Monsanto-shareowners Harrington Investments have filed a resolution for Monsanto`s next AGM to set up an independent ethics oversight committee after a settlement with the US Department of Justice in January 2005 over violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). A senior Monsanto manager authorized a $50,000 bribe to get a senior Indonesian Ministry of Environment official to repeal an environmental impact assessment decree for genetically engineered crops - in vain. From 1997 to 2002, Indonesian Monsanto affiliates made at least $700,000 of illicit payments to at least 140 current and former Indonesian government officials and their family members.</p><p><a href="http://www.csrwire.com/sfarticle.cgi?id=1789">Shareowner Resolution Asks Monsanto to Create Ethics Oversight Committee</a>