The World According to Monsanto: Diversity Management Analysis Report

This report provides an analysis of diversity management practices within the context of the documentary film "The World According to Monsanto." The report summarizes the film's investigation into Monsanto's corporate practices, including the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and its impact on farmers and the agriculture industry globally. It explores issues of globalization, ethical concerns, and the company's interactions with governmental bodies, scientific data manipulation, and other extra-legal practices. The report reflects on the impact of these practices, particularly on farmers in developing countries, and discusses the role of educators in highlighting these issues. It also covers the movie's claims regarding the high suicide rates among farmers in developing countries, the unethical practices of the company, and the importance of ethical communication within the organization.

Running head: DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
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Name of the Student
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Introduction
The World According to Monsanto was released in the year 2008 and was directed by
Marie-Monique Robin. The film was primarily released in the French language and was entitled
Le monde selon Monsanto. The film is based on the investigation that was conducted over the
span of three years. The documentary tends to discuss the collusion of the Monsanto corporation
with the governmental bodies, the suppression, the tactics of pressure, the suppression, the
scientific data manipulation and the other extra-legal practices that are undertaken by the
company in order to attain the dominating position in the agriculture industry of the world. The
following essay presents a summary of the movie and then proceeds to discuss the issues of
globalization as well as the role of the educator.
Summary of The World According to Monsanto
The film in discussion, The World According to Monsanto was released in the year 2008
and was directed by Marie-Monique Robin. The film was primarily released in the French
language and was entitled Le monde selon Monsanto. The film is based on the investigation that
was conducted over the span of three years. The investigation was conducted on the corporate
practices that were practiced by the multinational company of the United States, Monsanto. The
movie is based on the book of the same name by Robin (Youtube.com., 2019).
The movie is based on the several controversies that exist in the usage and the promotion
of the Agent Orange, the seeds that are genetically modified, the polychlorinated biphenyls or the
PCBs and the bovine growth hormones. The movie discusses the cases that were undertaken in
the countries of Canada, France, India, Paraguay, Mexico, Scotland in the United Kingdom, and

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a number of countries in the United States (Youtube.com., 2019). The movie is a documentary
that tends to explore the issues that are faced by the clients of the company, Monsanto. The
documentary tends to discuss the collusion of the Monsanto corporation with the governmental
bodies, the suppression, the tactics of pressure, the suppression, the scientific data manipulation
and the other extra-legal practices that are undertaken by the company in order to attain the
dominating position in the agriculture industry of the world (Youtube.com., 2019).
The documentary tends to interview a number of people who have been involved in the
development of the company. The movie traces the journey of Robin to the various countries of
the world wherein the genetically modified organisms or the GMOs that are created by the
company of Monsanto are used by the farmers. The movie tends to shed light on the results of
the usage of the GMOs on the crops that are grown on a large scale by the farmers. The major
claims that are made by the movie in discussion state that the use of the genetically modified
seeds for the large-scale agricultural practices are one of the leading causes for the higher rates of
the suicide that is maintained by the farmers in the developing countries like India
(Youtube.com., 2019). The movie had received accolades for the well-researched nature of the
depiction of the information regarding the products that were marketed by the company. The
huge diversity within the testimonials that were provided within the documentary had made the
movie praiseworthy despite the claims of the critics that the movie was flawed from the stylistic
viewpoint.

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Figure: Snapshots from the movie.
Source: (Youtube.com., 2019)
Reflection on diversity (Globalization issues)

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The movie is known for its take on the globalization that was being faced by the
organization in discussion, Monsanto. The movie states that the company in discussion had been
promoting the use of the Agent Orange, the seeds that are genetically modified, the
polychlorinated biphenyls or the PCBs and the bovine growth hormones. These were known to
have developed greater issues for the people involved with the agriculture industry. The major
issue that is highlighted within the documentary discusses the issues that are presented in the
lives of the farmers who have been using the seed of the genetically modified crops tend to
create the crops that would help them to earn better revenue (Wrench, 2016). The documentary
tends to discuss the collusion of the Monsanto corporation with the governmental bodies, the
suppression, the tactics of pressure, the suppression, the scientific data manipulation and the
other extra-legal practices that are undertaken by the company in order to attain the dominating
position in the agriculture industry of the world. The major issues of globalization that has been
pointed out in the documentary state that the governmental bodies involved with the company
tended to stand for the company even when there were conditions wherein the people had been
poisoned and there had been no information release on the part of the company on the use of the
polychlorinated biphenyls or the PCBs (Trittin & Schoeneborn, 2017). The documentary further
highlighted the facts regarding the unethical conditions of bribing that were undertaken by the
concerned company. The documentary is known to have led to the revealing of a number of the
issues that were present in the operations of the company in discussion, Monsanto.
Reflection on role of educator
The movie is of high importance for the educators as it presents the various unethical
practices that are undertaken by the organization in discussion, Monsanto and helps in the
demonstration of the issues that might result due to the implementation of the unethical practices.

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The documentary would help the students to understand as well as help the educator, me in this
case, to provide real life documented facts of the issues. The various interviews that have been
documented within the movie would further help the students as well as the teachers to
understand the nuances of the communication as well as business operations (Knights &
Omanović, 2016). The major factors that have been highlighted in this movie in discussion, The
World According To Monsanto tend to deal with the ill-effects of the miscommunication or the
omission of the information that has been provided to the various governmental authorities and
the other stakeholders of the organization, especially the clientele of the organization (Mor
Barak, 2015).
The major claims that are made by the movie in discussion state that the use of the
genetically modified seeds for the large-scale agricultural practices are one of the leading causes
for the higher rates of the suicide that is maintained by the farmers in the developing countries
like India (Ashikali & Groeneveld, 2015). I, as an educator might use the screening of the movie
to highlight the issues that might be faced by the concerned organization in case of the
continuation of the unethical practices that are implemented within the organization. The movie
according to Riccucci (2018) further highlights the long-term effects of the use of the harmful
objects and ingredients in the industries that deal with the food and the agricultural departments
within a given country.
Conclusion
In lieu of the above discussion, it might be stated that the movie in discussion, The World
According to Monsanto is a movie that helps the students to understand the importance of the
ethical practices and the proper communication within the company. The movie is a
documentary that tends to explore the issues that are faced by the clients of the company,

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Monsanto like the collusion of the Monsanto corporation with the governmental bodies, the
suppression, the tactics of pressure, the suppression, the scientific data manipulation and the
other extra-legal practices that are undertaken by the company in order to attain the dominating
position in the agriculture industry of the world.

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