Walmart still uses underhanded methods to get their way, though. They've had a history of hiring illegal aliens (probably for much less than the legal minimum wage) and not paying out overtime when it's owed to employees. And I've worked there and I specifically them making me watch an anti-union propaganda video in training which, to my knowledge, is illegal as well.
I'm not saying the company itself is bad as much as the environment that created it is bad. You allow big corporations like walmart to skirt the law left and right and you barely slap them on the wrist when they get caught and they're going to continue doing it. If you start strict adherence to laws, you'll see the company change and smacking them with hefty fines when they do break those laws, you'll see things change.
However, back to Chick-fil-a. Remember how it was suggested that they're trying to appease both sides here? It's failed, big time. GLBT organizations supporters still hate them because they're still giving money to hate groups, but now their facebook page is filled with Christians, upset at them for compromising on their principals against homosexuality. This has been a PR nightmare for them; if they could have made a worse move, I honestly don't know how they could manage it.
I'm not saying the company itself is bad as much as the environment that created it is bad. You allow big corporations like walmart to skirt the law left and right and you barely slap them on the wrist when they get caught and they're going to continue doing it. If you start strict adherence to laws, you'll see the company change and smacking them with hefty fines when they do break those laws, you'll see things change.
However, back to Chick-fil-a. Remember how it was suggested that they're trying to appease both sides here? It's failed, big time. GLBT organizations supporters still hate them because they're still giving money to hate groups, but now their facebook page is filled with Christians, upset at them for compromising on their principals against homosexuality. This has been a PR nightmare for them; if they could have made a worse move, I honestly don't know how they could manage it.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama