Like the bosses Mitch and Murray in Glengarry Glen Ross, the management of Walmart is found deficient in ethics

Gabino Cué, Inauguración de las tiendas Walmart y Suburbia, Oaxaca
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In David Mamet's drama, Glengarry Glen Ross, the tangible bad guys are the hapless tricksters Ricky Roma, Shelley Levene, Dave Moss and Aaronow.

Not specifically blamed are the uber bad guys: Mitch and Murray. Heartless business owners Mitch and Murray are oft mentioned but never seen. Mamet wants us to find them and evaluate their role as a by-product of our independent thinking.

They covertly push and bless the salesmen's misadventures.

The leads supplied by Mitch and Murray in this phase of the company's program are worthless. Yet the office men are told to sell as though the leads were fresh and promising. That squeezes the salesmen into a do-or-die position. Desperate to hold on to their jobs, the men resort to using full-on deception. The ends seem to justify their corrupt means.

In the same way the Walmart organization has been accused by the NY Times of serious wrong-doing and cover-up.

Please read the article "Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart After Top-Level Struggle."

Says the NY Times, "Confronted with evidence of widespread corruption in Mexico, top Wal-Mart executives focused more on damage control than on rooting out wrongdoing."