Ventria Bioscience Case Essay

GMOs, (genetically modified organisms) have been a topic of interest in the social eyes for years. Since they’ve been created, many people have voiced and written about their opinions on GMOs, and whether they are dangerous or not. Created to expand the genetic diversity of crops and animals, many don’t know whether GMOs are good or bad, and neither do researchers. Though there hasn’t been any evidence claiming whether GMOs are good or bad, it has certainly not stopped the public from creating their own opinions. Since no one knows the truth behind GMO, it has opened a window of opportunities for companies including Monsanto to voice their support of GMO, while other companies like the Non-GMO Project voice their

“Should We Care About Genetically Modified Foods?” by John N. Shaw appeared in Food Safety News issue of February 1, 2010, as a feature under the health section on the controversy between the pros and cons of genetically modified foods (Also known as GMO, genetically modified organisms). The main idea of this article is to inform people of the benefits of GMOs . The author, John Shaw received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with a minor in Marketing from the University of Arkansas in 2007, where he was a “leadership scholar.” In addition to his studies, he has worked as a research assistant with Food Law LL.M. Director Susan Schneider, interned with Wal-Mart Government and Corporate Affairs division, the Arkansas Attorney General Public Protection Division, and with United States Senator Blanche Lincoln. John has a passion for Food Law, sports, and outdoors. In the article, he states, “ I submit that I am no scientist; merely an interested student.” According to the article, he is passionate and has done sufficient research about the topic to support his argument.

In the essay “Genetically Modified Food: Watching What We Eat,” by Julie Cooper, she argues against the rampant use of genetically modified food (GMO) without any current form of regulation. Cooper discusses the possibility of health risks to those consuming foods with altered genes and the food’s capabilities to have far-reaching health risks. She continues with a discussion as to how and why the creation and use of the GMOs have become so unregulated. She then discusses the response, which is the public’s cry for their right to make informed choices. Other topics discusses are the political, environmental, and corporate ramifications of the rise of GMOs.

In 2015, young friends of the earth Europe launched a campaign referred to as “Extreme Genetic Engineering in your ice cream”. It campaigned against “natural” vanillin produced through synthetic biology or “extreme genetic engineering”. An example is Evolva a Swedish company that produces pure vanillin by fermenting sugars using genetically modified yeast (Diederik VH, 2015). Evolva acknowledges that the public does not welcome the use of synthetic biology or GM products due to little or no public awareness for such products, but there are other means of overcoming such challenges. One example is when the company asked for permission to label synthetic biology produced vanillin as “natural” since the product is produced through a natural fermentation process, just like alcohol fermentation process. Although the permit was granted, and the products labelled as natural in the market, there is still pressure from NGO’s such as the young friends of the earth as they campaign against such innovative products (Diederik VH, 2015). It is possible that if pressure group campaigns are successful in persuading other companies in the supply chain that purchase the raw materials for their products, production innovation could be affected. One example is when young friends of the earth campaigned against synthetic vanillin to the extent that it demanded assurance from major ice cream producers e.g. a European ice cream company Haagen Dasz (Diederik VH, 2015). The company

Ventria should reassure Japanese consumers and export markets that GM crops will be separated of other rice by using dedicated processing equipment and assuring field testing.

Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMO’s, are organisms that have had genes from a different organism implanted into their own genetic code in order to produce a new result (“Genetically engineered foods”). This practice has elicited polar responses across the globe, for a multitude of reasons. Besides the obvious reason, being the morality of changing an organism's DNA for human benefit, one frequently noted problem is the monopolization of GMO’s by the company Monsanto, whose name is nearly synonymous with GMO’s due to their involvement with these crops. Monsanto has been at the center of many controversies regarding GMO’s, and is even considered to be ranked third to last for reputation among all major American companies (Bennett). Most

Key stakeholders in this company include CEO Dr. Michael Riordan who is the founder that has the main focus of how the company is performing and running. The Director of Human Resources, Yvonne McMillan who coordinates

