Wal-Mart Case Study
Case Questions (and Case) Used For Assessment
1. If you were the CEO of Wal-Mart, what would you say are the major ethical issues in this case?
2. Regardless of your answer above, analyze the (alleged) paying of bribes to Mexican gestores according to the utilitarianism approach. That is, when considering the positive and negative consequences to ALL stakeholders, is Wal-Mart’s approach to this issue ethical? Explain.
3. Again, regardless of your answer to question one, analyze Wal-Mart’s (alleged) practice of paying gestores to facilitate growth in Mexico using the RIGHTS approach.
4. Using the information above, what can Wal-Mart do now to be more socially responsible?
Analyze Wal-Mart’s (alleged) practice of paying gestores to facilitate growth in Mexico using the RIGHTS approach.
