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Dear CorpWatchers,

As a part of Participant Media's continuing educational action campaign
around corporate ethics and the movie "The Informant!,"
(http://www.takepart.com/theinformant) CorpWatch and Crocodyl.org bring
you this case study of the ADM price-fixing scandal, along with an exposé
on more recent controversies surrounding the agri-business giant's global
operations.

In 1996 Archer Daniels Midland was neck deep in one of the largest
corporate crimes in history. When Mark Whitacre, a rising star at the
agri-business giant, turned FBI whistle blower, he brought down top ADM
execs, but also exposed his own crime: skimming millions from his
employer. In their 2009 film "The Informant!" acclaimed director Steven
Soderbergh and actor Matt Damon have created a dark comedy of corporate
greed and personal foibles.

It carries audiences on a roller coaster-ride exploration of big money and
bad ethics at a major multinational corporation. This web site - brought
to you by CorpWatch and Crocodyl.org - fills in the real events and people
behind "The Informant!." By taking a ride through ADM's past and present,
you'll gain insights into the vast underbelly of shady practices that
corporations don't want you to see.

Dive into "The Story Behind The Informant!"
http://community.corpwatch.org/adm

In researching this project we got curious about ADM's corporate
accountability track record today. Charlie Cray of the Center for
Corporate Policy authored this Special to CorpWatch investigative feature:

ADM's New Frontiers: Palm Oil Deforestation and Child Labor
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15587

Be an agent. If you've seen the film you'll enjoy this narrative of ADM's
corporate shenanigans...and if you haven't you just might find yourself
reaching for that DVD and watching. During the '90s, ADM was corporate
welfare king and highly influential in its political patronage and
advertising. This topic gained increased currency with the recent U.S.
Supreme Court decision granting corporations "free speech" rights in
Citizens United v. FEC and the mid-term election cycle well underway.

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