Wal-Mart's policy on women's pay
Not what you're looking for?
Develop a paper which includes an assessment of any ethical concerns for Walmart's Policy on Women's Pay as well as a brief review of the IRB Application.
Length: 3-5 pages
References: Minimum of 3 scholarly resources
Use current APA standards
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
This posting gives you a step-by-step explanation of ethical concerns about Wal-Mart's policy for women and the IRB application. The response also contains the sources used.
Solution Preview
In accordance with BrainMass standards this is not a hand in ready paper but is only background help.
Step 1
There are serious ethical concerns about Wal-Mart's policy on women. Wal-Mart's policies and business practices have been criticized for gender discrimination. Women have been subject to gender discrimination during the hiring process and at work(a). One example is the case of Wal-Mart v. Dukes which was a discrimination suit representing more than 1.5 million women employee of Wal-Mart. According to the National Organization for Women, many female employees at Wal-Mart have been paid less than male coworkers. According to the NOW, in 2001 female workers earned $5,200 less per year on average than male workers. The company paid those who had hourly jobs $1.16 less per hours than men in the same position. From the deontological ethical point of view it is the duty of Wal-Mart to pay equal pay to women for work that is equivalent to that done by men. The action of paying women workers less than that paid to men is unethical from the deontological point of view.
According to NOW Female employee who held salaried positions at Wal-Mart were paid $14,500 per year less than what was paid to men in the same position. This discrimination was done even though women have a longer tenure and higher performance ratings at Wal-Mart. There is a continuous trend of gender discrimination at Wal-Mart. From the virtue ethics ...
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Motivation
This tests some key elements of major motivation theories.
Accounting: Statement of Cash flows
This quiz tests your knowledge of the components of the statements of cash flows and the methods used to determine cash flows.
Managing the Older Worker
This quiz will let you know some of the basics of dealing with older workers. This is increasingly important for managers and human resource workers as many countries are facing an increase in older people in the workforce
Cost Concepts: Analyzing Costs in Managerial Accounting
This quiz gives students the opportunity to assess their knowledge of cost concepts used in managerial accounting such as opportunity costs, marginal costs, relevant costs and the benefits and relationships that derive from them.
Lean your Process
This quiz will help you understand the basic concepts of Lean.