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Tim,
Don’t you think Walmart’s actions were a bit harsh? To me – an advertising agency is completely
different from a merchandise vendor. Companies commonly provide meals to clients/business associates at meetings,
social gatherings, etc. Is dinner really
a gift? Maybe there were important
networking contacts at the advertisement agency’s dinner. Walmart would have spent time and money
training this individual to be a corporate leader. It seems silly to let that kind of an
investment go over a dinner. Do you
really think the dinner was the only reason Walmart fired the SVP? I assume this incident happened around the
same time as the class action lawsuit against Walmart? At that time Walmart’s treatment of female
employees was a hot topic. Do you think
it was in Walmart’s best interest to fire one of its few female executives over
something so small?