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Karen Olsson believes that Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer company, under pays their employees for the amount of work they do daily. They do not offer good working conditions for their employees or enough medical benefits to support themselves and their families. Sebastian Mallaby says that Wal-Mart is not wrong for the way that they run their business; he feels as though Wal-Mart does their consumers a favor by keeping the wages low and offering “low prices” (620). It’s just business! They have to do what it takes to remain the world’s top retailer and continue to, “enrich shareholders, and put rivals out of business” (620). Karen Olsson and Sebastian Mallaby both address the topic of big

Ethics are of a special importance to practicing professionals. Professions such as lawyers, teachers, doctors and engineers have a bigger responsibility as to making sure there jobs are done right and ethically. Though in order to achieve this goal individuals must understand what ethics really means. Ethics is basically the rules of conduct which is recognized in respect to a particular group, culture, or class of human actions. The decision to behave ethically is a moral one.

Wal-Mart, the multi-billion company and the second largest employer in the world, is the most controversial corporation in the world. Wal-Mart is a global powerhouse and affects many people around the world. Wal-Mart is constantly getting attacked from unions, human rights groups, small towns and small businesses. Wal-Mart is accused of treating their workers poorly and driving small businesses out of business. But however these accusations are false or over exaggerated. Wal-Mart offers families and low income people quality products. Also, they pay their workers competitive wages and treat them with respect. Wal-Mart opens their stores in rural and under developed areas. Wal-Mart improves the lives of the people who live rural area and

Sammy’s experience gave me a personal insight to an experience I once had while being employed at Kroger. The location of the Kroger I was working at was just about to have a grand opening. We had all gathered to the front of the store to have a store meeting to prepare for the opening. Our manager at the time was speaking to us and just telling us about how he was expecting everyone to be on his or her tasks. He wanted to make sure that no one had any questions or concerns of their jobs.

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”

As stated on the corporate website (2017), “Walmart is the largest retailer in the world, where 2.3 million associates meet the needs of more than 260 million customers every week.” These numbers are huge, and with so many locations around the globe, they have had allegations been made by employees regarding their dissatisfaction about poor work conditions, gender discrimination, low wages, poor benefits, and inadequate health care. Walmart has been criticized for its policies against labor unions and this issue has prompted public outrage, (Johansson, 2005) which is of great concern for the market. The company has also faced criticism for being anti-union, but it has claimed that it is rather pro-associate, whereby employees

closing the stores they could have done community outreach or service projects to help lower the rate of crime. They could have led the establishment of a neighborhood crime watch. They could have set up a mentorship program for teens at risk. There are a multitude of programs they could have implemented, some could probably have been used as a tax write off. If all of these efforts failed then I understand closing the stores. If they had to close the stores they should have made every effort to be sure that the displaced employees were able to find a job in another store or assisted them in being placed in another job. They also need to make every attempt to keep the building they were using occupied or cleaned up until it is occupied. How do these actions contribute to being socially responsible? It shows they care about their community, that even though they may have to shut down a store, they still

By implementing a curbside pick-up and delivery program, Publix will be able to create an advantage over its competitors by offering its customers affordable merchandise in a convenient and efficient way. Publix will benefit by attracting new customers and retaining existing customers who for physical, time sensitive, or other reasons cannot make it into the store to do their grocery shopping. Although Publix could potentially miss out on revenue made by customers making impulse purchases based on eye grabbing displays in the aisles or at the register , they will surely make extra based on the ease of clicking and selecting items. By clicking items to add them to their “shopping cart” customers may lose themselves in the ease of amassing groceries and end up spending more than they would have had they been inside the store.

It is not unheard of to see workers protesting against the executives of their company; whether it is for better working conditions, a higher salary, or new policies that they don’t agree with. In fact, throughout American history, specifically with beginning with the Industrial Revolution, employees have protested for their rights to be acknowledged and for their voices to be heard. However, the Market Basket protest that took place during the summer of 2014 is an exception to this norm. Not unlike traditional protests, Market Basket employees left the New England grocery stores vacant with only a few essential employees remained to keep the stores opened for their beloved customers. What sets the Market Basket protest apart from previous

I have learnt two things from being a delivery driver. One is that if you work hard, people will notice and two is that if the job is done right the first time you wont have to correct it later. Although I believe that working “stupid jobs” are important the author, Hal Niedzviecki, of the short story Stupid Jobs Are Good To Relax With has a different opinion of work ethic then I. Niedzviecki promotes doing the minimum since they are getting paid the minimum since they are being paid bare minimum anyways. He even suggested to his newspaper deliver co-worker that “we skip a drop-off or two, claiming that no one would notice and even if they did, we could deny it and no one would care.” (Niedzviecki, 8) Where

From the beginning, Wal-Mart intended to combine, mix, and meld perceptions of the family with perceptions of the store. The roles of women in Wal-Mart production and consumption became a key facet of this conglomeration of household and workspace. Indeed, employment at Wal-Mart appealed to the “white, native-born mothers” of the Ozarks. Healthcare coverage and benefits might be negligible, but the trade-off for women was palpable. By working for the chain, women could stay at home, work reasonable hours, and secure their family’s income beyond the finances of a sole breadwinner. This dedication to the benefits of working at Wal-Mart allowed women—and by extension, Wal-Mart—the unique opportunity to “integrate work and family” (a core tenet of Wal-Mart’s new model for business). Simply put, Wal-Mart began a process of “adapting…domestic labor to the retail store” in order to capitalize on the economical, often overlooked benefits of a female labor force content to engage in decent work with a “savage time deficit” in order to effectively and continually care for their families. Accustomed to long hours working on the

“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

Working in the business of ice cream would come across as exciting. However, you should never judge a job by the joy it brings the customers. So there I was, “Small Oreo Blizzard! Small Oreo Blizzard!” Tipping the red, yellow, and blue cup at a one hundred and eighty degree angle, while tipping the ice cream downwards over the counter. Customers gasping, thinking that the thick white ice cream would be slipping right out of the cold cup and onto the blue countertop. The ice cream appears to be firmly inside of the cup, not moving an inch. At Dairy Queen, the workers have many different work ethics. Some take their job seriously and have pride in their work. While others stand around and are only there there to get their paycheck at the end

Wal-Mart’s sheer size gives it unrestrained economic power which allows it to drive down costs in the retail and manufacturing sectors and to enact its own standards with regards to its work force.

Act with courtesy, dignity and respect towards everyone you encounter in the course of your employment at 7-Eleven.