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Case questions:

1. What are some major points discussed in the case?
2. Does Monsanto maintain an ethical culture that effectively responds to various stakeholders?
3. How should Monsanto manage the potential harm to plant and animal life from using products such as Roundup?
4. Using the “Four Lenses” to ethical decision making, how do you think Monsanto should handle this ethical dilemma?

Monsanto Attempts to Balance Stakeholder Interests Monsanto is a company that has been around since 1901. They have renovated their company several times throughout the last century to fulfill a need in society. They have been suppliers for items such as artificial sweeter, saccharine, which was sold to Coca-Cola, vanilla flavoring, petroleum, fibers, packaging roundup herbicide, Agent Orange, and biotechnology for genetic manipulation of organisms in seeds This company has seen touch times with ethics, environmentally, socially and business 1. Does Monsanto maintain an ethical culture that can effectively respond to various stakeholders? Monsanto has let down their shareholders many times ethically. It started out in the 1970s when they produced Agent Orange (Ferrell, Fraedrich, Ferrell, 2013). Agent Orange was just their first of many unethical circumstances. Monsanto does not maintain an ethical culture that can effectively respond to various stakeholders because to build a strong business you have.to maintain your sense of respect toward the government and the environment. An example of this is when the FDA had to get involved due to whether.or.not the seeds that Monsanto was being produced were safe for the environment. 2. Compare the benefits of growing GM seeds for crops with the potential negative consequences of using them. The benefits of growing GM seeds for crops is that when you genetically modify plant seeds you can put herbicides and pesticides in the seeds to prevent bugs from eating them and weeds overtaking them and therefore killing the crop. This allows farmers to grow crops more successfully and therefore the farmers are more profitable. The negative consequences of using GM seeds that are genetically modified with herbicides and pesticides is the uncertainty of health consequences of humans consuming the food grown by these seeds. No studies have been tested and it could be several years before the results are known 3. How should Monsanto manage the potential harm to plant and animal life from using products such as roundup? To manage the potential harm to plant and animal life from using products such as roundup, the government has required farms using Monsanto's GM products to create "refuges". Twenty percent of their fields will be planted with non-genetically modified crops so that bugs from both genetically and non- genetically crops will mate therefore reducing the chance of building up a tolerance to roundup Monsanto is the largest agricultural company that specializes in both conventional and genetically modified organism (GMO) seeds and other products. Overall Monsanto has tried to maintain a good ethical culture to their different stakeholders. Because even with all the issues the organization faced, the company has taken the blame and fixed it the best way possible. For example, when word got out about Monsanto dumping toxic waste into a creek they took all the blame and agreed that it wasn't right. Despite all the ethical issues, Monsanto has publicly made a commitment to provide full fledged support to famers through delivering technologies that will amplify the production of crops while conserving resources. They are also improving the livelihood of farmers and the people who depend on them. Monsanto's goals are attainable through an intricate combination of biotechnology, advanced plant breeding, and improved farmer management practices. The agricultural giant also fulfills obligations to their shareholders by maximizing their profit through the development of more productive and safer seeds Monsanto can do just that (Gini & Marcoux 2009) On its website, Monsanto positions itself as a relatively new agricultural company that aims to help farmers produce healthier food by increasing productivity, repressing weeds and combating insects while ensuring that environmental standards are not only met but exceeded and while protecting the safety of people and communities. Its leading product is Roundup', world's best selling agriculture herbicide for the last thirty years. Monsanto is also the world leader in biotechnology. There are a lot of benefits of using GMO seeds such as bigger crops and fewer worries. Among these, the biggest benefit is bigger crops because of the growing population. Every year the world population grows and grows Bigger crops will help with this growing. Farmers will also have feer worries about bugs, weeds, and drought harming their crops (Ferrell et al 2010) Despite, the multiple advantages of GMOs, it is imperative to note that 90 percent of GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) crops grown on the planet belonged to Monsanto. In the light of current crises, the agricultural company is regarded as the most ethically controversial corporation Additionally, Monsanto filed lawsuits against many farmers in Canada and U.S.A. on the grounds of patent infringement. Farmers claim Monsanto's monopoly controls the seed market and they are forced to buy its seeds. Moreover, GMO seeds are.seen as eliminating the existence of organic seeds with growing emergence of drastic results of GMO contamination Monsanto has been found guilty twice of false advertising in Europe for labeling its herbicide Roundup as 'biodegradable whereas it has extensively campaigned against labeling of its GMO products as 'genetically modified'. In Monsanto, studies on safety of GMOs have been constructed on the 'Principle of Substantial Equivalence' and in some cases, results provide only "some reassurance" that GMO product is very similar to the organic one. Farming communities have long protested that the primary purpose of invention of GMO crops has been to sell pest and weed control chemicals and not to solve food

