Monsanto Attempts to Balance Stakeholder Interest

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Monsanto 1 Monsanto Attempts to Balance Stakeholder Interest Case Study #1 Misael Eduardo Aguirre Rodríguez Monsanto 2 1. - Does Monsanto maintain an ethical culture that can effectively respond to various stakeholders? Monsanto clearly does not have an ethical culture that convinces or satisfy all its stakeholders. Throughout the case study it is marked that Monsanto has a huge amount of critics that accuse Monsanto not only to have done unethical practices in the past, such as; anticompetitive behavior, bribery, harassing farmers that have violated the Monsanto patents (so much so the investigators of Monsanto have been compared with the German Gestapo or the Italian Mafia) and the awareness of the Monsanto leaders of decades of environmental pollution caused by its toxic waste, but also Monsanto has been accused of destroying the biodiversity, threatening the health of the population by selling seeds that many studies have proved been harmful to plants and animal as well. The world critics are watching Monsanto, the governments are examining Monsanto practices and there has not passed enough time to ensure that Monsanto products do not produce any negative effects in the human life and environment. The stockholders cannot be so sure of the future of its stocks. Once before the price of the stock fallen 50 % caused by the bad company reputation. 2. -Compare the benefits of growing GM seeds for crops with the potential negative consequences of using them. It is a very sensitive topic that deserves a deep analysis and comparison made by professionals in the matter. According to the case, even though, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) has declared that the Genetically Modified (GM) food is safe to consume and studies made by the New York Medical College have stated that Monsanto products, such as Roundup, are not risky for the human

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