# It’s time to start paying whistle-blowers for tips - The Globe and Mail

> A Globe and Mail column argues whistle-blowers should be paid for tips, using the case of Mark Whitacre, an ADM executive who informed on the lysine and citric acid price-fixing cartel in the 1990s. ADM paid $100 million in fines and several executives went to jail. The piece notes Whitacre's continued standing as a hero despite his own theft.

- Date: 2018-03-28 · published 2018-03-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66330-it-s-time-to-start-paying-whistle-blowers-for-tips-the-globe-and-mail
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

The lysine price-fixing history is a reminder of concentration risk in feed amino acids, but the column itself is a policy opinion with no new price driver for feed markets.

## Read by commodity

- LYSINE: neutral

## Sources

- theglobeandmail.com: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/its-time-to-start-paying-whistle-blowers-for-tips/article38351618/

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