Corporate Culture and Ethics Flashcards

Walmart's Belief 'Respect for the Individual' is best demonstrated by:

Answer: Treating coworkers and customers with dignity

Respect for the Individual means valuing and treating every associate, customer, and supplier with dignity.

If you witness a coworker stealing merchandise, you should:

Answer: Report it through proper channels

Suspected theft should be reported through management or Walmart's ethics channels, not handled personally or publicly.

Walmart's Global Ethics Helpline exists mainly to:

Answer: Allow confidential reporting of ethics concerns

The Global Ethics Helpline lets associates confidentially report potential violations of policy or law.

'Strive for Excellence' as a Walmart Belief encourages associates to:

Answer: Continuously improve and innovate

Strive for Excellence is about high expectations, continuous improvement, and embracing change.

A manager pressures you to skip a required safety step to save time. You should:

Answer: Follow the safety procedure and report the pressure

Safety procedures must be followed, and undue pressure to bypass them should be reported via the Open Door or ethics channels.

Walmart's 'Act with Integrity' Belief means associates should:

Answer: Do the right thing even when no one is watching

Acting with Integrity means being honest, fair, and objective and doing the right thing consistently.

Discussing nonpublic Walmart sales figures with an outside friend could be a violation of:

Answer: Confidential information policy

Sharing confidential or nonpublic company information violates Walmart's information-protection policies.