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COMM 3030 - Communication and Social Responsibility
Payam Ishani, Wal-Mart, Blog assignment 3
Posted posted by payam ishani @ 9:19 PM
We talked about corporate social responsibility and specifically Wal-Mart. According to Jon M. Huntsman in his book Winners Never Cheat: “Hardworking, loyal employees are as valuable as precious gems. They are critical to any leadership success. If CEO’s are the soul of the organization, employees are the heart” (Chapter 9, page 147). It seems that Wal-Mart executives are unaware of this important fact (or have chosen to be that way). They neither value nor respect their employees as we will see in following paragraphs.According to Jon M. Huntsman: “70 percent of the people who leave their jobs do so because they do not feel valued” (Winners Never Cheat, Page 128). It is nice to know that 70 percent of employees leave Wal-Mart within the first year (www.ufcw.org, 2007). This is not a coincident. Wal-Mart employees don’t feel valued because they don’t get paid as they deserve; they don’t have decent benefits and their hard work is not appreciated with promotions. In fact there are being used as slaves, forced to work extra hours without being paid.
Lack of respect to employees is another well known characteristic of Wal-Mart especially toward women and minorities. There are numerous examples of discriminations against such groups but the most obvious ones are against women for they have a lower salary when compared to men and are not promoted equally and fairly. The list is long but my time is short and my brain is tired so I will end here.
References:
Huntsman, M, Jon. (April 2005). Winners Never Cheat. Wharlton School Publishing.
Retrieved November 30, 2007 from United Food and Commercial Workers’ website:
www.ufcw.org
