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A 4 page paper discussing a case in which the town of Petoskey, Michigan is contemplating allowing Wal-Mart to build on a parcel of farmland it owns and to operate in this small town of more resort residents than permanent ones. The recommendation – written from the perspective of a Wal-Mart district manager – is to continue according to Wal-Mart’s well-established pattern, at least in gaining legal permission to build and operate a store in the Petoskey area. Wal-Mart should aspire on a corporate level to a higher moral plane, however. Certainly the company benefits from having little or no competition in the local area, but only superficially and only for the relative short term. Whatever hurts the local economy ultimately will hurt Wal-Mart as well, and it should be striving to become a good corporate neighbor rather than behaving as the bully on the block. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSWalMethSmTown.rtf
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district manager and what would you do?" District manager of what? The assumption here is that it is a district manager of Wal-Mart. Introduction
Petoskey, Michigan is a small resort town with many more summer residents than year-round ones. Wal-Mart has petitioned to locate a new store there; residents are
divided on the issue and businesses wholly oppose it. Evidence from other areas suggests that Wal-Mart will harm the local economy within the next several years and beyond, rather
than positively contribute to it. Case Questions What groups will benefit from the expansion into Petoskey? Wal-Mart will benefit from expansion into Petoskey.
Summer visitors will as well, likely both property owners and renters. The town can expect its tax base and sales tax revenues to decline after Wal-Mart has been
in operation for three to five years, and to remain at the depressed level unless the town realizes growth from other sources. What groups will be harmed by the expansion
into Petoskey? Year-round residents, local schools and local government will be harmed by welcoming Wal-Mart into Petoskey. The origin of this harm
is not the presence or direct action of Wal-Mart, but rather its effect on the local economy combined with its pattern of predatory practices in the early months and years
of its presence in a new location where a Wal-Mart has not previously existed. What groups will be able to exercise all of their rights under the expansion?
Wal-Mart will be able to exercise all of its rights under the expansion, along with many that rightfully belong to the local community. Local
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