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This 5 page paper takes a look at ethical issues that plague Wal Mart and what it has done to that end. This critical look sees Wal Mart as a firm that has yet to address the serious personnel issues that it has created. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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aliens or ignoring women as they tried to climb the proverbial corporate ladder. In some way, it is because of their displaced high and mighty attitude that the company has
been stagnating. This was not always the case. For a time, the company would see itself as golden. After all, it had been profiting at a very high rate over
the years. Still, it was only in recent times that the company would admit that it has a problem (Serwer, Bonamici & Hajim, 2005). Authors write: "It is starting to
do so now, but it has dug itself such a hole that so far it has not had much success. Wal-Mart has hired legions of publicists, lobbyists, and lawyers, and
its senior executives have taken to giving tub-thumping speeches in defense of its actions. But the companys stock price is stuck where it was six years ago" (Serwer, Bonamici &
Hajim, 2005, p.84). What did Wal Mart do wrong exactly? Again, the firm is ethically challenged. It has engaged in practices that are not becoming of a large multinational that
presents itself as a family oriented enterprise. Many scandals would plague Wal Mart and a bunch would center on workers. An article in the Economist states the following: "The biggest
of these is a class action seeking damages on behalf of 1.6m past and current female workers for alleged sexual discrimination in pay, promotion and training" ("The Everyday Price Cutter,"
2004). Part of the problem is that Wal Mart does not pay its workers fairly. Serwer, Bonamici & Hajim (2005) write: "There is something coldly reductionist, though, about Wal-Marts paying
its workers so little that the only store where they can afford to shop is Wal-Mart" (p.84). Other complaints center around its health insurance policies that is cost prohibitive for
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