Assignment

 

  • rom Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases, read “Case 7: Walmart Juggles Risks and Rewards.”
  • Use  to locate at least three academic resources for this assignment.        
    • Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Instructions

Write a 46 page paper in which you:

  • Examine the manner in which Walmart’s business philosophy has  impacted its perception of being unethical toward supply and employee  stakeholders.        
    • Provide one example of Walmart in an ethical situation.
  • Determine the major effects that Walmart’s business philosophy has had on its human resource practices and policies.
  • Analyze two of the legal mandates that workers and the U.S. government have accused Walmart of violating.        
    • Provide an explanation as to why these legal mandates were violated, citing specific violations.
  • Evaluate the efficiency of the structure of the ethical  decision-making framework that Walmart has used in making its decisions.         
    • Provide a rationale for your response.
  • Recommend two actions that Walmart’s human resources department  should take in order to improve the employees’ perspectives of  Walmart’s human resources policies.        
    • Provide a rationale for your recommendations.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For  assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing  Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your  professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Propose organizational changes that would prevent violations of legal mandates and improve stakeholder perspectives.