Walmart Cross Cultural Perspectives
Wal-Mart Cross Culture Perspectives
Ethics 316
April 18, 2013
Lilia Rosales
Wal-Mart Cross Culture Perspectives
Walton was the founder of the World’s number one biggest company, according to Fortune 500. In 1950, along with his wife Helen, Sam Walton owned his first store. In 1962 Sam opened the very first Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Arkansas. Wal-Mart is one of the largest companies in the United States, but internally touching base in countries just as Japan, China, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, and India. Wal-Mart supercenters locate worldwide and make billions of dollars in profit wish is hard for other retail stores to compete with them. Wal-Mart is consider the largest retailer and largest company in the history of the world because …show more content…
Globalization has made Wal-Mart a multibillion dollar industry. In Japan sales average around $4.3 billion, in Mexico the annual sales is $20 billion, in Brazil sales are $8 billion dollars as Davis, 2008. Davis also points that in Canada Wal-Mart has established $11 billion business.
Wal-Mart internationally has had its struggle for the reason that executives did not understand the culture differences among countries. Once Wal-Mart open in other countries they did not reflect in the way families live. In Mexico, Germany, and South Korea they have different cultures comparing them to the United States. In Mexico families in this areas use public transportation witch Wal-Mart executives did not consider making smaller parking lots with larger spaces. In South Korea and Germany living space for families …show more content…
American takes pride in of the free market economy with the larges GDP in the world. In the pass years Wal-Mart has develop and convert into the leading store in the world. However, one of the largest stores will bring negative impacted, it is employees. Wal-Mart has tenancy of leaving American employees unhappy by lowering wages. Its leaders have chosen to cut costs and interrupt labor laws. They have been allegation that Wal-Mart requiring employees to work overtime off the clock. Wal-Mart has been the focus of criticism by several groups and individuals. Labor unions, community groups, religious organizations, and environmental groups have protested the company 's policies and business practices. Research has proof that in the pass years, Wal-Mart has had unfair labor practices, and charges have been file against Wal-Mart. Only in 2002 there were 43 chargers file against Wal-Mart for violation in firing workers who attempt to organize union, unlawful surveillance, threats, and intimidation of employees as http://www.iqunions.org/walmart-unethical-work-practices.html. When a Wal-Mart store in Jonquière, Quebec became the first unionized Wal-Mart in North America, Wal-Mart closed the store
Ethics 316
April 18, 2013
Lilia Rosales
Wal-Mart Cross Culture Perspectives
Walton was the founder of the World’s number one biggest company, according to Fortune 500. In 1950, along with his wife Helen, Sam Walton owned his first store. In 1962 Sam opened the very first Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Arkansas. Wal-Mart is one of the largest companies in the United States, but internally touching base in countries just as Japan, China, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, and India. Wal-Mart supercenters locate worldwide and make billions of dollars in profit wish is hard for other retail stores to compete with them. Wal-Mart is consider the largest retailer and largest company in the history of the world because …show more content…
Globalization has made Wal-Mart a multibillion dollar industry. In Japan sales average around $4.3 billion, in Mexico the annual sales is $20 billion, in Brazil sales are $8 billion dollars as Davis, 2008. Davis also points that in Canada Wal-Mart has established $11 billion business.
Wal-Mart internationally has had its struggle for the reason that executives did not understand the culture differences among countries. Once Wal-Mart open in other countries they did not reflect in the way families live. In Mexico, Germany, and South Korea they have different cultures comparing them to the United States. In Mexico families in this areas use public transportation witch Wal-Mart executives did not consider making smaller parking lots with larger spaces. In South Korea and Germany living space for families …show more content…
American takes pride in of the free market economy with the larges GDP in the world. In the pass years Wal-Mart has develop and convert into the leading store in the world. However, one of the largest stores will bring negative impacted, it is employees. Wal-Mart has tenancy of leaving American employees unhappy by lowering wages. Its leaders have chosen to cut costs and interrupt labor laws. They have been allegation that Wal-Mart requiring employees to work overtime off the clock. Wal-Mart has been the focus of criticism by several groups and individuals. Labor unions, community groups, religious organizations, and environmental groups have protested the company 's policies and business practices. Research has proof that in the pass years, Wal-Mart has had unfair labor practices, and charges have been file against Wal-Mart. Only in 2002 there were 43 chargers file against Wal-Mart for violation in firing workers who attempt to organize union, unlawful surveillance, threats, and intimidation of employees as http://www.iqunions.org/walmart-unethical-work-practices.html. When a Wal-Mart store in Jonquière, Quebec became the first unionized Wal-Mart in North America, Wal-Mart closed the store