ipl-logo

The Informant Conspiracy

525 Words3 Pages

The ‘Informant” is a comedy crime film that depicts the involvement of Mark Whitacre a vice president of at the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) as a whistleblower in the scandal of Lysine price fixing. ADM is among the fortune 500 companies and its line of work is to produce lysine an addictive used in commercial livestock. The other products produced by the company include, ethanol, sweeteners and some other crops. Mr. Archer is driven by hunger for power and his actions make him earn a nine-year sentence to prison. To be able to handle our questions on the consequences faced By Archer and the top managers at the ADM Company we must have full understanding of what transpires before in the movie and what eventually lead to the consequences that …show more content…

Archer decides to confess to the FBI about the illegal dealings that is involved in the company by the top officials. With the support of his, Archer aggress to let the cat out of the bag in the name that he is trying to clear his conscious. So what does Archer do? He decides one night to confess to an FBI agent Brian Shepard that the company’s to officials him included were routinely meeting with competitors to fix the price of lysine. This in itself is a legal offence as it is considered a conspiracy aimed at exploiting the consumer. Price of commodities should be determined by the interplay between the forces of demand and supply and if this does not work the government may intervene and fix prices of commodities. Due to the confession that Archer makes he is made an informant by the FBI and is given the task of leaking the proceedings of the meetings of the company’s top official and the competitors. He helps the FBI gather the required evidence by recording and taking videos of the meetings. Back in his mind Archer was thinking of becoming the CEO of the company after all the top management were to be found guilty and imprisoned. After the FBI had gathered enough information they saw it wise to now strike and pin down the

Show More
Related

  • The Inaccuracies Of The Conspirator

    1015 Words  | 5 Pages

    The Conspirator is a movie directed by Robert Redford that brought a tragic error in the American legal system to light, the trial of Mary Elizabeth Surratt. Surratt was put on trial for her alleged accessory to John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. This movie follows the court proceedings; however, as with most Hollywood productions, The Conspirator is only to some extent historically accurate. The significant parts of the movie, such as, the main people and overall story ring true to history. Redford just made some minor tweaks.

    Read More

  • The Case Of Dustin Moir

    784 Words  | 4 Pages

    Dudley’s statements contained inconsistencies. Further, it led to the belief that Dudley was simply trying to exonerate himself as a witness when giving his statement against Moir. In addition to Dudley, another key witness Mr. Gordon’s statements also had inconsistencies. Gordon claimed that he had given a shovel to Moir prior to Acorn’s death. This may lead the jury to believe that Moir’s involvement in Acorn’s murder was planned and deliberate (para. 27).

    Read More

  • Covert Action Case Study

    490 Words  | 2 Pages

    Part two, Covert Action, of Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq, by Stephen Kinzer, presents situations in Iran, Chile, South Vietnam, and Guatemala where covert actions were used to abolish governments that the United States claimed had communist influence and intentions. These threats were misguided, but the excuse was used to justify the actions to the public. The true intention of these interventions was to protect American businesses in foreign countries. These interferences are still causing problems for all countries involved.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Muuckraker Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

    834 Words  | 4 Pages

    Fortunately, this revolutionary novel was a catalyst to the creation of various laws and agencies established to protect the safety of American consumers. The book was an eye-opening slap in the face to consumers who, unknowingly, were constantly being put in danger by the food they ate every night. The Jungle also revealed the horrors of working in these unsanitary meat plants. Fortunately, The Jungle has caused food safety to become a much more relevant and serious topic today, keeping consumers and workers safe from the dangers experienced inside the meat-packing factories of the

    Read More

  • The Jungle Upton Sinclair Language Analysis

    705 Words  | 3 Pages

    Throughout the novel, the audience learns how often socially unjust acts are committed in this industry. For instance, the government inspector who checks slaughtered pigs for signs of tuberculosis often does not check several carcasses. These are extremely disturbing facts that the public is just now hearing of. The novel also shows how the lack of sanitation in factories lead to diseases in the product as well as its workers. These truly shows how corrupt the factory owners are.

    Read More

  • Summary Of Found By Margaret Peterson Haddix

    553 Words  | 3 Pages

    They discover the phone number of Mr. James Reardon. They dial the number and find out he works for the FBI.

    Read More

  • The High Cost Of Snitching Analysis

    108 Words  | 1 Pages

    Do you think that snitching is a bad or good thing? Some people might think that it could be dangerous. Well here is a little about snitching, and then you can make up your mind. Not everyone agrees about the definition on snitching. Bill Maxwell wrote "Start Snitching", in which he talks about how crime is targeting one group.

