There have been many criticisms and outrages about Wal-Mart and its growing presence, as many people who oppose the company believe it brings nothing but negative outcomes to communities and economies around the United States. This claim is not true as Wal-Mart may have some downfalls and unintended negative effects but overall proves to have a positive affect on the economy of the United States as a whole. Wal-Mart pays its employees comparable rates, gives them comparable benefits, has little to no effect on surrounding small businesses (often times even having positive effects), does not play a negative role in the unemployment problem in the U.S., and provides communities with employment, access to cheap goods, and provides low income consumers with the opportunity to increase their quality of life.
...t women across the world. Even though their are clear cases with sufficient evidence against them, Walmart seems to argue the same thing every time which is that the women who present the case against them have not enough in common. I believe that the argument is invalid because from what I have researched, every woman who went against Walmart all came together for rights that they deemed unfair and unethical. One of their own managers told a female employee that men are supposed to get paid more, that’s just how it is. That statement alone justifies the argument against them. The battle for female workers equality is ongoing and I believe that women will continue to fight until they get what they want. In conclusion, women deserve the same opportunities as men and shouldn’t have to take it to the Supreme Court to get something that that every person should have.
There has been much criticism from employees such as working conditions and low wages. In some cases workers were denied overtime pay despite working off the clock and also taking a rest or lunch break were not given. It has said that Walmart also discriminates towards woman and especially towards the elderly and disabled. Walmart has paid
There are three articles that will be referenced during this analysis. The first article is taken from the mainstream media publication USA Today. “Wal-Mart takes hits on worker treatment: Lawsuits, unions slam megaretailer”(Armour, 2003) argues that Wal-Mart is coming under attack from critics who argue workers are underpaid, women are discriminate against, and illegal tactics are being deployed to kill unionization efforts. Armour (2003) states, “company officials say they don’t know why the attacks are coming now, and they also say the allegations are unfounded.” The next statement made during the article states that Wal-Mart employees agree with the statement. The author continues reporting on the issues at stake, but focuses mostly on how unions may be less relevant in today’s world. The article makes mention of both sides of the argument, but the rhetoric and terminology used leans towards the portrayal of Wal-Mart as a victim of biased attacks to further union interests in the market.
Wal-Mart has been found guilty of discrimination against women employees, minorities, demeaning workers with disabilities and inequality based on sexual orientation. Wal-Mart was found guilty of gender bias in 2004. Customers have sued Wal-Mart claiming racial profiling as have a group of bla...
Wal-Mart, the world 's biggest retailer, is the biggest organization and private boss in the United States. Wal-Mart is reliably recorded among America 's most respected organizations by Fortune magazine. In the meantime, it is much of the time the objective of feedback and criticism for its work practices and its impact on the bigger economy and group. With having such a strict approach, Wal-Mart faces many claims every year from unscrupulous business rehearses. Wal-Mart 's appraising as an organization that customers trust and regard has relentlessly declined in the most recent couple of years. Their picture is declining because of negative press giving the observation that Wal-Mart is awful for the economy and is uncalled for to laborers.
HR: Employees receive multiple advantages by working for Wal-Mart. They have classroom courses, computer-based learning, mentor programs, skills assessments, and job announcements just to name a few . This would be awfully expensive, which is why competitors don’t offer the same training for their employees. They also keep employees motivated by allowing them a voice in their business operations and by hiring locally they provide job opportunities for the town they locate in. Also, it allows Wal-Mart to hire a diverse amount of employees which keeps each store they open unique.
Walmart is one of the largest retailers in the world and is the world’s largest public corporation (Fortune Global 500 list, 2014) that started in America and now runs a large amount of discount department and warehouse stores. Walmart has over 11,000 stores in 27 countries and has the biggest private employer in the world with over millions of employees and still remains as a family-owned business by the Walton family. Nine out of ten American shop at Walmart not only because of the low prices but because it meets their needs for conveniences of store locations, 24/7 working hours and a great variety of products and services. Walmart has been changing economies and lifestyles throughout the world but who can say if it’s good or bad? I personally believe that Walmart is a successful company that needs to change some things to be more beneficial to us, the people of America.
