Walmart's Unethical Employment Practices

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Noora Al-salmi
Dr. Sadler
MBA-692-01
30 March 2017
Walmart Employment Practices
Walmart is very successful business that sells products for consumers at low prices. It has more than 2000 stores in 14 countries. However, many individuals and labor unions criticized WM because of its employment practices. The unethical employment practice at WM includes gender discrimination, inhumane practices, and undocumented workers. The WM management style can be described as an old-fashioned style that can be seen in its store policies. Many policies involve discrimination to employees especially women. Women workers at WM are not allowed to be in the top management. Moreover, The WM have a very strict employee to employee relationship. Besides that, WM …show more content…

Other inhuman practice of the company is putting their factory workers under harsh conditions and hazardous chemicals. WM also force the employees to work after hours many times as punishment only if the management think that they haven't finished their jobs yet or they haven't been effective all day. Walmart claimed that they are efficient and ethical corporation which respects their employees' rights. WM's infamous employment practices is one of the main issues with the WM corporation. wage law and work hours' violations, inappropriate health care, and the corporation being foe of labor unions. There are more than 5,000 lawsuits are recorded against Wal-Mart each year. The WM has been accused for violating its employees' rights by requiring them to work overtime and pay them under the minim wages. Walmart pays low wages for their employees and wants to keep the wages down. WM workers earn an about $8.00/hour which is lower than the minimum wage rate in many states. In my view of point, WM employment practice are not ethical and involve many threats to the standard of living of the WM's employees. In fact, such corporation's' employment practice spread poverty among people. I believe that

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