The Overall Impact Of Walmart 's Business Practices On Its Organization, Employees, And Consumers

Sam Walton exemplifies the American Dream. Throughout the life of Samuel Walton, Walton shared his passion for success and drive with his associates, and these passions enabled him to be one of the wealthiest men in the world . What set Sam Walton apart from the rest of the world

This case study involves America’s largest and most recognizable retail chains. Walmart steadily grew from its founding in 1962 as a small Arkansas based retail store into the multi-national giant that it is today. One of the issues that Walmart’s unprecedented growth has raised is how it can maintain the ethical standards and principles held by its founder, Sam Walton, when it has grown past its humble roots and continues to grow in an ever more competitive and hectic world. Some of the current ethical issues that Walmart is facing are the treatment of its employees, the methods it employs to obtain retail goods at low prices, the sustainability of its products, and the use of bribery to further corporate interests (Ferrell 407). Therefore, this paper will examine each of these ethical issues and the stakeholders that are involved in the issues to create a global picture of the totality of the ethical dilemmas currently facing Walmart.

Case Study 1: Walmart Stores in Canada Question 1: What were the rights of Walmart, the employer, during these two organizing drives? Walmart has the right to describe about the current benefits and job security they offer to their employees. They can also explain employees about how they are better than

people worldwide. Entering its 42nd year of operations, Wal-Mart continued to draw price-conscious shoppers with everyday low prices and convenient store hours; over 100 million customers visited Wal-Mart stores each week.1 Nonetheless, competition remained vigorous, with direct competitors Target and Costco fighting for market share in discount merchandise; Home Depot dominating in home-renovation materials; and a newer breed of specialty discounters, including Best Buy and Wal-Mart hoped that the superior tracking capability of RFID chips would reduce shrinkage and other forms of loss by up

Wal-Mart Organizational Behavior March 30, 2013 This paper will discuss the structure of Wal-Mart's corporate culture and how it influences their employees. In order to understand an Organization Behavior there are different elements that will create the employees perspective of the organization’s culture such as the management’s

The term “ethics” is defined as moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior. When speaking of business ethics, one is referring to the study, and examination of moral as well as social responsibility relating to business practices, also including its application to the four functions of management as well as the decision-making process in business (Batesman, pg.167). This internal factor can easily influence the how an organization goes about accomplishing the four functions of management. Wal-Mart, like most businesses believe they uphold ethical standards in their business practice. According to Wal-Mart’s statement of ethics, leading with integrity in a workplace is key to running a business (Wal-Mart Ethics pg.10). Leading with integrity, and expecting teammates to work with integrity is one of their main focuses- Wal-Mart’s original founder Sam Walton said,” that it has always been an ethically led company” (Wal-Mart Ethics pg.4). They follow their three basic beliefs: respect for individuals, service to the customers, and striving for excellence (Wal-Mart Ethics pg.5). Although organizations may have their code of ethics, they still come across the occasional ethical problem in the company. Wal-Mart for example, had an issue with an employee named, Chalace Epley Lowery. Lowery believed that another

Abstract The principal objective of this research paper is to demonstrate how several people have been impacted by the gigantic company Wal-Mart. This paper explores an argument in favor regarding how the company has been performing its business and how thousands of individuals have beneficiated from it. The factors will be explained in detail which will be leading us to the conclusion that Wal-Mart is creating a positive environment throughout and every angle of society.

Assignment 1– Organizational Culture at Wal-Mart Casandra Reynolds Dr. Tonya D. Moore HRM 534 Employee and Labor Relations July 25, 2013 Explain How Viable Employee Relations Practices Have Contributed to Wal-Mart’s Success as an Employer. Wal-Mart is one of the largest retailers and employers in the world. It currently has over 2 million employees (www.statisticbrain.com). This is mainly due to the tenets Sam Walton introduced to the company. Associates of Wal-Mart focus on respect for the customer as well as respect for the employee. There are three values that associates live by which retains employees and grows Wal-Mart’s business:

Wal-Mart Ethics and Compliance University of Phoenix August 24, 2009 Wal-Mart started as a single store in 1962 and since then has expanded to over 3,600 stores in the United States and operates in 15 international markets. This paper will discuss the role of ethics and compliance in the Wal-Mart organization as it relates to the financial environment. We will describe the procedures in place to ensure ethical behavior and identify the processes used to comply with SEC regulations. Using the annual report information for Wal-Mart we will evaluate the financial performance over the past two years and calculate financial ratios. Based on those financial ratios, we will discuss the trends evidenced and the organization’s financial health.

 Wal-Mart Case Study Management 5650 September, 15, 2013 Introduction From a gallon of milk to a complete home makeover, Wal-Mart is the kind of store consumers (to include myself) go to buy all their home goods. What we don’t see are the management aspect of the operations, the issues stores, management, and executives

Ethics Wal-Mart is a large retail corporation and ethics plays a huge role internally and externally with the four functions of management. When planning, the retailer must consider the employees, the store, and its customers. Planning is specifying the goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate actions needed to achieve those goals (Bateman & Snell, 2011, p. 15). Once the planning is in place, then management can begin organizing who will do what task to ethically reach the store’s goals. Ethics can affect organizing if the team does not have a strong ethical leader. Ethical leading is important to maintain a good workplace as well as a good place for customers to shop. Controlling is affected by ethics internally because the manager can oversee the job the employees are doing and be sure that they are working in an ethical manner. While

Final Project - Wal-Mart's Organizational Theory and Behavior Jean K. Martin AXIA College of University of Phoenix There are so many organizational behavior concepts to take into consideration for the success or failure of any organization, business or company. The way these concepts are handled by management and employees will either keep the business open or these same concepts could end up in closure of this same business or organization. Management and employees are the people who will make the "win or lose" situation occur. Communication, motivation, and power and politics are some of the concepts that will cause a business to succeed or fail. Businesses must be competitive to stay alive, or these same businesses will

Wal-Mart 1. What is the ethical dilemma facing Wal-Mart in this case ? Do Wal-Mart’s associates also face an ethical dilemma? If so, what is it ?

Running head: MARKETING AUDIT WALMART Marketing Audit: Wal-Mart Jodie Outlaw MKT/551 University of Phoenix Online Daniel Oakland November 18, 2006 Executive Summary Sam Walton 's first venture as a milk boy is when he understood the value of a dollar and the knowledge of how far a dollar could take one in life. From Sam 's first five and dime stores in the 1950 's to his opening of the first Wal-Mart in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962, no one could have predicted the enormous success of this small-town merchant. Today, fourteen years after his death, Wal-Mart continues to grow and leadership of this company continues to rely on many of the traditional goals and philosophies that Mr. Walton left behind. In keeping one step

Decades ago, the perception of ethics and values in business practice has Values Business values can be defined as beliefs of an organisation, they are “the context in which an organisation’s norms are established and justified” (Nieuwenhuizen & Oosthuizen, 2014, p.95) therefore compel one to think about issues such as honesty, loyalty, morality etc.