Answer 1

Answer 1:- Monsanto is a company that has been around since 1901. They have renovated their company several times throughout the last century to fulfill a need in society. They have been suppliers for items such as artificial sweeter, saccharine, which was sold to Coca-Cola, vanilla flavoring, petroleum, fibers, packaging roundup herbicide, Agent Orange, and biotechnology for genetic manipulation of organisms in seeds. This company has seen touch times with ethics, environmentally, socially and business

Answer 2:- Monsanto has let down their shareholders many times ethically. It started out in the 1970’s when they produced Agent Orange (Ferrell, Fraedrich, Ferrell, 2013). Agent Orange was just their first of many unethical circumstances. Monsanto does not maintain an ethical culture that can effectively respond to various stakeholders because to build a strong business you have to maintain your sense of respect toward the government and the environment. An example of this is when the FDA had to get involved due to whether or not the seeds that Monsanto was being produced were safe for the environment

Answer 3:- To manage the potential harm to plant and animal life from using products such as roundup, the government has required farms using Monsanto’s GM products to create “refuges”. Twenty percent of their fields will be planted with non-genetically modified crops so that bugs from both genetically and non-genetically crops will mate therefore reducing the chance of building up a tolerance to roundup

Answer 4:-

Monsanto is the largest agricultural company that specializes in both conventional and genetically modified organism (GMO) seeds and other products. Overall Monsanto has tried to maintain a good ethical culture to their different stakeholders. Because even with all the issues the organization faced, the company has taken the blame and fixed it the best way possible. For example, when word got out about Monsanto dumping toxic waste into a creek they took all the blame and agreed that it wasn’t right.

Despite all the ethical issues, Monsanto has publicly made a commitment to provide full fledged support to famers through delivering technologies that will amplify the production of crops while conserving resources. They are also improving the livelihood of farmers and the people who depend on them. Monsanto’s goals are attainable through an intricate combination of biotechnology, advanced plant breeding, and improved farmer management practices. The agricultural giant also fulfills obligations to their shareholders by maximizing their profit through the development of more productive and safer seeds Monsanto can do just that (Gini & Marcoux 2009).

On its website, Monsanto positions itself as a relatively new agricultural company that aims to help farmers produce healthier food by increasing productivity, repressing weeds and combating insects while ensuring that environmental standards are not only met but exceeded, and while protecting the safety of people and communities. Its leading product is ‘Roundup’, world’s best selling agriculture herbicide for the last thirty years. Monsanto is also the world leader in biotechnology. There are a lot of benefits of using GMO seeds such as bigger crops and fewer worries. Among these, the biggest benefit is bigger crops because of the growing population. Every year the world population grows and grows. Bigger crops will help with this growing. Farmers will also have fewer worries about bugs, weeds, and drought harming their crops (Ferrell et al., 2010).

Despite, the multiple advantages of GMOs, it is imperative to note that 90 percent of GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) crops grown on the planet belonged to Monsanto. In the light of current crises, the agricultural company is regarded as the most ethically controversial corporation.

Additionally, Monsanto filed lawsuits against many farmers in Canada and U.S.A. on the grounds of patent infringement. Farmers claim Monsanto’s monopoly controls the seed market and they are forced to buy its seeds. Moreover, GMO seeds are seen as eliminating the existence of organic seeds with growing emergence of drastic results of GMO contamination.

Monsanto has been found guilty twice of false advertising in Europe for labeling its herbicide Roundup as ‘biodegradable’ whereas it has extensively campaigned against labeling of its GMO products as ‘genetically modified’. In Monsanto, studies on safety of GMOs have been constructed on the ‘Principle of Substantial Equivalence’ and in some cases, results provide only “some reassurance” that GMO product is very similar to the organic one. Farming communities have long protested that the primary purpose of invention of GMO crops has been to sell pest and weed control chemicals and not to solve food...