Subject category:
Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Published by:
Ivey Publishing
Version: 2004-01-20
Length: 10 pages
Data source: Published sources
Abstract
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc is a large Fortune 500 retail chain. The distinction of being the top-ranked company comes with intense scrutiny from the public and, especially, critics. Wal-Mart, a company lauded for its rapid response capability and stated commitments to gender equality is shown to be deficient in some glaring areas - the percentage of women compared to men at all levels of the company, and the compensation paid to women versus men at all levels of the company, to cite two examples. An executive vice-president must examine why these inequalities exist when the company seems to be doing everything else right. The company is the target of several gender discrimination lawsuits and the executive vice-president has the opportunity to obtain information that would be usefull in the current situation, and must determine what information is needed. In the supplement, Staffing Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (B), product ''9B04C007'', the executive vice-president receives information and must determine how to address the situation.
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Abstract
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc is a large Fortune 500 retail chain. The distinction of being the top-ranked company comes with intense scrutiny from the public and, especially, critics. Wal-Mart, a company lauded for its rapid response capability and stated commitments to gender equality is shown to be deficient in some glaring areas - the percentage of women compared to men at all levels of the company, and the compensation paid to women versus men at all levels of the company, to cite two examples. An executive vice-president must examine why these inequalities exist when the company seems to be doing everything else right. The company is the target of several gender discrimination lawsuits and the executive vice-president has the opportunity to obtain information that would be usefull in the current situation, and must determine what information is needed. In the supplement, Staffing Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (B), product ''9B04C007'', the executive vice-president receives information and must determine how to address the situation.