Homework: Wal-Mart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges
Read "Case Study: Wal-Mart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges," located on page 407 of the textbook. Then, research and read two or more articles related to Wal-Mart and ethics.
Write a four to six pages paper in which you:
A. 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 Wal-Mart in an unethical situation.
B. Determine the major effects that Walmart's business philosophy has had on its human resource practices and policies.
C. Analyze two of the legal mandates that workers and U.S. government has accused Wal-Mart of violating. Provide an explanation as to why these legal mandates were violated, citing specific violations.
D. Evaluate the efficiency of the structure of the ethical decision making framework that Wal-Mart has used in making its decisions. Provide a rationale for your response.
E. Recommend two actions that Wal-Mart's Human Resources Department should take in order to improve the employees' perspectives of Wal-Mart's human resources policies. Provide a rationale for your recommendations.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.