for Mexico because Monsanto’s control on the corn imported into Mexico has caused a food and health catastrophe. A fact, “In post-NAFTA Mexico, 42 percent of the food consumed comes in aboard. Before NAFTA the country spent $1.8 million dollars on food imports. It now spends a whopping $24 billion” (http://fpif.org/nafta_is_starving_mexico/). This is an issue for Mexico because all the genetically modified corn imported from the U.S. is causing for small farmers to go out of business. A reason why it caused them to go out of business is because, “Seventeen years after NAFTA, some two million farmers have been

Companies that operate under a moral obligation, have a duty to their stakeholders and society to operate in a morally acceptable manner that is not enforced by laws. Monsanto’s early years saw the development of food chemicals such as saccharine, to industrial commodities such as plastic and synthetic rubber to the dangerous agent orange. As of 1981, Monsanto has transitioned their business from a chemical industry to a biotechnology company focused on modified plant seeds. Monsanto can fulfill their moral obligation by providing a better life for the farmers that use their products while also providing a better-quality food product to the consumer. The seeds have been altered to ensure that the farmers are not taking any crop losses to

Monsanto’s Monopoly Over Genetically Modified Crops Monopolies are established in certain industries when one firm controls the market of a product that cannot be differentiated. In today’s economy, monopolies can be found in various industries, including within the seed industry. Monsanto is an agricultural giant that creates genetically modified seeds and crop protection products (Monsanto Company, 2017a). Though Monsanto is not the only firm in the seed industry, it is a monopoly in the genetically modified seed and crop protection industry. Monsanto is the leading firm in GMO foods and crops because of their many patents on their products and technology.

LUBBOCK, TEXAS– Janice Person of Monsanto shared her expertise in story telling to Texas Tech students in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications Friday, Sept. 23.

Most of the issues that surfaced as a result of conducting the SWOT analysis were instances ranging from bribery to discrepancies regarding product safety to questionable motives. All of these issues can be summarized in general as unethical business practices. When a company engages in unethical business practices, especially those that may put public health and the environment in danger, it seems to overshadow all of the good that a company is doing. No matter how philanthropic Monsanto is, how well they stimulate the economy, and how many jobs they have created, bribery and the covering up of controversial practices will continue to be associated with the company. As mentioned earlier, symptoms such as bribery are results of unethical business practices. But why are Monsanto

1 am not surprised of the outcome of your meeting with Mr. Smythe-Jones (CFO). However, I cannot answer your request until I heard from local management. As it was agreed on the last meeting, we were precluded ,from doing any work without first getting approval from management at the headquarters and we were instructed by local management from doing anything until they finalized what was required from us. It appears to me to be a Catch 22 game! 1 believe we (your Firm and ours) should not fall in the game of passing the ball to someone else before getting a clear understanding of what is going on. We have had several meetings with local management where the issue has been raised and were responded that other priorities were established by the headquarters (on my end I thought they tell you everything they have been instructed of locally, unfortunately it does not seem to be the case). In my opinion it looks very easy that you accept from management at the headquarters to hold us accountable from something we are not responsible for, and this does not mean I do not understand the pressure you are receiving on your end. However, we are not the enemy. 1 am not sending copy of this message to our client because I believe that internal issues have to be

To help Monsanto improve on their social responsibility, recommendations would be made to get to know the customers and expand business relationships. Farmers and consumers are skeptical of change therefore the power of business to solve social and environmental problems require strategic planning. Improving marketing, employee satisfaction, legal treatment and customer loyalty along with affluent partnerships is to be expected. Furthermore, Monsanto business practice should continue to support charities and nonprofits with financial donations from the corporation. To achieve sustainability it is imperative for the business to apply its resources and expertise in areas that impact social good through day to day operations.

Bogeyman and the face of corporate evil according to farmer’s digest are terms to describe Monsanto’s reputation. The company has received intense negative media criticism, such as protest, bribery scandals, cover up of environmental pollution are items that contributed to the companies negative reputation. According to (2014) since the exposure of the company's alleged unethical customs, Monsanto has developed a poor reputation as being a greedy, unethical, and arrogant monopoly. Consequently, they have lost the trust, business, and support of many people.

Monsanto has various stakeholder groups all across the globe. The key stakeholders are: members of the global financial community; farmers and other agricultural organizations; Monsanto employees; animal feed producers and distributors; insect/pest control organizations; federal, state and local agricultural, regulatory and environmental agencies; and the list goes on and on (Beyond the Rows, 2012). Monsanto states that their main goals is to provide stakeholders with better information regarding all of their activities and that they are committed to making meaningful strides to report on environmental sustainability performance throughout the world (Beyond the Rows, 2012).

Imagine a future of fresh produce and large amounts of meat, being able to feed millions of americans. Now instead imagine widespread diseases and death among Americans, too. Monsanto has developed many products including Roundup to prevent crops from pests and other insects. The product and the GMO could cause problems in the long run with this pesticide being ingested with the crops. The GMO’s are also making things hard for the farmers because of the patent Monsanto put on their GMO seeds. Monsanto claims to be a sustainable agricultural company, but the chemicals and GMOs they are using to achieve that goal are affecting farmers and could be potentially harm humans. Is Monsanto a true sustainable agricultural company and how will the affect the world’s farmers and society in the long term? Well the main thing that makes Monsanto 's a sustainable agricultural company is their GMO crops and how they are non resistant to their other product Roundup. Roundup appears to be good for Sustainable agriculture and keeping products alive when there is no bee’s to pollinate them or when harmful weeds attack them (Hanzai, E). This could be good because the environment has been making it hard to produce crops naturally these days. This also includes, the high demand for produce in large quantities and big sizes, these gmos are the only thing keeping these big amounts of produce available for consumers. That’s great but these products are also known to be really dangerous for human

Cooperation defines as a situation in which people work together to do something, while environment and society interaction means interactions between the human social system and the ecosystem. Thus, both cooperation and the environment and society interaction related each other. In this era of globalization, people are cooperating to create businesses without any consideration to environment and society. They produce a product at the same time destroy the environment and suffer the labor. Environment and labor is more likely slave, where human only take the advantages without paying back as much as they give. Is it cooperation more likely people who cooperate or join to destroy the environment.