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? Wal-Mart is trying to implement the Kronos system which will automate a process that usually requires personal judgment. The Kronos system will create work schedules that are favorable to the company’s profit margin. Wal-Mart will be responsible for the potential conflicts the new system may cause its employees. Wal-Mart employees will face an ethical dilemma too under
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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? Wal-Mart is trying to implement the Kronos system which will automate a process that usually requires personal judgment. The Kronos system will create work schedules that are favorable to the company’s profit margin. Wal-Mart will be responsible for the potential conflicts the new system may cause its employees. Wal-Mart employees will face an ethical dilemma too under
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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? Wal-Mart is trying to implement the Kronos system which will automate a process that usually requires personal judgment. The Kronos system will create work schedules that are favorable to the company’s profit margin. Wal-Mart will be responsible for the potential conflicts the new system may cause its employees. Wal-Mart employees will face an ethical dilemma too under
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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? Wal-Mart faces the ethical dilemma of Quality of Life. While there are many components discussed in the book that comprise quality of life, the one component most subject to violation by Wal-Mart would be Maintaining Boundaries. The flexible schedule system being implemented by Wal-Mart does have business value, but at what cost? Wal-Mart rationalizes the system
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* F l e x i b l e Schedul ing at Wal-Mart Good or for employees bad? * 2. About WAL-MART * 3. MILLION DOMESTIC WORKERS * 4. $379 $476 BILLION SALES REVENUE IN 2008 +25% BILLION SALES REVENUE IN 2014 *United States Securities and Exchange Commission; March 21, 2014 * 5. MAKES it the TOP RETAILER in USA * 6. HOW? * 7. S A V E L I V E BETTER MONEY * 8. low Operational Cost low Prices Just-in-Time Inventory * 9. The Case * 10. M A N U A L work scheduling is
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Friday 3 June) it will be marked before the end of the semester. Read the case study about Wal-Mart on the following page (taken from Laudon & Laudon, p.433) and answer these questions: 1. What is the ethical dilemma facing Wal-Mart in this case? 2. Do Wal-Mart’s associates also face an ethical dilemma? If so, what is it? 3. Refer to slides 13 and 14 of Lecture 10. Which of these ethical principles applies in this case? Explain how they apply. 4. Visit websites www.ufcw.org/makingchange
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ETHICAL ISSUES INVOLVING WAL-MART STAKEHOLDERS Employee Stakeholders DISCRIMINATION The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed fifteen lawsuits against Wal-Mart since 1994. Of these, ten are still pending, and five have been resolved. FEMALE EMPLOYEES Although women account for more than 67 percent of all Wal-Mart employees, women make up less than 10 percent of top-store managers. Wal-Mart insists that it adequately trains and promotes women, but in 2001 a Wal-Mart
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With nearly 1.4 million workers domestically, Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the United States, Wal-Mart is also the nation’s number one retailer in terms of sales, registering nearly $379 billion in sales revenue for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2008. Wal-Mart achieved its lofty status through a combination of low prices and low operational costs, enabled by superb continuous inventory replenishment system. Now Wal-Mart is trying to lower costs further by changing its
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Wal-Mart and the Ethical Dilemma Presented to: Dr. Robert D. Gulbro In completion of MGT 5013 Organizational Behavior Florida Institute of Technology By: Felix Knight Wal-Mart was started by Sam Walton in 1962; the first store was in Rogers Arkansas. By the beginning of the 1970’s, Wal-Mart had grown to 1,500 employees and 44.2 million dollars in sales. The company also went public in 1970. The company’s growth continued throughout the decade, with
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however, whether these self-imposed ethical protocols are anything more than publicity gold, with no legal efficacy.”(Revak, 2012, p.1645). With companies adopt corporate codes of conduct; they require their employees and suppliers to follow these codes and the standards that are set in the company guidelines. In order to succeed the company needs to analyze the ethical challenges that companies face to determine what changes need to be made in order to prevent ethical issues in the future. Briefly
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