Examples Of Ethos By Robert Greenwald

This article is written using an enlightened self-interest approach. The author describes Wal-Mart behaving in a way that increases its own benefits, with the outcome of their actions being the most important consideration. An example of this is the author’s notion that Wal-Mart’s low prices are due to “the exploitation of its workers” (McLachlan, 2009, pg. 289), “systematic use of ‘maquiladoras’ in conditions of extreme exploitation” (McLachlan, 2009, pg. 289), and Wal-Mart’s threat to move production to China to obtain lower prices. In this article, the author implies that Wal-Mart’s actions demonstrate that they are not concerned with finding the most ethical behaviour; they are merely interested in the action(s) that most closely achieve their goal to remain the “biggest chain of direct sales to the consumer in North America”. (McLachlan, 2009, pg. 289)

When Walton learned in the 1970s that some of his workers were talking about unionization, he did not try to address their concerns. Instead, Ortega notes, he brought in a union-busting consultant named John E. Tate, who devised the policy of uncompromising resistance that would characterize Wal-Mart’s labor relations posture for decades to follow. That applied not only at the company’s stores, but also at its large network of distribution centers. For more than two decades, the giant retailer has been at the center of controversies over its low wages, overtime pay abuses, meager employee benefits, gender discrimination, negative impact on small business, immense dealings with China, tax avoidance and much more. Walmart's division of labor was not only boring, but the employees was not getting treated fairly. The employees was quitting, and filing law suits against Walmart.

Karen Olsen pulls at our heartstrings using the specific people, places and things that we can possibly relate to in a pathos/ethos type method of description. She pours out examples of infringement, dollar signs, inequality and discrimination. Using names and painting a picture of a subject to explain how [Wal-mart] broke the law using intimidation, denying benefits and firing those that support the union. Sebastian Mallaby rebuttals by using facts and reasoning in a logos/ethos way. Examples include but not limited to; “Wal-mart has a war room to defend its image! Well, yeah, it’s up against a hostile campaign featuring billboards, newspaper ads, and a critical documentary movie.” Mallaby goes on to discuss different ways that many of

These essays that talk about Wal-Mart and how the company is ran are, “The Case for Wal-Mart”, and also “Down and Out in Discount America”, both of these essays have their own points of view on how Wal-Mart operates as a company and how it treats the employees and customers. One essay feels that Wal-Mart is a good thing for the economy while the other feels that it is a bad thing.

Wal-Mart’s management behaves immorally towards its employees. They do not value their employees’ needs, rights, or the labor laws that the US put into place to protect them. Wal-Mart’s low price on everyday household products is what sets them apart from other discount retailers. Their employees help make it possible for them to dominate their competitors in the

In her U.S. Catholic article, “Is Wal-Mart number one? Maybe when it comes to mistreating its workers” Caitlyn Schmidt discusses how Wal-Mart continues to manipulate its workers everyday. Wal-Mart neglects to compensate hundreds of thousands of their workers with health care benefits. The CEO of Wal-Mart, Michael Duke, earns $35 million a year while the standard worker makes $8.81 per hour. With this being said, Duke gains more money an hour than any worker brings in a year. Each year Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. faces thousands of lawsuits from prohibiting workers to unionize. Having already acquired a poor stature, nobody can oppose how abhorrent Wal-Mart respects their workers. In other words, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. brings in millions of

Since its establishment in 1962, Wal-Mart has grown to be one of the biggest conglomerates in the world. Inevitably, with the expansion of the company, the weight and number of social and ethical issues facing the company has increased.

America, land of the free and birthplace to the largest discount retailer in the world. After its start up in 1962, Wal-Mart Supercenter has since become a household name in the United States and many other countries across the world (Frank, 1). The corporation’s biggest appeal is its low prices and large number of products compared to those of competing stores, such as Target and Fred Meyers. Due to this fame, the Walmart name tends to be surrounded by a lot of press coverage and controversy. This fact seems to be no different for magazines like, The Economist, which recently published an article examining the company 's decision to raise wages and how it will affect the rest of society, as well as what it means for the future of Walmart. While the conclusion of the article is legitimate, the author 's lack of reliable sources, confusing subject changing and missing information, diminish its value as a reputable source of information.

