Case Study 1 1. Does Mansato maintain an ethical culture that can effectively respond to various stakeholders? Mansato Company understands the importance of maintaining corporate responsibility. First‚ they have developed a three tiered commitment policy directed at sustainable agriculture. Second‚ the company illustrates social responsibility in that it has created the Mansato Fund‚ which contributes millions of dollars to food security projects. Additionally‚ the Mansato Company supports
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Genetic engineering (GE) is a recently developed technology that allows the alteration of the genetic make up of living organisms. This technology allows scientists not only to exchange genes from members of the same species‚ which is what farmers and nature has been doing through out history‚ but also the exchange of genes between completely separate species. For example genetic engendering allows scientists to insert the genes from a fish into a tomato‚ something that can never happen in nature
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since at least the 4th century CE and has some use in herbal medicine. Contents • 1 Ecology • 2 Culture • 3 Harvesting • 4 Worldwide production • 5 Alfalfa and bees • 6 Varieties o 6.1 Genetically modified alfalfa 6.1.1 Legal issues with Roundup Ready alfalfa in the US • 7 History • 8 Phytoestrogens in alfalfa • 9 Medical uses • 10 Vitamin D • 11 Gallery • 12 References • 13
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of genetic modification that causes the greatest ire amongst consumers and activists‚ however‚ is when genes from two totally unrelated organisms are combined. For example‚ “Roundup Ready” soybean crops have been genetically engineered to carry a gene from a bacteria that is resistant to Roundup‚ a weed killer. When Roundup is sprayed on these crops‚ every plant in the vicinity dies except the soybeans. Sounds frightening and unnatural‚ but consider the positive effects genetically modified crops
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Imagine a nation in which a single company is attempting to provide for the manufacture and distribution of all food. A nation in which food is being genetically-altered by a company; not to mention is also responsible for the creation of now two illegal products which were being sprayed on our food. Now‚ take a step into reality‚ open your mind and realize that this so called company is called Monsanto and this nation is called the United States of America. Monsanto is crippling the natural process
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federal roundup of wild horses in Nevada was scheduled to resume Thursday and to continue through this weekend despite nearly two dozen animal deaths since it began. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) says three of the deaths were due to injury and 18 due to severe dehydration following a drought. Horse activist Laura Leigh‚ whose lawsuit put a temporary halt to the roundup July 14‚ blames the deaths on the BLM‚ which she says allowed the horses to become dehydrated and held the roundup during
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Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)‚ an organism who’s DNA has been altered in such a way that it would be more beneficial‚ has garnered great debate as to whether or not it is harmful or if it will be the crop of the future. Many scientists believe that GMOs have the possibility to end world hunger as well as produce a higher density of crops which would result in less deforestation. This could lead to lower cost for‚ not only farmers‚ but the consumers as well. Secondly‚ the enhancing of certain
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Case 1: “Monsanto Attempts to Balance Stakeholder Interests” Dr. Obradovich Monsanto is one of the world’s largest industrial agriculture businesses‚ especially focusing on genetically modified products. The company specializes in biotechnology‚ modifying crops and genetic manipulation of organisms. These modifications help farmers by using less land and creating more crops‚ which equals more profits. Genertitically modified (GM) food also helps create solutions to world hunger
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Monsanto C. Smith Every night many Americans sit at the dinner table with their families‚ ready to dig in to their home cooked dinner. Their dinners consist of what they think is farm fresh vegetables‚ and meet that is healthy for them. Little do they know that the farm fresh foods have been genetically altered. According to Ronnie Cummins‚ The National Director of the Organic Consumers Union‚ Genetically modified food is a food product or crop that foreign proteins have been gene-spliced (Anonymous
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(Farrell 1) Soybeans are one of the largest GMO crops being produced. With the modification of the soybean by Monsanto‚ it is now possible for the crop to survive when herbicides are sprayed over it. The herbicide that the soybeans are resistant to is Roundup‚ so farmers do not have to worry about their soybeans dying to the herbicide. I believe that the negative effects of modified soybeans so not outweigh the benefits because genetically modified soybeans so not increase the production but increase the
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