Employment Practices at Wal-Mart Corporation

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Thesis Statement The Dignity principle, the fairness principle and the responsiveness principle have been fully observed by the corporation in regard to the way it treats or handle its employees

Main Argument one:

Topic Sentence Wal-Mart practice employee diversity

Explanation Wal-Mart is one of the corporations in United States with employees from different parts of the world. The corporation has employed aspect of employees’ diversity as part of extending its social responsibility. It is the obligation of any entity to ensure that its offer employment to all people disregard of their races. According to statistics, it is evident that the company’s employees come from various parts of the continent (Ferrel et al, 2009).

Supporting Evidence For example, out of 1.3 million corporation’s employees, more than 70% come from other countries other than United States. This implies that the retailer adheres to the fairness principle when selecting and recruiting its staff. According to Fishman (2006), the company has employees from Asia, Africa, Spain and Southern America

Evaluation Wal-Mart Corporation adheres to the fair treatment principle as stipulated in the Global Business Standard Codex. By recruiting employees from different parts of the world and rewarding equal benefits and allowances, the corporation is portraying positive image that ought to be emulated by others (Deborah, 2005).

Conclusion The company believes that all employees should be treated equally and fairly especially in regard to allowances and benefits. (Suhone et al, 2010).

Main Argument Two:

Topic Sentence Wal-Mart Corporation respect for employees’ needs and demands

Explanation Dignity is another ethical principle that the corporation has been relentlessly observing. Wal-Mart respects employees’ health and safety concerns, privacy and confidentiality, employment security and association. Wal-Mart values its employees so much. The employees’ lives are safe especially when they are working within the premises of corporation (Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 2009).

Supportive Evidence The corporation does not tolerate any cases of racism, sex discrimination, cultural prejudices and any other sort of discrimination within its premises. The corporation has been striving to ensure that working environment is safe and free from risks. In addition, The corporation does not tolerate any cases of racism, sex discrimination, cultural prejudices and any other sort of discrimination within its premises (Brunn, 2006).

Evaluation Respect for employees’ dignity is the cornerstone of success to the corporation. It helps promote elite performance and productivity of employees in the working environment. Prejudices and biasness limits the level of production amongst employees thus exposing the corporation to losses (Fishman, 2006).

Conclusion Wal-Mart Corporation follows the dignity and fairness principles by treating its employees and other stakeholders fairly (Drogin, 2003).

Main Argument Three

Topic Sentence Wal-Mart Corporation has embraced responsiveness principle in all business operations (Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 2008).

Explanation Through its proactive management, the corporation vows to respond promptly to the needs and demands of the employees especially in the working environment. This initiative has been facilitated by the respect of dignity principle. When the living cost is high, the corporation tends to improve the wage scale of its employees. The corporation takes immediate actions when employees complain of hazardous features in the working environment. The corporation strives hard to ensure that employees’ needs and demands are satisfied at all the times (PBS Organization 2010).

Supportive Evidence Wal-Mart corporation has established Office of Diversity which offers diversity training and education to all levels of employees and other associates (Hemphill, 2008).

Evaluation Responsiveness principle has boosted effectiveness in the overall functioning of the corporation

Conclusion Wal-Mart cooperation has had advantage over its competitors and this is attributed to effective management which is bound by proactive measures (Hemphill, 2008).

Concluding Statement Wal-Mart has embraced the most elaborate ethical policies within the retailing industry in United States. The retailer has been constantly and persistently reviewing its ethical policies especially after encountering legal crisis. Notably, Wal-Mart ethical policies stretch to staff employment practices as stipulated by the Global Business Standards Codex (Hemphill, 2008).

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