Another problem is that there is no growth in your field if you work at Wal-Mart. It does not have a union, meaning its workers are not protected and don’t receive benefits. According to “What’s Good for Wal-Mart” by John Miller Wal-Mart on average pays its employees 12.4% less than other grocery stores and retail stores. Being the second largest job supplier in America I believe it should pay its employees more money. Wal-Mart is also starting eliminating the small
When they do have inspectors come in, they tell the people who work there to lie. If they lie then they are rewarded, but if they tell the truth they are either terminated from their position or, in some cases, punished. Along with the terrible work conditions in the factories outside of the United States, the employees who work within the U.S. are treated terribly. From the amount they are paid to the discrimination to the lies that they tell. “In 2001, the average pay of a Wal-Mart worker was $8.23 per hour, more than two dollars less per hour than the average supermarket employee wage of $10.35 per hour.
Specific difference in German consumer behavior and culture in comparison with the US consumers. 2. Inefficient top management which ignored the relevance of local culture. For the first factor: ignoring the local culture, local buying habits and hiring an American boss on Germans operations were the biggest mistake of Wal-Mart. In America the stores open approximately 24/24 per week they spend (Americans) a lot of time on shopping instead Germans stores close by 5 PM on weekdays and no shopping on Sundays.
They have shown this by closing a few stores in a higher-crime-rate area because they were losing money, by only offering a very limited amount of health-conscience and organic products because they are high margin items and by declining to donate to the local food bank because of worries over lost revenues. Company Q is not displaying an obligation to its stakeholders; particularly the customers, community and employees by not maximizing a positive impact through ethical and philanthropic actions. In order for Company Q is improve their reputation they need to take on a socioeconomic approach to social responsibility. This approach focuses not only on profits but on the benefit of the business to society. Company Q can improve their social responsibility in three areas; customer satisfaction, community outreach and employee trust.
The parents Rex and Rose Mary both are unemployed most of the book and can’t provide for their children. In the book, Rex spends the money that he could be using to support his family on alcohol. Also Rose Mary proclaims many of times that he is done being a parent and wants people to take care of her from now on. This shows that Rose Mary is giving up on the children and wants the children to take of her instead. In this case, If parent licenses were implemented by now, Rose Mary would not pass because she shows lack of commitment throughout the book.
Starbucks Behind the Veil In 2008 there were reports that Starbucks was wasting millions of water in the United Kingdom each day. This was due to the companies’ policy of keeping faucet taps running non-stop at thousands of stores around the world. The Sun estimated that Starbucks wasted 6.2 million gallons of water daily and the staff was instructed not to turn off the water in order to keep germs from breeding inside the taps. In my opinion that does not make any sense. I could see I there were scientific facts or data that would confirm that statement to be true and that by running the water it prevented germs but nothing has been issued to the media outlets such as the TV news stations with this type of comment to my knowledge.
Pollution is unrestricted. The government does not address countless other environmental problems in their country. Usually, creating and enforcing environmental regulations would be economically disastrous for a poor country. The poor people in these Third World Countries are forced to choose between buying food for their family to eat or living in a clean, healthy environment. Since they are poor, they have to choose food for their family to eat.
For the average American, Wal-Mart is a convenient place to shop for a variety of different products, from electronics to sporting goods, at consistently unbeatable, low prices. But as Wal-Mart becomes an increasingly ubiquitous part of American society, controversy has grown about the implications these low prices have on small communities, and the U.S. economy at large. In Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices, film maker Robert Greenwald examines multiple examples of negative impacts Wal-Mart has had on communities and individuals. Greenwald interviews former and current employees, and others impacted by Wal-Mart as the basis for the research, video and audio of the film, and organizes the film to cover a variety of different topics, from abuses of worker's rights, to detrimental effects on small business. The film utilizes first hand accounts of individuals directly or indirectly impacted by Wal-Mart, as well as statistics from various government agencies, University studies, and news reports as the basis for its research.
The book Fast Food Nation would open the eyes of most Americans to behind the scene of fast food. The type of workers they employ, and how the government is connected to the industry. The workers of the fast-food industry are treated with bad ethics. The fast-food industry likes to hire young, poor, and handicap people. They hire teenagers because they live at home and do not have any expenses, therefore, they work for less money.
Chris invests all their money into medical scanners that he inturn will sell to doctors and hospitals. The scanners don’t sell well because they are very expensive and many doctors don’t want to buy them. Chris and his wife linda (Thandie Newton) work pay check to pay check and still are not able to pay the rent. Linda is forced to work two shifts at her job and they are still behind. Linda is not able to cope with this life style and leaves Chris and her five year old son Christopher (Jaden Christopher Syre Smith).