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Corporate Social Responsibility


C206 Task 3


Western Governors University




Corporate Social Responsibility


For the purpose of this paper, I will be discussing the code of ethics for the retail staple,

Walmart. In order to best analyze the argument its important to illustrate the main aspects of the

company. Walmart is a company based in Arkansas that is “engaged in the operation of retail, wholesale

and other units in formats around the world” The company operates 11,600 stores in over 28 countries,

and employ 2.2 million employees worldwide. In the year of 2020, amassed a whopping 524 billion

dollars. Walmart is not only one of the largest companies in the retail business sector, but as one of the

largest companies globally as well.


Because of this large position in global markets, Walmart has described their culture as one that

“drives their purpose of saving people money so they can live better” with the “foundation of culture is

commitment to operating with integrity” Walmart states their beliefs as follows:


1. Respect for the individual

a. This section discusses how to raise concern or report ethical violations. This includes

individual employee responsibility, disciplinary action for violation of ethical

standards, non-retaliation clauses, and standardized process for investigating reported

ethical violations discussed.

2. Service for their customers

a. This section discusses ethical standards regarding serving and supporting both their

consumer base as well as their surrounding communities. This would include alcohol

and drug free policies, discrimination and harassment policy, wage and hour

regulations and conflict of interest regulations.

, 3. Striving for excellence




a. This section discusses ethical standards regarding the goal of setting positive

examples of striving for excellence and innovation every day.

4. Act with integrity

a. This section discusses ethical standards regarding conducting themselves with

highest levels of integrity by being honest, fair and objective while operating in

compliance with all laws and our policies.


Walmart’s code of ethics adequately and thoroughly addresses and satisfies corporate social

responsibility. We define Corporate Social Responsibility as “self-regulating business model that helps a

company be socially accountable to itself, its stakeholders, and the public” (Fernando, 2020). Walmart

leverages their code of ethics to make sure that they as a company uphold themselves and their employees

to the highest ethical standards and furthermore satisfy the ethical needs of their employee base as well as

the communities that they operate within.


Legal Mandate Compliance


The ethical code of conduct created by Walmart possesses clear compliance to legal mandates. If

ethical concern were to arise at any level within the company the direction and guidelines in correcting

ethical issues are clear as defined within the code of conduct. They state that they expect all aspects of

their company to operate within and follow the law at all times, and in instances where the company is

asked to behave in a way that violates the laws in any way they are expected to report this to

management, human resources or Global Ethics. Employees are required to know and abide by these legal

mandates as they work for the company. As stated previously, we see policy regarding drug and alcohol

use, harassment, workplace violence, and discrimination. We also see non retaliation policies to protect

employees from identifying these violations of legal mandate compliance. These policies are clearly

defined for employees to follow to remain compliant with legal expectations and mandates.


Implications of Noncompliance

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