Case
Study 1: Walmart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges
Due Week 3 and worth 200
points
Read “Case Study 3:
Walmart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges,” located on page 407 of
the textbook. Then, read the article titled, “The Good, the Bad, and Wal-Mart”,
located athttp://www.workplacefairness.org/reports/good-bad-wal-mart/wal-mart.php.
Write a four to six (4-6) page
paper in which you:
1.
Examine the manner in which
Walmart’s business philosophy has impacted its perception of being unethical
towards supply and employee stakeholders. Provide one (1) example of Walmart in
an unethical situation.
2.
Determine the major effects
that Walmart’s business philosophy has had on its human resource practices and
policies.
3.
Analyze two (2) of the legal
mandates that workers and U.S. government has accused Walmart of violating.
Provide an explanation as to why these legal mandates were violated, citing
specific violations.
4.
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.
5.
Recommend two (2) 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.
6.
Use at least three (3) quality
academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar
Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow
these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double spaced, using
Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations
and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
·
Include a cover page
containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are
not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning
outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Describe the business ethics
issues and definitions, theories, and frameworks important to organizational
ethical decision making and the role of a human resource professional.
·
Determine the role of
stakeholder interests, the interrelationship of ethics and social
responsibility, and the role of corporate governance in ethics.
·
Examine ethical issues and
dilemmas in business.
·
Write clearly and concisely
about issues in ethics and advocacy for HR professionals using correct grammar
and mechanics.
