Ethical Issues In The Informant

TASK:
i. Summary ii. Main Characters iii. Settings iv. Awareness of Centre Point

 Summary

The Informant is an American biographical-comedy-crime film directed by Steven Soderbergh release on the 18th of September. The film was written by Scott Z. Burns a highly accredited American screenwriter, producer, and director. This star-studded film hosts the likes of Matt Damon as the titular informant named Mark Whitacre, Ginger Whitacre, Robert Herndon as well as Brian Shepard. Characters whom altogether play a role in the overall discovery of Whitacre's involvement as a whistle blower in the lysine price-fixing conspiracy of the mid-1990s. A world’s first as described in the book The Informant, written in the 2000s by journalist Kurt Eichenwald.

Corporate governance essentially involves balancing the interests of a company's many stakeholders, such as shareholders, management, customers, suppliers, financiers, government and the community
In “The Informant” this is not taken into consideration as the main focus of all those who were convicted in the lysine price fixing scandal was to acquire as much profit for the respect corporations involved even if it came at the expense of public consumers who purchased goods which were tied to the company ADM an its affiliation.
An example of this is where Whitacre explains to Agent Brian Shepard that there was a meeting at the “Corner Fires Association” in Florida after business hours with ADM competitors to discuss the increase of soda pops by 5c per litre.
This goes to show that the companies involved wanted to acquire as much money from consumers without proper reasoning and without taking into consideration consumer interests but rather stakeholders only.
Tactics to evade authorities and any other federal interferences where taken into consideration in attempts to exonerate any of the members involved in these meetings. Thus, proving that ADM and its affiliates intentions were in fact premeditated and self-serving.

 Social