Comments on: Should You Do Business With Unethical Companies?

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By: SJ

SJ — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:30:11 +0000

Hrm… I thought Walmart does have a decent number of things shipped from Bentonville, AR?

So I have a friend who’s parents both work for Walmart so he provides interesting perspective

1. it’s cheap. this is a no duh.
2. Buying American is impossible these days unless you switch over to buying local, everything is made elsewhere
3. Here’s a question. Did walmart, mcD’s cause Americans to over-consume, or are they responding to our desire to over-consume? I have no answers.
4. He told me Walmart forced GE to produce some good CFL’s (I can’t find enough facts about this grrr) I mean, clearly this helps walmart’s bottom line but it’s green.
I think that is the best way to go green for businesses; for them to realize it’s more profitable. Too hard to enforce true morals.

Walmart has incredible clout, and it does do some good things

I concur w/ McD’s, I hate that place. I still go sometimes, b/c my mom gets coupons; but all I get are the sweet tea (good for driving) and occasionally fries. McD’s is just b/c it’s gross (even tho food is at-cost for me to make)

(Sorry about the oddness of this post, I should be sleeping =))

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:47:02 +0000

@ SJ

WalMart is an interesting beast because they can make or break a small business. I applaud them for being so upfront about NOT being a green company but at the same time dislike them because they are the poster child for over-consumption by the general public. Not to mention, if everyone suddenly decided to “Buy American”, WalMart would probably be the first company to lower their earnings estimates since they buy so much from overseas.

I never eat at McDonalds anymore. About 10 years ago I had to explain to a manager why an employee shouldn’t handle raw meat from the freezer, then put my quarter pounder in the cardboard box. Talk about no child (or manager) left behind!

By: SJ

SJ — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:22:49 +0000

I would say it just doesn’t make sense to do business w/ certain unethical companies… b/c they’ll try to pull tricks on you =)
Why let them? So dumb.

I think the decision process gets harder when the company is great to the customer, but screws it’s suppliers, employees, etc.
The classic arguments against wal-mart, mcD’s, etc. Any views on them?

I’ll admit it, I will shop at those types of companies still (kind of. walmart is far so I go to ranch 99 and mcD’s sucks lol)