Examine the manner in which Walmart’s business philosophy has impacted its perception of being unethical towards supply and employee stakeholders. Provide one example of Walmart in an unethical situation. Wal-Mart stores, Inc. is the world’s largest retail enterprise. It is also the world’s largest employer. Mr. Walton the founder of Walmart always believed that customer service and low pricing where the main ingredients for a successful company. Mr. Walton had a 10 foot rule from the beginning which meant that if his employees where within

As the largest retailer in United State’s history, Wal-Mart attracts both praise and criticism. According to the company website, Wal-Mart sells more than $400 billion worth of goods a year and employees more than 2.2 million people. Wal-Mart is famous for its low prices, which have attracted criticism for being predatory and therefore pushing out competing businesses. Because Wal-Mart is extremely large, it has become a price setter for both sellers and competition. Furthermore, to maintain Wal-Mart’s prices, workers are paid low wages and, as some would argue, are exploited.

Wal-Mart, one of the largest retailers in the world, is accused of misconduct in order to provide such low prices to their customers. Wal-Mart typically saves the average family more than 2,000 dollars per year (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2013). Wal-Mart states that they are working to provide their customers with the best possible price and goods as well as promoting a positive business culture for each 0f their employees. However, the company’s actions show otherwise. There are accusations of sweatshop-type working conditions, racial and gender discrimination, along with unethical leadership. For example, in years past research has shown that nearly half of all employees and their children are either on Medicaid or uninsured. Many believe

Owing their financial success to a huge volume of low-cost products, Walmart is the largest retailer in the whole world. Perhaps it is Walmart’s immense success that makes it such a controversial company. While it is reported to be a key player in combatting poverty in America, Walmart’s existence in a given community can also be threatening to smaller businesses. Additionally, there is some debate regarding whether Walmart’s treatment of its employees – internationally as well as in the United States – is ethical. This paper will analyze whether Walmart is good for Americans as a whole, or if its existence benefits only an elite few. Does the presence of Walmart present a net cost or net benefit to society?

In Robert Greenwald’s 2005 film, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price, he along with other political activist opposes the rhetoric of Walmart’s CEO, Lee Scott, to the experiences of current Walmart employees, both in the United States and internationally; small town business owners, shoppers, and community activists. The film opens up previewing an audience of Walmart employees at a convention cheering on Lee Scott as he proudly states “It would be a pleasure for anybody to be the CEO of this company. . . . You get to say we had record sales, we had record earnings, we had record reinvestment back in our company” (Greenwald, 2005, 0:50). The statement gave the impression that he was going to praise the work of employees for their contribution

When it comes to the success of business, the way a company treats its customers is vital to its success. For the people who believe shopping at Wal-Mart is ethically sound they feel the retailer takes care of their customers better than anyone and always has their best interest in mind. In today’s busy world, people value their time and money more than anything else, Wal-Mart understands this and provides a place that allows customers to do one-stop shopping at the lowest prices, because of this, shoppers find shopping at the store to be ethically sound. However, this is not always the case. In the video, a former Store Manager talks about the unethical tactics that the store uses to take advantage of uninformed buyers through Opening Point

When one considers Wal-Mart, their initial thoughts are usually not very distasteful, and convenience is quick to come to mind. Convenience should be considered a four-letter word for most corporations since the cost of convenience is so much that it does not take a world-class poker player to know the odds of coming out ahead are zilch. In order to make convenience a profitable business, Wal-Mart has to hide the shortcuts behind the façade of convenience. Once we get passed the faced that allows reduced prices, a one stop shop, and price matching, we get to Wal-Mart 's massive file of wrong doings. Wal-Mart imposes severe conditions and bully tactics upon its employees and even its outsourced providers. Throughout the research of this paper it has become obvious that the benefits and money in the pockets of shareholders greatly outweigh the costs of proper security policy guidelines, cost of proper benefits, and the cost of the lives of the Wal-Mart blue vest wearing employees versus corporate Wal-Mart. If Wal-Mart wanted to show appreciation for their customers, then they would re-invest in their employees and the establishment of providing proper safety measures, as well as health insurance that is stable. Instead, Wal-Mart offers laughable settlements to workers in a foreign country that were crushed in a building while showing loyalty to providing their products to their bargain shoppers, or forced customers due to destruction of local competition through price