Any large corporation is bound to have people unhappy with at least some of its practices, but Wal-Mart, it would seem, has received more than its share of complaints about what its critics would call unethical behavior.
Wal-Mart reportedly has had as many as an average of 17 new lawsuits filed against it each day. Many of these lawsuits focus on ethical issues such as inadequate health care for its workers, purported wage law violations, exploiting workers and being unwilling to work with unions.
In the last decade, Wal-Mart has been accused of closing a store in Quebec after workers there unionized; denying minimum wage and overtime to foreign workers; overworking employees without proper compensation; and not providing workers in California with the proper 30-minute lunch break required by law.
In recent years, Wal-Mart has placed more emphasis on handling ethical problems. The company has created an Ethics and Integrity section of its website that details its ethical beliefs.
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