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8. Evaluate how the company's current strategy supports or discourages ethical business behaviors (or perhaps both). Discuss how you arrived at your assessment.

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8. Evaluate how the company's current strategy supports or discourages ethical business behaviors (or perhaps both). Discuss how you arrived at your assessment.
Wal-Mart's current strategy is derived from its vision of saving people money so that they can live better. The strategy is that of cost leadership. The current strategy supports ethical behavior to the customers because it brings them a wide variety of goods sourced from all over the world at reasonable prices. The strategy of keeping the prices low has helped improve the standard of living for several customers. At the same time, Wal-Mart has been able to provide a reasonable good return on investment to its shareholders. The company has continued to grow in a market where the retail sector has been hit with low demands. I ...

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