Recent developments, including
ongoing investigations into bribery and
corruption at the Company's subsidiaries in Mexico, China, Brazil, and India; new revelations
of accounting fraud at the Company's China operations; a recent ruling by a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge against the Company for its illegal discipline
of employees; and, the NLRB decision to authorize a nationwide complaint against the Company for violations
of the National Labor Relations Act, highlight the need for enhanced oversight
of Wal - Mart's corporate
culture and behavior.
Five Detroit Public Schools employees have been charged with embezzlement in an
ongoing probe into the «
culture of corruption» that took hold in the state's largest district, a prosecutor said Wednesday....