Your Life Skills – Case Analysis relates to chapter 7 “The Ethics of Job Discrimination” by Manuel G. Velasquez, designed to reinforce the learning objectives of the course, and in conjunction with the final exam will provide a measure of your material’s knowledge and critical thinking skills.
* Answer the following questions 1-4, related to Chapter 7 Case “Wal-Mart’s Women” from pages 328 to 332.
Here are your case questions (Textbook: Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases, 8th Edition by Manuel G. Velasquez, ISBN: 978-0-13-383239-6, page 332)
1.What financial impact do you think the lawsuit could potentially have on Wal-Mart? Do you think the women deserve to win the lawsuit? What if the outcome of the case cost Wal-Mart so much it had to lay off thousands of its workers and close stores?
2.What are the major moral complaints of the females suing Wal-Mart? Do you believe these complaints are justified? Why? Wal-Mart has said that the case should not be heard as a class-action, but that each woman should be considered individually, and an individual determination should be made regarding whether she specifically was discriminated against by Wal-Mart, because each woman’s situation is different. Do you agree?
3.What factors do you think might account for the discrepancies the Drogin report uncovered?
4.What, if anything, do you think Wal-Mart should do to correct these discrepancies? Should a company institute an “affirmative action” promotion program for female employees? If so, what should this program be like?
