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Wal-Mart Stores
| Headquarters location: 702 Southwest 8th Street, Bentonville, AR 72716 |  | Tel. (479) 273-4000 Job offers, investor relations: www.walmartstores.com Stock:  |
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« ETHICAL » RATING OF WAL_MART_STORES
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| Labor: 39 violation(s) of fundamental labor rights |
| Environment: 1 major pollution(s) |
| Delinquency: 3 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency |
| Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 1 offshore financial center(s) |
| Sales: more than 379 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales |
| Net profit: more than 79 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998 |
| Top management: earns 556 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year) |
| Influence: 4 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying |
| Advertising & marketing: 17 dubious practice(s) |
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World locations & Manufacturing |
country incentive : address & contact : production type source |
 | | Beximco Factory, Dhaka Export Processing Zone (EPZ), Savar, Dhaka : | | National Lab.  |
 | | : worldwide purchasing headquarters | | Alternet |
| | Shuihe Electronics Factory : | | AFP |
| | Qin Shi factory, Zhongshan City, Guangdong : handbags | | National Lab. |
| | Tianjin Yuhua garment Industrial Company, 217 Hebei Road, Tianjin : shirts | | National Lab. |
 | | Seolim Baracoa Factory, Omoa, Department of Cortes : White Stag and Faded Glory labels | | National Lab. |
| | Uniwear Embroiders Honduras SA, Rio Blanco Industrial Park : | | National Lab. |
 |  | Wal-Mart Cayman (Sterling) Finance Co : | |  |
| | Wal-Mart Cayman (Canadian) Finance Co : | | |
| | Wal-Mart Cayman (Euro) Finance Co : | | |
 | | Wal-Mart increases technology activities in India : Sous-traitance, | | Reuters |
| | Ouverture de supermarchés en joint-venture avec Bharti. : Production, | | AFP |
| | Diamond Exports, New Delhi : Sous-traitance, pyjamas, robes | | L'Express |
 | | Amigos Supermercados : | | |
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Wal Mart Stores is managed by |
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| 2006Scott, H Lee |  Chief Executive Officer; salary: 5.59 million US$; |
| 2005Scott, H Lee | Chief Executive Officer; salary: 17.5 million US$; |
| 2003Coughlin, Thomas | Vice-president; salary: 7.6 million US$; stock-options: 0.38 million US$; |
| 2003Scott, H Lee | Chief Executive Officer; salary: 17.69 million US$; stock-options: 0.12 million US$; |
| 2001Glass, David D | Chairman; salary: 2.7 million US$; attendance fee: 6.08 million US$; |
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| 2008 | Arguable partnership: Wal-Mart is the sponsor of more than 100 000 organisations: value: Care; | |
| 2008 | Arguable partnership: Wal-Mart is the sponsor of the National Center of the Missing and Exploited Children: value: Human care; | |
| 2008 | Arguable partnership: Wal-Mart is the sponsor of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: value: Nature; | |
| 2008 | value: We save people money so they can live better.; | |
| 2007 | Disinformation: Wal-Mart has turned to the Edelman public relations firm to help it deal with its latest environmental black eye. The retail giant is charged with selling wood products made from timber harvested from protected Russian forests. Chinese suppliers are using that less expensive wood to meet Wal-Mart's tight pricing structures. The charges were levied by The Environmental Investigation Agency in a lengthy report. Edelman responded for its client by saying that the company will "continue to encourage and advise our supplier partners to source from sustainable and ethical sources." They also asserted that by 2010 they would achieve full transparency regarding its wood suppliers. This goal is part of Wal-Mart's guidelines for their Wood Furniture Supplier Preference Program, but they refused to provide a copy to the public, saying it is an internal document.: | O'Dwyer's . |
| 2007 | Disinformation: The Edelman PR firm created the front group Working Families for Wal-Mart on behalf of their client, the retail giant. With Wal-Mart funding, Edelman ran the faux citizens' group to counter union critics like WakeUpWalMart.com, founded by the United Food and Commercial Workers and Wal-Mart Watch, founded by the Service Employees International Union.: | PR Watch |