The driving factor behind plant biotechnology is “social constructionism”, in which “social values and institutional domains and their culture shape technology” [Goyder chapter 10]. Bioengineering companies might declare social needs as the motive behind pursuing this technology. In reality, these capitalist institutions possess the much needed economic surplus to invest serve their own desires. The social needs they “intend” to solve are: world food shortage, increase agricultural productivity, help the environment by eliminating pesticides, improve nutrition of foods. Opponents of biotechnology, scientists, consumer advocates, environmental protection agencies, do not buy this claim. According to them, these reasons are just the pretence to fulfil “...capitalist’s profit-making via the deployment of technology, [3 Goyder chapter 5]. Most crop developments so far has been “profit-driven rather than need driven” [4, ten reasons why biotechnology will not ensure food security]. In a capitalistic society, patent laws under constitution permits ownership of seeds, living organisms; genes. Patents permit company like Monsanto could monopolize seed’s

In healthcare the stakeholders are key element of the organization. The stakeholders are the Providers, Payers, Employers and Patients. The stakeholders are individuals with some stake or concern in the process. The customers want the lowest rate and the highest quality of provision. The employers want job security, a decent workplace and benefits. The corporation desires to see the highest revenue for the lowest total cost.

I strongly agree with Howard’s opinion that there is no way can help Ventria to stay in California. If they try to fight for approval, although their purpose of saving diarrhea infected children may influence the public’s decision, the catastrophic consequences of commingling of the genetically modified rice with traditional rice and the high profits of the genetically modified rice will result in most of people against them. Meanwhile, the use of the genetically modified rice is to treat diarrhea but very few children in United State are infected by this disease and most of diarrhea patients are in developing countries. Thus, it raise questions: Why do Ventria put United States in high risk to save children in Africa or Asia? Why don’t plant

The purpose of this paper is to recognize the definition and what a stakeholder is and what it does. I will also explain the two groups of the stakeholders and put the stakeholders in the group where they belong. I will explain what the stakeholders responsibilities are, what their ethical responsibilities to the company. Will explain what would be the appropriate response to the situation in the company. And finally explain what Joe should propose to the management team and how Joe should support his proposal.

Scott Deeter and Ventria faced many problems over the controversy over plant-made medicines. There are many regulations that control farmed pharmaceuticals. There is the FDA, GRAS, EPA, and the USDA that all have requirements that companies such as Ventria must abide by. In addition to the list of regulations that must be followed, companies must also indirectly make sure the local rice industry approved of the new techniques. People fear things that they don’t understand. They feared the crops would cross contaminate and pollute the state. They weren’t sure of all of the risks, involved in their industry. According to the text, in the early 2,000’s the FDA basically created standard that was directed toward pharmaceutical crops and food crops

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).

Stakeholders are people or groups with interest in an organization that can affect or be affected by the organization itself, its objectives, or its policies (BusinessDictionary, 2015). Each stakeholder brings their own perspective to the table based on their relationship with the organization (e.g. internal or external role), their level of experience, and their area of expertise about the subject matter they are involved with. At a high level, the list of stakeholders for any organization could include people or groups such as: customers, employees, government agencies, suppliers, unions, community resources, shareholders, and business owners. For the purpose of this assignment, I will discuss and review stakeholders relative to the

In Iran, GM products have a specific niche in the discussions within both the governmental circles and the average citizens. Even though the professionals appreciate GM food as a step of the agricultural process, which exceeds the efficiency of the selective breeding and mutation breeding (King& Stirling, 2003), average consumers doubt their healthiness (Cook, Kerr& Moor, 2002). On the one hand, in 2005, the government restrictions faceted on the production of GM food (Bakhtiari, 2014). However, despite such a policy, the GM crops still enter the Iranian market (Press TV, 2015). Additionally, except for the GM foods, which origins and distribution are the issue of the governmental concern, there is at least one transgenic crop, which is an