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October 24, 2008
Wal-Mart sells some pre-Christmas corporate responsibility cheer

By: Ethical Corporation

Turmoil in the markets, and company spending coming under increasing pressure has many people spooked about the size of 2009's business ethics budgets. But the world's largest retailer's recent announcement shows sustainability...


July 17, 2008
The Latest Corporate Social Responsibility News - The Greening of Wal-Mart?

By: CSRwire Weekly News Alert

It's been almost three years since Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott busted out of the defensive bunkers and went on the green offensive in his 21st Century Leadership speech, setting the ambitious goals of all renewable energy, zero waste,...


April 28, 2008
HBS Cases: Negotiating with Wal-Mart

By: Working Knowledge for Business Leaders; Harvard Business School

What happens when you encounter a company with a great deal of power, like Wal-Mart, that is also the ultimate non-negotiable partner? A series of Harvard Business School cases by James Sebenius and Ellen Knebel explore...


August 4, 2007
Wal-Mart has a thing for child labor.

By: Global Exchange

In 2005, the company was forced to pay more than $135,000 in fines for allowing teenage workers to operate hazardous equipment at its U.S. stores. Now Wal-Mart's practice of using UNPAID child labor in its super centers in Mexico...


March 23, 2007
Statements of Reps. Gillmor and Frank Regarding Wal-Mart ILC Announcement

By: Financial Institutions Subcommittee and House Financial Services Committee

Washington, DC - Congressmen Paul Gillmor (R-OH), the Ranking Member of the Financial Institutions Subcommittee and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA), the sponsors of the Industrial Bank Holding


March 12, 2007
An Invitation to Promote Ethical Corporate Behavior Through TIAA-CREF Investments

By: Authors: Jaime Lagunez, Ph.D.; Neil Wollman, Ph.D.; and Dennis Brutus, Ph.D.

TIAA-CREF has become one of the most important pension funds in the world, with stock and other assets of around $400 billion. Because many members of the academic community are the final owners of such stocks, we hope they wish...


March 8, 2007
An Invitation to Promote Ethical Corporate Behavior Through TIAA-CREF Investments


By: Authors: Jaime Lagunez, Ph.D.; Neil Wollman, Ph.D.; and Dennis Brutus, Ph.D.

 

TIAA-CREF has become one of the most important pension funds in the world, with stock and other assets of around $400 billion. Because many members of the academic community are the final owners of such stocks, we hope they...


February 7, 2007
Women Win Over Wal-Mart

By: WalmartWatch

Wal-Mart may have the best legal team money can buy -- but even the fanciest of corporate lawyers can't stop the largest class-action lawsuit in U.S. history.


January 12, 2007
Working Families for Wal-Mart Newsletter

By: Member Newsletter - 12.13.06

Snow has already fallen in many parts of the country, Thanksgiving has passed, and kids are putting together their wish lists. The Christmas season is finally here. As the saying goes, "’tis better to give than to receive," and...


November 21, 2006
Wal-Mart: The New Banking Monopoly?

By: Motley Fool (By Emil Lee)

Yesterday, I looked at three arguments against Wal-Mart's (NYSE: WMT) banking ambitions. Today I will look at the most visible, yet unlikely, argument against Wal-Mart forming an industrial loan corporation, or ILC. ILC opponents...


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