Lee Scott

Wal-Mart At 50: A Crisis of Governance

Al Norman | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Rob Walton, General Electric, Jobs With Justice, Black Eyed Peas, Lee Scott, California State Teachers' Retirement System, Will Smith, Related Party Transactions, Michael Duke, Wal-Mart Shareholders, Business News

Wal-Mart may have entered the Golden Years, but its self-dealing and covers ups have seriously tarnished the brand, and put its "independent" governance in a state of crisis.

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Wal-Mart: Unions Love Us

Al Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mayor Daley, Lee Scott, Edelman, Working Families for Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart's Push Polls, Blue State Elites, Walmart, Walmart New York, Walmart Unions, Business News

No retailer in American history has ever had to divert so far from its corporate mission to do damage control on its image.

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American Consumers Aren't Buying Climate Action

Corbin Hiar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Leadership, Cape Cod, Congress, Politicians, Epa, Packaging, Ceres, General Mills, Timberland, Business, Wal-Mart, Sustainable, Government, Hamburger Helper, Unfcc, Clinton Global Initiative, National Debt, Christiana Figueres, Cape Wind, Corporations, Sustainable Business, Climate Talks, Carbon Regulation, Lee Scott, Climate Change, Consumers, Voting, Windfarm, Green News

Earlier this week at the Clinton Global Initiative, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres offered her assessment of what was preventing progress in the...

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The Value(s) of Wall Street

Charles Kolb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CEO Pay, Quarterly Earnings, Energy Independence, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street, Lee Scott, Michael Lewis, Deleveraging, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Indra Nooyi, Jeff Immelt, Business News

The day when the Federal Reserve began to lower interest rates to address a looming economic downturn, the New York Times ran a Tiffany & Co. ad on page three. The ad featured a lovely pair of diamond teardrop earrings for $230,000.

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Exxon is Green? CFL's "Probably" Reduce Energy Use?

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LED Lights, Exxon Mobil, Lee Scott, Forbes Magazine, Green Business, Newspaper Op-Eds, Cfls, Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart, Jeff Immelt, Ge, Home News

There's a rise in ridiculous cover stories and op-eds in the green world.

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About EFCA (But Were Afraid To Ask)

ZP Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Efca, Obama Transition, Barbara Ehrenreich, Employee Free Choice Act, Barack Obama, Howie Klein, Seiu, Michael Whitney, Jim Boehner, Labor Rights, Lee Scott, Employee Rights, Bernie Marcus, Unions, Labor Unions, Wal-Mart, Business News

We're so close to passing the Employee Free Choice Act that we must dispel the last-minute attempts by anti-labor politicians to quash our efforts of standing up for working people.

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Wal-Mart's $1.1 Million "Associate"

Footnoted | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Scott, Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart CEO, Business News

Friday's announcement by Wal-Mart (WMT) that H. Lee Scott Jr. would be stepping down as president and CEO caught lots of people by surprise, according...

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The Green Wave Marches On: Wal-Mart in China

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Scott, Supply Chain, Ma Jun, Wal-Mart, China Pollution, Liz Economy, Wal-Mart China, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Green News

I recently attended the Wal-Mart Sustainability Summit in Beijing. There are times you know you're watching something special.

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Progressives and Big Business -- Allies?

Jim Gilliam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Scott, Matt Bai, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Wal-Mart, Business News

Put enough pressure on Wal-Mart over the healthcare issue, and they will push even harder to offload the burden to the government.

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Tell the FEC to Investigate Wal-Mart for Electioneering

ZP Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Efca, Walmart, Lee Scott, Unions, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Fec, Wal-Mart Electioneering, Politics News

If Wal-Mart broke the law by threatening and scaring employees about which candidates to vote for this November, compel the FEC to hold the company accountable.

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Wal-Mart Kicks an Injured Cop When He is Down

David Nassar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Tyson's, Health Care, Wal-Mart, Deborah Shank, Arkansas, Jimmy Singleton, Target Corp, Harris, Communications Consulting Worldwide, Lee Scott, Walmart Ceo Lee Scott, Health Benefits, Business News

Wal-Mart now seems determined to keep disability benefits from all Americans, not merely its own employees.

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Wal-Mart's Dog and Pony Show

David Nassar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bentonville, Sam Walton, Human Rights, Walmart, Wal-Mart, Deborah Shank, Arkansas, Debbie Shank, Lee Scott, Shareholders, Retailer, Business News

Wal-Mart's abandonment of founder Sam Walton's own beliefs that have led them to become such a distasteful presence to an increasing number of communities and shoppers.

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Familiar Faces Top Fortune's Power 25

Fortune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Steve Jobs, Rex Tillerson, Power 25, John Chambers, Eric Schmidt, Jamie Dimon, Bill Gates, Fortune Power 25, Steve Schwarzman, Ratan Tata, Indra Nooyi, Jeff Immelt, Sergei Brin, Bob Iger, James McNerney, Katsuaki Watanabe, Mark Hurd, AG Lafley, Bernard Arnault, Lee Scott, Rupert Murdoch, Warren Buffett, Li Ka-Shing, Larry Page, Carlos Slim, Marius Kloppers, Steve Feinberg, Lakshmi Mittal, Business News

Some are empire builders. Others are hired guns. But if they truly have world-class oomph, they're on Fortune's subjective - yet really quite accurate...

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Grove: To Innovate, Established Giants Need To Transform Other Markets

Portfolio | Andy Grove | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cross-Boundary Disruption, Ge, Apple, Wal-Mart, Andy Grove, Lee Scott, Electric Car, Jeff Immelt, Xbd, Business News

I usually try to control myself and resist giving compliments or unsolicited advice to people I don't know well. But I recently did just that. I email...

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