The first corporation i am examining is Sprouts Farmers Markets.Sprouts Farmers Markets is involved in organic food/farming. They are the parent company for many organic food stores‚ such as Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s. Sprouts has recently been in the news. At the Sprouts Farmers Markets headquarters there was a financial data leak that affected thousands of customers and employees. In summer‚ more people tend to look for fresh fruits and vegetables. Also people tend to want to eat healthier. We
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“Playing God in the Garden”‚ we are introduced to the New Leaf Superior‚ a genetically engineered potato. This is not the first of its kind‚ for it is only one of the many foods that are products of an emergent development here in the United States. Monsanto and other giant transnational companies are carrying out a dangerous global experiment by introducing large numbers of genetically engineered foods into our diet. Genetic manipulations can result in unanticipated harmful effects‚ and because genetically
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Loidice‚ B. (2010). 10 companies with social responsibility at the core. Retrieved October 28‚ 2012 from‚ http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/10-companies-social-responsibility-core/143323/ Monsanto - World ’s Most Unethical and Harmful Investment. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/terminator.shtml Wheelen‚ T. L.‚ & Hunger‚ J. D. (2010). Concepts in strategic management and business policy: Achieving sustainability (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson/Prentice
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Shareholder and Stakeholder Over the last decade‚ with the rapid development of business management‚ the Shareholders who are the effective owners of the company invest money into the business and want as much profit as possible as a return for their investment. Shareholders will engage manager to help them to run the business and make various decisions in different aspects in order to maximize potential wealth. There seems to be no doubt that a manager has a legal responsibility to shareholders
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Engineered Food- Is GE Food Safe?". 15 Nov. 2000 <http://www.globalissues.org/envissues/GEFod/IsGEFoodSafe.asp>. "Quotes from Scientists and on the Dangers of GE Food". Purefood. 15 Nov. 2000 <http://www.purefood.org/ge/sciquotes.htm>. Sale‚ Kirkpatrick. "Monsanto: Playing God." The Nation 8 Mar. 1999: 14-18. Shapiro‚ Robert B. "How Genetic Engineering Will Save Our Planet." The Futurist Apr. 1999: 28-29. "What is Genetic Engineering?". Safe-Food. 19 Nov. 2000 <http://www.safe-food.org/-issue/ge.html>. "What
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GMO Labeling Aaron Speary Baker College of Owosso Tuesday 6-10 A largely unknown controversy is taking place between a health conscious public and the food industry. Much of the food the American people eat is altered genetically. Genetically Modified Organisms or (GMO’s) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered by genetic engineering. These organisms include bacteria‚ yeast‚ plants‚ fish and many mammals. There is concern that certain forms of GMO’s could be hazardous to the
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References: Agent Orange: Background on Monsanto ’s Involvement. (n.d.). Retrieved July 18‚ 2014‚ from Monsanto: http://www.monsanto.com/newsviews/pages/agent-orange-background-monsanto-involvement.aspx Ferrell‚ O.‚ Fraedrich‚ J.‚ & Ferrell‚ L. (2013). Business Ethics Ethical Decision Making and Cases 9th edition. Mason‚ Ohio: South-Western.
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supermarkets‚ the research and development of these products should be extensive. On the contrary‚ there is a shortage of adequate research on the issue of genetically modified foods being safe for human consumption. In a court proceeding against Monsanto‚ the reason for a general lack of evidence is that they require agreements between the seed growers and the seed producers concerning certain stipulations against outside scientists doing the necessary research. These agreements allow the research
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genetically modified organisms. The dominating corporate in charge called Monsanto promised to create this ’miracle’ food that will feed countries around the world‚ last longer‚ and make our diets healthier. After finding out that these genetically modified foods can cause health problems and aren’t provided enough for the malnourished‚ third world countries‚ can we really say that the creation of GMOs are living up to what Monsanto is telling us? One of the main defenses for GMOs is to help out
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A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health Bs Biology 1-1 Dr. Arsenio Abstract We present for the first time a comparative analysis of blood and organ system data from trials with rats fed three main commercialized genetically modified (GM) maize (NK 603‚ MON 810‚ MON 863)‚ which are present in food and feed in the world. NK 603 has been modified to be tolerant to the broad spectrum herbicide Roundup and thus contains residues of this formulation. MON 810 and
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