| 2006 | Deceptive advertising: The Cornucopia Institute has filed a formal legal complaint with the USDA asking them to investigate allegations of illegal “organic” food distribution by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Cornucopia has documented cases of nonorganic food products being sold as organic in Wal-Mart’s grocery departments. Cornucopia notified Wal-Mart’s CEO Lee Scott in a letter on September 13, 2006 alerting the company to the problem and asking that it address and correct the situation on an immediate basis. But the same product misrepresentations were again observed weeks later, throughout October, at separate Wal-Mart stores in multiple states. The Cornucopia Institute also accused Wal-Mart of cheapening the value of the organic label by sourcing products from industrial-scale factory-farms and Third World countries, such as China.: | The Free P. |
| 2006 | Arguable partnership: Working Families for Wal-Mart, a 100 000 members association, is partly funded by Wal-Mart and has a mission to support Wal-Mart.: value: Community, family values.; | |
| 2005 | Arguable partnership: Wal-Mart officials announced their $220,000 donation to charities.: value: Compassion; | |
| 2005 | Disinformation: McKinsey & Company told Wal-Mart, "The public believes [Wal-Mart] treats its employees poorly and is a negative force in communities." The report suggests steps for "managing change," including to "spread messages that it cares for employees, build local relationships, increase local
philanthropy.": public relations: M | Washington. |
| 2005 | slogan: Allways low prices; | |
| 2005 | Arguable partnership: Phi Delta Kappa International: $10,000 grant: value: Education; ad budget: 395 million US$; | Advertisin. |
| 2004 | Disinformation: Hill and Knowlton invites 50 journalists to "try to help journalists understand our business, how we do business, and about us as people.", bought full-page ads in more than 100 newspapers to spotlight its message: public relations: H | AP |
| 2004 | Arguable partnership: Don pour les victimes du tsunami: 2000000 de dollars: value: Humanitaire; | AFP |
| 2004 | slogan: Operating globally and giving back locally.; | |
| 2004 | slogan: Everyday low prices; | |
| 2004 | slogan: Toujours des prix bas; | |
| 2003 | Disinformation: PR campaign with Fleishman-Hillard: corporate image analysis: public relations: F | New York T. |
| 2003 | Arguable partnership: Donated $20 million to United Way: value: Entraide; | |
| 2003 | Arguable partnership: Be a Good Neighbour: $1.7 million to community groups holding a project to clean up an area, landscape a community property: value: Environnement; slogan: Safety within our communities; | |
| 2001 | Arguable partnership: Children's Miracle Network: $31 million to local children's hospitals, $260 million since 1987: value: Humanitarian; | |
| 2001 | Arguable partnership: $3 million in literacy grants, $91 million in scholarship support since 1979: value: Education; | |
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| 2008 | -30 | Internal restructuring: Wal-Mart Stores is set to shake up its sluggish apparel unit by shutting two divisions at its Arkansas headquarters, eliminating dozens of positions and moving dozens more to New York. Wal-Mart is aiming to strip out excess costs and promote low prices as its core, lower-income shoppers are being squeezed by a deteriorating housing market, higher food and fuel costs and a credit market crunch.: United States of America | Reuters |
| 2007 | -100 | Internal restructuring: WAL-MART Stores Inc will reduce its employees in China by more than 100 as part of a restructuring program in its Global Procurement Division in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Putian and Dongguan after pressure mounted on the firm due to slower profit growth.: China | Shanghai D. |
| 2007 | | ILO violation 1,26,87,98,138 : Wal-Mart Christmas ornament workers in Guangzhou Huanya Gift toil 10 to 12 to 15 hours a day, seven days a week, and going for months on end without receiving a single day off. They work at the factory a minimum of 84 hours a week, while at least half the workers are at the factory 105 hours a week. Many workers earn as little as 26 cents an hour—just half of China's legal minimum wage. Workers handle toxic chemicals without protective gear. Some children as young as 12 worked in the factory. Anyone daring to take a Sunday off will be docked 2 ½ days' wages.: China | National L. |
| 2007 | | ILO violation 1,26 : At the Classic Fashion Apparel Industry, Al Hassan Industrial City, Irbid, Jordan: Workers are paid ju |
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