    Read More

  • Conspiracy Of Elisa Lam

    945 Words  | 4 Pages

    In the United States alone there are over 200,000 unsolved missing persons and murder cases(Ashlee). On February 19, 2013 that number got a little higher. Elisa Lam was a 21-year-old Canadian student whose mysterious disappearance at the notorious Cecil hotel caught widespread media's attention. The exact circumstances leading to her death are still unknown to this day, but since footage of Elisa Lam acting peculiar in an elevator has gone viral many theories have begun circling the internet.

    Read More

  • Robber Barons Dbq

    711 Words  | 3 Pages

    A prime example of corrupt businessmen is seen through a popular political cartoon. This cartoon, document 5, portrays the Standard Oil Company as a manipulative octopus that controls the government and the economy. With the rise of powerful businesses in the late 19th century, the artist behind this cartoon hoped to expose the corrupt foundation of these million dollar companies. The big businessmen are clearly portrayed as

    Read More

  • Db Cooper Conspiracy Theory

    889 Words  | 4 Pages

    So what might have happened the day D.B. Cooper stepped out of that plane? Mysteries are hard to conclude, as there are many different conspiracy theories supporting what might have happened. D.B. Cooper is known for hijacking and using false identities. Cooper is also known to be really mischievous and to stay hidden easily. Unfortunately, investigators have insufficient evidence to demonstrate how this all went downhill.

    Read More

  • Did The Progressive Era Change American Life?

    1006 Words  | 5 Pages

    In Sinclair’s novel, he graphically described injuries obtained in the industries, such as severed fingers which spread diseases and blood poisoning. Besides just injuries, Sinclair also provided many details on the diseased meat, dead rats in the meat, and rat poison that got into the meat processors (“Meat Inspection Act,” 2015). He also detailed how the meat packing industry was corrupt, exploitative, and oppressive to go alongside the dangers that faced both the consumers and workers (Cherny, “The Jungle and the Progressive Era). From his work, the Meat Inspection Act (MIA) was created to provide safer food for citizens, and it established sanitary standards for both slaughterhouses and meat processing plants. The MIA was designed to go hand in hand with the Pure Food and Drug Act, which was created at the same time as the Meat Inspection Act in 1906.

    Read More

  • Training Day Movie Analysis

    743 Words  | 3 Pages

    Lastly, the criminal justice process or the legal consequences that the criminals face are right but not necessarily fair because occasionally the process supports corruption. In other words, the criminals and drugs dealers in the movie do not face the right legal consequences because the criminal justice process including the judges is corrupt. His life experiences with drug dealers, the drugs, and crime in the streets and the corrupt legal system contribute to Harris’

    Read More

  • Ethical Issues In The Movie Erin Brockovich

    735 Words  | 3 Pages

    The ethical dilemma that was illustrated in this film was bribery. This issue was also viewed very negatively, and as if the bribery offer was too small to even be taken seriously. There were two good examples of PG&E’s attempt to bribe the members of the Hinkley community to drop the charges against them, and even before that to accept that their health issues were not at all related to PG&E. The first example of bribery was shown when a PG&E

    Read More

  • Dishonesty And Corruption In Red Harvest By Dashiell Hammett

    1033 Words  | 5 Pages

    In the novel Red Harvest, Dashiell Hammett depicts a town poisoned by crooked individuals, those of power and crime alike. The line between bent rules and crime becomes blurry as violence caused by corruption and abuse of power unfolds. The unnamed narrator, Continental op uncovers the private and unethical matters of the successful businessman, Elihu Wilsson, Chief of Police Noonan, and thug, Max (Whisper) Thaler. The tendency of these social leaders to act for their own interest through dishonesty and corruption, leads to not only the corruption of seemingly just institutions but also a series of violent crimes in Personville.

    Read More

  • Manet's Olympi The Figuration Of Scandal Analysis

    1324 Words  | 6 Pages

    Manet debuted, arguably one of his most famous paintings, Olympia at the 1865 Paris Salon. Since its debut, Olympia has been the source of much debate and controversy. The public saw this piece as obscene—a flagrant disrespect to established moral traditions. However, current discussions focus less on the “lewd” nature of this painting and more on the theoretical perspectives explaining why the public viewed Olympia as scandalous. In “Manet’s Olympia: The Figuration of Scandal,” author Charles Bernheimer argues for a Freudian perspective in which sex is the most important factor influencing public opinion.

    Read More

More about The Informant Conspiracy

Open Document