Monsanto Co. – An absence of business ethics

Monsanto Co. claims to be the world’s leader in innovative crop growing.This means that they use genetically engineered seeds to mass produce their crops. This isn’t unethical on any means. But when they have to compete with the “Organic” market (farms that don’t use chemicals or pesticides) Monsanto Co. gets scared. They are incredibly infamous for aimlessly suing smaller organic farms for no apparent reason other to cripple them financially with the legal costs that there lawsuit brought upon the smaller company. These lawsuits are a win-win situation for Monsanto Co.. Either they win the lawsuit, which is rare as their arguments are usually absurd, or they lose but in the meantime of the trial, they eliminate the smaller competition by bankrupting them. Monsanto Co. holds much of its crops in third world countries, where they can use harmful unregulated chemicals and pesticides that aren’t outlawed in these areas, but pose huge health risks. This isn’t illegal to do, although it is highly unethical and unfair to any smaller farms that cross Monsanto Co.. Apparently, Monsanto Co. is unaware of business ethics in general, but what they are doing, although cruel and a massive health risk, is perfectly legal.