Diversity in the Workplace

Wal-Mart Employee Diversity Issues

DeVry University

Wal-Mart Employee Diversity Issues

The website that I selected was my proposed research is Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (The reason why I selected Wal-Mart is because they are always faced with discrimination suits , with the most recent one with female employees and their claim of gender discrimination. I would really like to find out why Wal-Mart) has so many employee diversity issues in the workplace. Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world in terms of revenues and number of employees; A company who has more than 2.2 million employees worldwide. And is the leading retail firm in the world. With this top position in the retail industry, Wal-Mart’s annual revenues have exceeded $485 billion in the fiscal year ending in 2015. This success is based on the effective application of strategies to reach the company’s vision and mission. Wal-Mart’s generic strategy and intensive strategy are both based and aligned with the firm’s vision statement and mission statement. But what is the underlying problem of their repeated discrimination accusations/

Wal-Mart’s website is easily accessible to diversity-related material. When I type in the term “diversity” in the search item, numerous subheadings appear such as Wal-Mart’s current diversity issues, who are the major markets/products/services and Geographic spread. It is not necessary to explore “diversity’ on my own. The easy access tells me that Wal-Mart is committed to their diverse group of employees. The usefulness of the diversity information to potential employees, customers and suppliers related to the core values, mission and the way

Wal-Mart does business is very helpful to those with questions about their operation. There are numerous colorful graphics throughout the website that represent Wal-Mart’s mission as it relates to diversity. Different pictures are used throughout each page of the content. Looking at the Web site, it encourages diverse employees...