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| From | "Ira Rosen" <irosen@idttechnology.com> |
| Subject | Re: Wal-Mart |
| Date | Fri, 5 Dec 2003 09:00:17 -0500 |
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J wrote:
>In a message dated 12/4/2003 6:03:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
><<I say to
>Wal-Mart - bring it on! I have no problem shopping at any store that wants
>to cut my prices >>
>Even if the chief tactic is undercutting what could be considered a living
>wage for your workers, and being one of the most powerful union-busters in
the
>country to make sure it stays that way? For shame.
It's funny how this topic has come up just when I did a presentation about
business ethics. Bottom line - ALL (yup, blanket statement) businesses are
deigned to make money (whether they do or not is a matter of how good they
are at meeting their aim). Capitalism is not an ethical principal, and I
assure you that most of the businesses with which you deal bend or break
ethical ideals on a regular basis. Altria (parent company of Phillip
Morris) sells one of the deadliest products on the planet (cigarettes) as
well as a multitude of food products (Kraft) - I find this far more
offensive than Wal-Mart. I still buy
Philadelphia Cream Cheese.
>If you think that all retail employees are immigrants who are "stealing"
>these wonderful jobs, then you're dreaming. I graduated magna cum laude
with a
>degree in Journalism and I make just over minimum wage in retail because I
can't
>find anything better. Just because you're comfortably white and middle
class
>in the suburbs doesn't mean that your kids will find it so easy to stay
that
>way, y'know. --J
Combining posts to make it look as if I made any of those statements is
remarkably rude - I didn't.
For shame.
Ira
BTW - NJ may not have the largest mall, but is capital based upon the number
of malls per square mile (no, I don't have numbers, just an overall
impression).
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