The Wal-Mart Archives...
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/230616/
One of the greatest moments in American business happened when Flagler Productions opened up its archives in response to being dropped by Wal-Mart for producing internal company videos for Wal-Mart. Allot of various people are interested in the tapes, most particularly are lawyers who are looking for the smoking gun for their cases. But from what I've read so far on the issue, is that there likely isn't a smoking gun for all of the lawsuits Wal-Mart faces. The things I remember when I worked at Wal-Mart was the promotion of the business ethics and practices that were begun under Sam Walton. I never heard of any thing ever remotely suggest bending or breaking the law, even though Wal-Mart is staunchly anti-union (for good reason) and has been involved with many employee controversies since the 1990s. I think its something that comes with the territory, being the biggest on the block gets you allot of unwanted attention whether its true or not.
A good portion of the stuff I hear about Wal-Mart I am generally skeptical about and maybe these tapes will only help prove my skepticism in the controversies Wal-Mart faces. I'd be very interested as to what they are going to publish once a good portion of these tapes are reviewed by all those interested in studying the business culture of America's largest corporation. Already those who hold professorships in business and labor studies have found the tapes to be unmatched even by other great companies like GE, GM, and IBM.
In the end I think the tapes might just be a blessing in disguise for Wal-Mart as people study them and find that Wal-Mart was looking to cover as many bases as it could reasonably do so.
-- John O.
One of the greatest moments in American business happened when Flagler Productions opened up its archives in response to being dropped by Wal-Mart for producing internal company videos for Wal-Mart. Allot of various people are interested in the tapes, most particularly are lawyers who are looking for the smoking gun for their cases. But from what I've read so far on the issue, is that there likely isn't a smoking gun for all of the lawsuits Wal-Mart faces. The things I remember when I worked at Wal-Mart was the promotion of the business ethics and practices that were begun under Sam Walton. I never heard of any thing ever remotely suggest bending or breaking the law, even though Wal-Mart is staunchly anti-union (for good reason) and has been involved with many employee controversies since the 1990s. I think its something that comes with the territory, being the biggest on the block gets you allot of unwanted attention whether its true or not.
A good portion of the stuff I hear about Wal-Mart I am generally skeptical about and maybe these tapes will only help prove my skepticism in the controversies Wal-Mart faces. I'd be very interested as to what they are going to publish once a good portion of these tapes are reviewed by all those interested in studying the business culture of America's largest corporation. Already those who hold professorships in business and labor studies have found the tapes to be unmatched even by other great companies like GE, GM, and IBM.
In the end I think the tapes might just be a blessing in disguise for Wal-Mart as people study them and find that Wal-Mart was looking to cover as many bases as it could reasonably do so.
-- John O.