Corporate Social Responsibility and Wal-Mart Corporations deal with a wide variety of social issues and problems; some directly related to their operations‚ some are not. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be defined as “the actions of an organization that are targeted toward achieving a social benefit over and above maximizing profits for its shareholders and meeting all its legal obligations” (Ghillyer 78). If this is the case‚ establishing appropriate and practical ethical guidelines
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Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer. They are the leading private employer with over 2 million employees. Currently‚ there are 8‚500 stores‚ across 15 countries. Wal-Mart has a massive economic impact in the U.S and other countries of operation. I will argue that Wal-Mart’s disregard for moral business practices through the lack of their social responsibility has had a negative consequence. Their only interest seems to be in making a significant profit at the cost of sacrificing good ethical
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against grocery stores such as Albertsons‚ Von’s and others. With their expansion overseas‚ Walmart is facing stiff competition from Carrefour‚ A France based retailer that has stores in Argentina‚ Brazil‚ Columbia‚ China‚ Indonesia‚ South Korea and Taiwan. They are also expanding into China and Brazil. Business Risks (cont.) Walmart’s Supply Chain is another risk even though they are the industry’s leader in Supply Chain Management. They use cutting edge technology and set very high standards for
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Wal-Mart‚ the big giant‚ the place where a lot of people usually do their shopping for the low prices and the variety of products was founded by Sam Walton. Walton was an entrepreneur with an innovative vision‚ started his own company and made it into the leader in discount retailing that it is today. In fact‚ Wal-Mart is considered to be the biggest company in the U.S. and it has stores worldwide. According to PBS‚ "Wal-Mart employs more people than any other company in the United States outside
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Wal-Mart Financial Analysis Danny J. Saldana FIN515 August 27‚ 2012 Professor David Felsberg I have chosen Wal-Mart as my company to do a financial analysis on. In my financial analysis I will look will be reviewing Wal-Marts financial ratios for years 2010 and 2005. I will also be looking at Target’s financial ratios for the same years to determine how Wal-Mart is doing within its industry. (All numbers are in thousands) Liquidity ratios Current ratio - Measures whether or not
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1). Product (Produk) Brand name yang digunakan adalah Indomie. Satu bungkus Indomie standard memiliki massa 85 gram‚ dan terdapat 2 sachet berisi 5 bumbu-bumbuan yang disertakan‚ yaitu kecap manis‚ saus sambal‚ minyak palm‚ bubuk perasa dan bawang goreng. Indomie juga tersedia dalam versi jumbo dengan massa 120 gram (Anonim‚ 2008). Indomie memiliki rasa yang sesuai dengan selera orang Indonesia. Indomie pun selalu berusaha memenuhi keinginan konsumen yang semakin banyak‚ terbukti dengan semakin
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Draft #1 February 1st‚ 2011 Fighting Against Wal-Mart The article “Up Against Wal-Mart” by Karen Olsson is the detailed explanation of how Wal-Mart treats their customers and more importantly how the million dollar company treats their employees. Olson kicks off the article by telling a story about Jennifer McLaughlin‚ who is a twenty-two year old Wal-Mart employee. She goes on to explain the daily work tasks that she completes. She complains how Wal-Mart runs their business‚ and also how terrible
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Marketing Mix Paper 1 RUNNING HEAD: MARKETING MIX PAPER MARKETING MIX PAPER Tony Jones Hayward State University Marketing Mix Paper 2 Introduction In this paper about the Marketing Mix‚ it will explain the elements of the marketing (product‚ place‚ price‚ and promotion). I have enclosed a chart about the Pricing Strategies Mix. I will also be selecting an organization by the name of Target in which
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Sears vs. Wal-Mart Questions Accompanying the Case Create a table and calculate the following ratios for the three years for both Sears and Wal-Mart: Current ratio‚ quick ratio‚ ‚ total assets turnover‚ fixed assets turnover‚ inventory turnover (using cost of good sold)‚ inventory turnover per day (days payable)‚ days sales outstanding‚ days payable outstanding‚ debt ratio‚ time-interest-earned‚ fixed charges coverage‚ return on sales‚ net operating profit after taxes ratio‚ return on total
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1. Align structure to strategy: All restructures must align to strategy. This may seem self-evident‚ yet a significant number of organizations fail to do so. For example‚ if local conditions are a predominant factor‚ then stress local sales and marketing functions rather than a centralized behemoth that then tries to matrix with local elements. Aldi ensures that it trains the employees to ensure that they are well informed and work with the core principles in mind that is responsibility‚ consistency
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