July 2nd‚ 1962 Sam Walton opened the first Walmart in Rogers‚ Arkansas. Walmart is a name that is commonly known in every household across the United States of America. It’s right around the corner to nearly all Americans and a haven for bargain hunters‚ so people think. Walmart brings jobs and helps the economy when they move to the area. This is another misconception Walmart wants you to believe. Walmart actually is doing the exact opposite. Sure it creates jobs‚ poverty level paying jobs with
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While Wal-Mart has many positives‚ no one ever really notices the negatives. Wal-Mart is one of the largest retail stores in America. It provides great savings to its customers‚ and career opportunities for the economy. With that being said‚ how can you go wrong‚ right? Well while Wal-Mart provides discounts on already overly charged items and career opportunities‚ the guy with the neighborhood store loses and this causes him to have to lay off employees and eventually close the doors to his
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I feel that Walmart has a positive and negative impact at the community‚ in the US and globally. Regrettably the only positive is that they do offer products at a discount price which helps low income people in that community. However‚ on the negative side‚ most of Walmart employees are defined as low income families. The documentary showed that “the average pay at Walmart is a little over $13‚000 a year. The Federal poverty threshold for a family of four is $17‚000.” Poverty is defined as “the
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posted‚ usually with a man. On June 19‚ 2001‚ Dukes et al. filed a suit against Wal-Mart for discriminating against them as women and all female employees during the previous five years. The evidence that Wal-Mart as a company was guilty of sex discrimination was based largely on statistical analysis of personnel data. The following issues were highlighted; (i) The suit alleged that female employees in Wal-Mart stores were less likely than men to be promoted. (ii) When they were promoted advancements
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Cited: Andrew Beatie. “A History of US Monopolies.” Investopedia. November 21‚ 2010. http://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/08/hammer-antitrust.asp Lila Shapiro. “Walmart: Too Big To Sue.” The Huffington Post. June 20‚ 2011. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/walmart-too-big-to-sue_n_880930.html “History Timeline” Walmart Stores. http://walmartstores.com/aboutus/7603.aspx John D. Ramage‚ John C. Bean‚ and June Johnson. Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric With Readings. “Monopolistic Competition”
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1.2 Description of the case Wal-Mart: the Main Street Merchant of Doom‚ Carroll and Buchholtz stated that‚ since its beginning in 1962 by Sam Walton‚ with first small target of rural towns and less than ten thousand people. Wal-Mart goal was to provide loyal customer service‚ fast‚ friendly service and consistently low prices” (Carroll and Buchholtz). Wal-Mart targeted to expended their company into the large cities and become international stores spread throughout the world. Wal-Mart Stores had
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Annicka Johnsson SP09‚ Engelska C Argumentative essay "Make prejudice and discrimination a subject in school" Because of the immigration in the world and the great assimilation that are in progress prejudices and discrimination are more important than never before. People need to learn from young ages that it doesn’t matter where you come from or what color your skin is‚ the only thing that matters is your personality and how you respond to other people. Yesterday‚ in Stockholm‚
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Top Of The News Wal-Mart And Sex Discrimination By The Numbers Dan Ackman‚ 06.23.04‚ 9:40 AM ET NEW YORK - A federal judge in San Francisco yesterday granted class-action status to a sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores‚ the nation’s largest employer. The case‚ which now covers as many as 1.6 million current and former female Wal-Mart employees‚ can be decided en masse because it is based on a statistical analysis that shows Wal-Mart paid female workers less and gave them fewer
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Social Responsible Investment Why Norwegian Pension Fund divest Walmart The Norwegian Pension Fund divested its $416 million stock of Walmart‚ which is the largest supermarket chain in the world. The reason of divesting is that Walmart bear “unacceptable risk of contributing to serious or systematic human rights violations”. Is this move reasonable for the fund? Given that Walmart had a good return on investment and already emphasis the ethical responsibilities to its suppliers. Norwegian Pension
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Essay on Discrimination As you all probably know: discrimination is any situation in which a group or individual is treated differently based on something other than individual reason‚ usually their membership in a socially distinct group or category. These categories include ethnicity‚ sex‚ religion‚ age or disability. Discrimination can be thought of as favorable or unfavorable; however‚ today‚ “discrimination” is usually considered unfavorable. Racial discrimination‚ discrimination against
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