IntroductionIf you ask someone on the street or in a survey which company they believe has the most bad behavior and lack of accountability, there's a good chance the answer will be: Wal-Mart - Tuesday. For more than two decades, the retail giant has been at the center of ideas surrounding its low wages, overtime abuses, meager employee benefits, gender discrimination, small business closures and shutdowns in the area, the immense relations with China, tax avoidance and much more. Wal-Mart was recently called out for its ethical practices towards its employees. Specifically, Wal-Mart has been accused of taking away lunch breaks from its employees (Kravets, 2005), being terrible at employee well-being, anti-union activities, and corruption. This case study will discuss how Wal-Mart mistreats employees and will focus on how they use bribery and conduct anti-union activities and how badly they treat their employees. Wal-Mart's Priority on Employee Well-Being Is Unrealistic For starters, everyone loves a bargain, and Wal-Mart's "always low prices" have become accustomed to being associated with bringing millions of people into stores." But the company continues to treat its workers poorly in some stores. Wal-Mart is understaffed in its stores and refuses to allow workers to stay on the job for the full required time if they are past their required time. This means that if you are a full-time employee you must have 40 hours of work, no more, no less and if you were part-time you could have no more than 32. In 2000, an internal audit found that in 128 stores, 127 of them did not comply with the company's work break policies. As a result, Wal-Mart had to pay “$50 million to fix… half paper… educate” the public – the company took out ads in 100 major U.S. newspapers to do so. respond to his criticisms.158 However, the reality is that regardless of Wal-Mart's words, actions, or lack thereof, they speak volumes: Even now, Wal-Mart continues to refuse to make significant changes to its policies or practices, meaning that suppliers and workers around the world will continue to ensure hardship courtesy of Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart making unethical decisions regarding its employees is an unfortunate track record that can be documented. This essay has covered some views that can be a valid argument why Wal-Mart needs to change its way of looking at business ethics Wal-Mart is an American icon in the retail industry and one might assume that they would leaders in creating and implementing company ethics and how they treat their employees..