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This 6-page paper focuses on how Wal-Mart is using technology for ethical behavior. Also discussed are globalization issues impacting Wal-Mart and other companies. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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But if they do it wrong, it seems as though the whole world is on hand to pass judgment. Such a company
that has been through the PR wringer is Wal-Mart. The discounter of consumer products has taken its lumps in the press. But its also done some decent things as well.
In this paper, well examine the tie-in between Wal-Mart, technology and ethics, and also examine some global situations as well. Wal-Mart, Technology
and Ethics Though when it comes to Wal-Mart and ethics, the news is generally not so good (everything from lousy pay to
no benefits to restricting women and people of color from promotions has been in the news with this company), there are some initiatives Wal-Mart has taken to meld technology and
ethics. In an attempt to overcome the weakness of the health care systems technological backwardness, Wal-Mart partnered with other major employers to
form the non-profit organization Dossia (Technology Harnessed to Improve the System, 2009). Dossia, which also includes PB, Pitney Bowes, Applied Materials, and Cardinal Health, provides a system of electronic personalized
health records (Technology Harnessed to Improve the System, 2009). The purpose behind Dossia is to bring a record-keeping system in health care some dub as early 20th century into the
21st century (Technology Harnessed to Improve the System, 2009). But Dossia has won praise from consumer groups, health care professionals and the Department of Health and Human Services (Technology Harnessed
to Improve the System, 2009). In addition, Wal-Mart in 2007 partnered with the University of Arkansas and Blue Cross/Blue Shield to
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