Wal-Mart remains one of the most important economic actors in the U.S., both because of its contribution to the economy and because of its role as an active job creator. Wal-Mart is a huge recruiter, employing a large number of individuals and offering a range of opportunities for them, including health insurance and the possibility of rising to managerial positions. Wal-Mart is also a diverse organization, employing different race or sex minorities, including African-American, Hispanics and women.
The case study about Wal-Mart clearly reflects the approach that Wal-Mart has taken in this sense. The case study mentions that Wal-Mart is the world's largest employee and this alone implies diversity: it shows that Wal-Mart has an international presence and, in that quality, it is willing to embrace cultural differences and blend its organizational culture according to these differences. In terms of statistics, the case study shows that Wal-Mart has 41,000 Asian associates, 171,000 Hispanic associates and 257,000 African-American associates. At the same time, the company, as the case study emphasizes, employs 869,000 women associates.
Despite this approach that appears to target the employee and his or her being in the company, Wal-Mart has also been the target of several actions in court. Some of its practices have been contested in this manner by external entities, particularly the fact that the company prohibits unionization. Strangely enough, the most high profile case is, in fact, a case regarding diversity, namely the alleged discrimination against women in the organization.
The case study presents the case of Duke vs. Wal-Mart, a case where a former Wal-Mart associate, Betty Duke, sued the company, complaining that she had been unfairly reprimanded. The fact that more women joined the lawsuit turned this into a serious discrimination suit for the company, one where several women associates joined in to transform this into a gender discrimination suit for the company.
In this context, this paper aims to look at some of the diversity practice at Wal-Mart and evaluate them in terms of their effects, both medium and long-term....
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