1. Presented By:
Phillip Dyer, Courtney Gappmayer, Ryan Green, Jaimie King, and Morreen Klement

2. Inside View
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3. History
1962 – Walmart founded in Rogers, AR 1969 – Incorporated as Walmart Stores, Inc – Open to the public 1990 – Nation’s leading retailer 1991 – Company opened internationally in Mexico 1999 – World's largest private employer 2003 – World’s largest grocery chain

4. Present-day Walmart On average, Walmart serves over 176 million
7000 facilities in 13 countries
Net sales for 2011: $419 billion
"The two most important words I ever wrote were on that very first sign, 'Satisfaction Guaranteed.' They're still up there and they have made all the difference."
-- Sam Walton, Founder of Walmart

5. Gender Discrimination

6. Issue Defined 2/3 of Walmart employees are women.
Only 10% are store management.
Betty Dukes took a class-action discrimination case all the way to the supreme court.
For the lack of promotions and raises.
Case Involved 1.6 million female employees.
Case was disqualified.

7. Alternatives
Create a pay equity
Consider more women for promotions

8. Leadership and Power

9. Issue Defined Thomas Coughlin Board of Directors member
Hunting and travel buddy of founder Sam Walton.
Forced to resign
Stole as much as $500,000.
Asked a subordinate to approve an expense without receipts.

10. Alternatives Create strict separation of powers
Run extensive background checks for executives

11. Employee Treatment

12. Issue Defined
Lack of meal/rest breaks
Tampering with overtime

13. Alternatives Obey the law Create a policy for overtime
Create a system for projected overtime report

14. Urban Sprawl

15. Issue Defined Roads, parking, and traffic flow Decrease in green
One Walmart = 25 acres

16. 1990 vs. 2010

17. 2004 vs. 2008

18. Alternatives Plan a distance to limit stores in city limit
Pay for better road system and replacement of green used

19. Suppliers

20. Issue Defined Cost burden on suppliers
Moving companies overseas
Suppliers rely on Walmart for large orders
Expanding their market share
Taking over delivery to its distribution centers
Lower own costs, raise everyone else’s

21. Alternatives Lessen restrictions on suppliers
Stop switching suppliers once chosen

22. Abandoned Walmarts

23. Issue Defined Unnecessary Walmarts
Special secret Walmart planning team
Stealing customers
Abandoning when objective complete
Keeping potential buyers at bay

24. Alternatives
Environment - Team seeks out buyers for the abandoned locations
Goal of finding a buyer within 1 year of abandonment
Philanthropy - Walmart donates and invests necessary materials into converting abandoned sites into Tornado Shelters

25. Recalls

26. Issue Defined Over 240 product recalls since 1984
Walmart’s willingness to sell deficient products
Products can injure or harm customers

27. Alternatives Increase quality control internally
Increase quality assurance from suppliers

28. Unions

29. Issue Defined No representation for employees
Walmart controls all employment negotiations

30. Alternatives Introduce company-wide union for all employees
Enforce all existing unions and enable employees to elect their own unions

31. Summary

32. Recommendations Gender discrimination Leadership
Create a pay equity
Leadership
Create strict separation of powers
Treatment of employees
Urban Sprawl
Plan a distance to limit stores in city limit

33. Recommendations Suppliers Abandoned Walmarts Recalls Unions
Lessen restrictions on suppliers
Abandoned Walmarts
Team seeks out buyers for the abandoned locations
Recalls
Increase quality control internally
Unions
Introduce company-wide union for all employees

34. Hey, WalMart?
Do the Right Thing.