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This 3-page paper discusses Wal-Mart's corporate culture and organization. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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company was one of exploitation. A culture in which, on the one hand, illegal workers are hired on a regular basis while U.S. citizens are forced to not report overtime
hours and, on the other hand, a culture that is hugely discriminatory toward women and minorities when it comes to management positions. As with any Fortune 500 multinational corporation, the
truth is somewhat less spectacular, but more positive. After all, how can anyone point to a negative and exploitive culture when attending a pre-opening "team meeting" at the local Walmart
store, during which the store manager leads his/her troops in a resounding cheer about customer service and cooperation? Moreton (2007) and others point
to the idea that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., invented in the image of founder Sam Walton, tends to embrace a culture of Christian service; in other words, Walmart stores arent all
that dissimilar to Christian ethics that can be found in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas. This is an area that espouses the so-called "Christian" values of family and community, as
well as the stereotypical gender roles of men as breadwinners and women as family caretakers (Renick, 2009). Interestingly enough, the issues that Wal-Mart is currently promoting (such as diversity, associate
development within stores and home office support) were in direct contrast to Waltons philosophy (Mathis, 2007). Renick points out that two authors chronicling Wal-Marts background noted that much of the
companys management, in the early days, was culled from students "at small, denominationally linked schools in Arkansas, Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma" (p. 30). Wal-Mart, he adds, wouldnt hire Wharton or
Harvard business grads even into the 1990s, because of the lack of any kind of "servant leadership" methodologies taught by these two well-regarded business schools (Renick, 2009). But under the
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