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Lee Scott, the CEO of the company, reacts several times during the film in such corporate PR double-speak that he is difficult to be taken seriously. His comments are in direct opposition to many facts of the Wal-Mart investigation - so much so that he seems like a totally clueless leader or a consummate liar. The facts do not lie in this case, and the director has left them for the world to see. Wal-Mart is a deceptive, deceitful, and exploitive employer, and they get away with it because Americans do not care. It is a very sad statement about business and the state of our country. Presentation

What Wal-Mart is:

Aggressive and low-cost retailer

Largest retailer on Earth

Known for moving into small towns and eliminating the completion.

Well known abuser of employees due to low wages and illegal immigrant issues.

Exploiter of human beings around the world to ensure low prices.

One of the biggest costs to American taxpayers in history.

Riddled with lies and deception in business practices.

Utilizes environmentally unsound business practices...

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Greenwald, R. (Producer and Director). (2005 October). Wal-mart: The high cost of low price. [Motion picture]. Culver City, CA: Brave New Films.

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Editors. (2005). Facts in the film. Retrieved from the Walmartmovie.com Web site: http://www.walmartmovie.com/facts.php22 June 2007.

Editors. (2005). People in the film. Retrieved from the Walmartmovie.com Web site: http://www.walmartmovie.com/people.php22 June 2007.

Editors. (2005). Wal-Mart calls on videomaker to fix errors in trailer or take it down. Retrieved from the Wal-Mart Corporation Web site: http://www.walmartfacts.com/articles/1893.aspx22 June 2007.

Gates, a. (2005). A look inside the outsize company that is the biggest retailer on the planet. Retrieved from the New York Times Web site: http://movies2.nytimes.com/2005/11/04/movies/04walm.html?ex=1182657600&en=fad84472f748e32b&ei=507022 June 2007.
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