As I stated before, I would have to agree that Wal-mart has a much more destructive presence than what it does to help communities because the opinion of the Democratic Staff of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce makes more sense to what I have seen as a consumer and as a former employee of the company.
As a customer, if something ethically or socially wrong is done to you while shopping you would want justice right? Possibly file a lawsuit even? Well here at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. we understand that such cases will happen and to reduce chances of ethical situations occurring the company has mapped out the standards of ethical business conduct through which all employees and shareholders must be held accounted for. Wal-Mart serves a unique and diverse group of cultures throughout the world with the mindset to help them save money, while keeping to a code of integrity and serving the community. Wal-Mart provides its customers with great value prices while providing excellent customer service, based off of the founder, Sam Walton’s, ideals of leadership through service. He established the “Three Basic Beliefs” which relate to integrity and maintaining excellent ethical conduct that the company remains committed to upholding and they are as follows: (1) respect for the individual, (2) service to our customers, (3) strive for excellence. Each company has corporate social responsibility to the public and standards of ethical business conduct that must be provided to their employees and associates.
The largest and most successful company in the world is now being ridiculed for the way in which it has risen to the top. Wal-Mart is accused of setting a bad example for American companies by squeezing producers for low prices, outsourcing manufacturing jobs, discriminating in the workplace and for the inhumane treatment of employees. What these critics don’t understand is that there are positive aspects to what Wal-Mart is doing.
In 2013 Walmart saw revenues of $466.1 billion, surpassing the GDP of country Sweden. According to Business Insider, if Walmart were a country it would have the 26th largest economy in the world. Out of their 1.3 million employees located in the United States, 62% are women, more than 250,000 employees are African America, and over 160,000 are of Hispanic heritage. They have an extremely diverse staff that consists of veterans and the elderly, along with individuals with various cultural backgrounds. The immense size of Walmart comes along with a large target on its back. Corporations with such magnitude will inevitably have workplace matters that can potentially hurt the brand identity, along with this comes the consistent attention from the media. Walmart has always been a very interesting and controversial topic amongst the public. It seems as if every positive action they make is quickly snubbed by negative publicity due to issues within the workplace along with misconduct and unethical behavior in their factories. Similar to their employees, the identity of the consumer is quite diverse.
Question 1. According to the human resources philosophy, Wal-Mart would not seem to discriminate based on gender. However, it is possible that some of the stores could be run similar to Enron. Enron had a great ethical backbone but they clearly did not follow it. Wal-Mart stores could have a great philosophical mantra but never follow corporate policy. Unfortunately, unless you do an internal audit on all 4000 plus stores, you will not really know which store managers are leading according to corporate human resources policies.
Walmart exclusively? It is a product of the times we live in and neither helps nor hinders. It's merely a part of a system of retail service that does exist and would exist with or without Walmart. The strange focus on places like Walmart but not Target or Home Depot or JCPenny or Kohl's always flabbergasts me. Like, because Walmart is the biggest, it's the guiltiest or something. Which is dumb. Nobody fucks workers like "softlines" retail. Walmart doesn't even come close.
One of the major problems with the analysis of liberalism is that markets are not a natural phenomenon. Liberalism often thinks that the market can adjust itself. However, the evidences from many economics crises show that there are instances where the markets are unable to adjust itself. Furthermore, economic liberalism does not look at the political and social context which is needed if we are to understand how economic actors operate. Liberalism sees individuals as rational actors operating in a system free from political boundaries and social constraints. However, actors are not always rational. Actors are not equal thus they don’t have the equal opportunity to achieve their set goals. Liberalism also only the reflection of the values and ideas associated with the capitalists. Thus, the analysis rather static and the virtues of the status quo are assumed. Furthermore, the lack of government control does not make the market stronger and individual prosperity greater as expect. The uneven distribution of income would create tension between the classes. At the international level, the asymmetry in term of development between North and South shows that liberalism only serves the interests of the strong, particularly a few developed states. Thus, liberal trade policy can create tensions between states instead of bringing peace. Furthermore, free trade has left many industries in different states crumble such as textile and agriculture. Many started to subsidies those products to keep the industry alive.