CASE STUDY: WALMART I. Executive Summary Walmart‚ biggest retail discounted store established by Sam Walton in 1950 has mark a remarkable success in the US. His strategy of purchasing in high volume while selling low and still gain a mark up made it more popular that made it enviable to competition. Secret to his concept is high volume purchases‚ efficient logistics‚ and advanced supply chain technology‚ which significantly reduced cost and maximize economies of scale. From its first store
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and maintain the customer service level‚ always trying to continue to improve products as well as employee relations‚ and deliver products and services and the lowest price. When dealing with a larger corporation like Wal-Mart‚ there are many stakeholders to
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‘internal’ and ‘external’ stakeholders. Internal stakeholders of a business are members of an organisation. They consist of the employees‚ shareholders (who own the business)‚ managers and directors of the organisation. External stakeholders do not form part of the business (such as customers‚ suppliers and the government)‚ but have a direct interest or involvement in the actions of the business. 2. What is the difference between ‘stakeholders’ and ‘shareholders’? A stakeholder refers to any
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business Multinational enterprises Stakeholders Sustainable development Sustainability While attention to the social and environmental impacts of international business (IB) is not new‚ the past years have seen renewed interest due to pressing global problems such as climate change and poverty. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are regarded as playing a specific role given their global influence and activities in which they are confronted with a range of issues‚ stakeholders and institutional contexts‚
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HealthSouth Impact on Stakeholders HealthSouth’s fraud impacted many of their stakeholders. Some of the stakeholders discussed below are the Directors and Management Team‚ external auditors Ernst & Young‚ the employees‚ the patients‚ and Chief Financial Officer Weston Smith. The Board of Directors and Management team engaged in several conflict of interest actions. They were the first company to be charged under the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002; which holds financial executives more accountable by
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that Wal-Mart falls perfectly into the stakeholder model of BGS. The stakeholder model is defined as “an entity that is benefitted or burdened by the actions of a corporation or whose actions may benefit or burden the corporation” (Steiner & Steiner‚ 2009 11 ed. P. 16). The corporation has an ethical duty toward these entities. These can be divided into two categories based on the nature of the relationship. The first group consists of primary stakeholders who are a small number of constituents
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Walmart and Employee Relations Rinda L. Lane rindalane@att.net Prof. Jere Ferguson GM591 – Organizational Behavior December 12‚ 2011 Overview The organization that I chose for this project is Walmart where I am employed as a cashier. The focus of the project is employee
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The Lowest Price is Unethical The worldwide corporation name‚ Wal-Mart‚ is best known for its endless selection of products for sale and their everyday lowest prices in town. Unfortunately these attractive characteristics arise from the act of breaking 18th century philosopher’s ethical theories. Wal-Mart is guilty of using their employees and suppliers as a mere means to an ends for the highest corporate profits possible each quarter. Their practices alienate their employees from their work efforts
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Discussion Questions: 1. Why did Mexico make such a good proving ground for Wal-Mart’s foreign expansion strategy? There were various strategic reasons why Mexico made such a good proving ground for Wal-Mart’s foreign expansion strategy. Since the early 1990s‚ when Wal-Mart had realized that its U.S. growth prospects were ultimately limited by market saturation‚ they decided to enter Mexico retail market considering the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that would lower barriers
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purposes of corporations are investigated under two different approaches on corporate value maximization: Shareholder Approach and Stakeholder Approach. So‚ firstly both approaches are defined briefly. Secondly‚ compare and contrast of shareholder and stakeholder approaches is made. Keywords: Purpose‚ Corporation‚ Value Maximization‚ Shareholder Approach‚ Stakeholder Approach. Shareholder Approach on Value Maximization: Shareholder approach on value maximization focuses
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