Argument Against Wal-Mart

In 1962, Wal-Mart opened their first store in Rogers, Arkansas. In 1970, Wal-Mart's first distribution center and home office in Bentonville, Ark. open and Wal-Mart went public on the New York Stock Exchange. Just nine years from that, Wal-Mart's annual sales exceeded one billion dollars. In 1988, Wal-Mart super centers opened across the country. In a merely three years from that, Wal-Mart opened their own store in Mexico City, Mexico; making Wal-Mart an international corporation. Not even sixty years has past, and yet, Wal-Mart is over-powering our country.

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Wal-Mart founded in 1962 by Sam Walton is now the largest American retail corporation. With thousands of chains of stores and warehouses Wal-Mart monopolized the American retail industry. In addition, Wal-Mart is the second largest retail corporation in the world employing of two million employees world-wide. As one of the most valuable corporations in the world Wal-Mart continues to improve their sales annually while offering some of the lowest prices available. Wal-Mart’s famous low price guarantee, come at a high expense of the environment, the small businesses, education, the rights and safety of the consumer, but most importantly their employees. Although Wal-Mart has plays a dominate role in American economy, this “American”

Is Wal-mart the ideal store to shop it? Austrian economic and business professional Karen De Coster and banker Brad Edmonds believe that Wal-mart improves the lives of people in rural areas because it gives them access to a lifestyle that they would not have if Wal-mart did not exist.

Wal-Mart, a "Big-Box Retailer" employs more than 2.1 million associates worldwide and has two-thousand seven-hundred stores in the United States with many more in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Central America, Chile, China, Germany, Japan, Korea, India, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom, making Wal-Mart the largest retailer in the world. "Wal-Mart accounts for upward of 30 percent of U.S. sales, and plans to more than double its sales within the next five years" (Lynn 29-36). Why is Wal-Mart so successful, and is Wal-Mart actually bad for America?

Wal-Mart is one of the largest corporations today in America. It has been changing the lifestyles and economies of both America and China. However, is it good for the economy? You can share either opinion in this matter depending on what your views are on it. I personally believe that it is pulling our economy down with its cheap prices, and at the same time strengthening the economy of a communist country that could be a future threat to this nation; China.

I spoke with the complainant who stated she went into Walmart to get a few items. She stated upon her return, she noticed someone hit her mother Yukon truck. Officers spoke with her mother via telephone who wished to have a white 309 form. Officers issued the complainant a white form. No further actions were

Yes, major corporations like Wal-Mart are responsible for the working poor in this country. These companies make millions of dollars and and yet some of the companies only pay their associates a little above minimum wage. In The United States people are deprived at the bottom of the income ladder of medical care, food, affordable housing and transportation. Raising the minimum wage could help people stay above poverty level. I believe that poverty is a political, economical and morale issue because of the wage structures because of big companies and the government is not doing enough to force these companies to pay the workers higher wages. Because of the rising prices of economical needs in America and not enough income to provide for the

There is also another key player in Wal-Mart's welfare abuse and that key player is the American government. "The government is the helping hand that allows Wal-Mart workers to make ends meet despite the bad cards dealt to them by the market and Walmart's stingy wage policy." Wal-Mart is engaging in perfectly legal behavior by keeping wages and benefits to a minimum and using the entitlement system to subsidize the employees. This may be taking advantage of the American taxpayer, but Wal-Mart is functioning within the law. Long ago when the system was created, policy makers failed to imagine large corporations performing this unethical behavior. It is time to rewrite the loopholes in the laws, since this is corruption and needs to stop. It is only ethically right to change this, as one of the world’s largest corporations is stealing taxpayer dollars to subsidize their employee’s benefits and pay.

“Up Against Wal-Mart” by Karen Olsson, a senior editor at Texas Monthly and who’s article appeared in Mother Jones, introduces her article through the perspective of a Wal-Mart worker. She focuses on the negatives of Wal-Mart by telling the real life struggles of different Wal-Mart employees. “Progressive Wal-Mart. Really.” by Sebastian Mallaby, a columnist for the Washington Post, focuses his article on what Wal-Mart critics say and attempts to defend Wal-Mart by comparing Wal-Mart to other retailers. Even though Karen Olsson and Sebastian Mallaby both examine the negative effects of Wal-Mart, Olsson berates Wal-Mart’s unfair treatment towards employees and the unlivable wages that the world’s largest retailer provides while Mallaby

The bargaining power was defiantly lopsided but it does not mean that what Walmart did was wrong. If Walmart would had complied with the price change that Rubbermaid has requested, then Walmart would have had to increase the price of Rubbermaid items. According to the video the price for the resin had gone up drastically, meaning that, to make up the difference Walmart would had to increase its prices. Lets say, that they decide not to make a large increase one the price to the merchandise (Rubbermaid), they would have had to make it up by increasing prices in other merchandise or services. Walmart would have not been considered the cheapest because if they were to except the higher cost from Rubbermaid they might have had their other suppliers

Jeffrey Seglin, a business ethics columnist for the New York Times, participated in an event sponsored by Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. He described two Wal-Marts one as evil and one as good. The evil company is very, very big and does everything to grow bigger. They use illegal immigrants to mop floors and are accused of locking employees inside overnight. They practice gender discrimination, pay low wages and deteriorate suppliers and competition. The bad one "is the enemy of all that’s good and right in our nation" (Seglin, 2004).

“According to the Times, Wal-Mart received hundreds of internal reports of bribery and fraud every year. In Asia alone, there had been 90 reports of bribery in the previous 18 months.” (The World). The worst part is that even though the problems are apparent, they still are not being solved. These factories must be improved because they are very inhumane and unfair in their current state. Employees are treated as slaves just so that the Walton family can make more money. We need change for all of the workers and former workers. All in all, Walmart is very corrupt by the way they treat their

Wal-mart, as one of the world’s largest corporation has attracted many consumers. Why is Wal-mart so popular? By the time Wal-mart succeeds, it has disclosed various of controversial topics. Nowadays, Wal-mart becomes the monopolist in the market, because they provide the grocery prices as low as possible. As we all known that consumers like low prices product, especially, for the poors, because it reduces the costs of their daily necessities and food. To tell the truth, Wal-mart provides cheap products for the consumers, but behind its background, they are facing many criticism. The article of “Walmart: Everyday Low Prices- At What Cost?” by Peter Singer and Jim Mason, reveals the actual background of Wal-Mart, which mostly are the criticisms. Since many criticisms have pointed to Walmart, its popularity does not decline. The authors’ arguments mainly focus on its low prices and the products of wal-mart, and the salaries of employees.

New York Times reporter David Barstow uncovered a shocking story against retail giant, Wal-Mart. His investigation started after Wal-Mart shut down its internal investigation over the possible bribery of Mexican officials. Wal-Mart used these bribes to accelerate growth in their Mexican zoning areas. These allegations surfaced when a Hispanic lawyer contacted Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville Arkansas. This lawyer had inside information on Wal-Mart’s bribes, as he represented them in their acts. He was used as a middle man for Wal-Mart’s payoffs to these officials.