Corporate social responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an important part of business for many of today’s companies. Many times, however, its CSR efforts are overshadowed by publicized ethical dilemmas. Wal-Mart is a great example of this. They have a webpage devoted to their CSR efforts: Global Responsibility. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Wal-Mart also has a page devoted to Ethics & Integrity. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. The other side of the Wal-Mart coin, however, contains a slew of ethical issues including claims about labor law, discrimination, etc.

Visit and evaluate both Wal-Mart webpages provided and summarize its efforts for CSR and ethics.

Do you feel the CSR/ethics strategies Wal-Mart employs benefit the community, or do you feel it is more of a ploy to make itself look better? Explain and support your conclusion.

How does Wal-Mart ensure equitably of CSR globally? Does Wal-Marts’ CSR violate foreign companies’ laws or ethics? Justify and support your response.