WAL-MART’S SPIN ZONE
Fired Wal-Mart Executive Sues After Blowing the Whistle on Factory Conditions in Central America
Wal-Mart executive James Lynn was fired from the company, he says, after he blew the whistle on factory conditions in Central America. Lynn documented forced pregnancy tests, 24-hour work shifts, extreme heat, pat-down searches, locked exits and other labor law violations. He is now suing the retail giant.
After reading this story from Democracy Now Website , I was not surprised by what James Lynn discovered but amazed that there are still people with enough integrity to walk away from an executive position offering a big salary and many perks. How many people you know, would choose to walk away?
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Shalom Y’all.
There’s another side to this story. Lynn didn’t walk away from his job. He was fired for inappropriate contact with a female a subordinate, according to Wal Mart. It’s definitely at the he-said-she-said stage at this point, but after listening to the Democracy Now broadcast on WRUW, I have to say Lynn’s story is pretty fishy.
B’shaom,
Jeff Hess
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He was fired for inappropriate contact with a female subordinate…
Jeff,
Thank you for raising this issue. I had read the transcript of the interview given to Democracy Now between Shane Youtz, lawyer for James Lynn and Beth Keck, Wal-Mart international spokesperson. I chose not to bring it up because after analyzing the said transcript, I had a déja-vue experience. Remember Monica? There is no denial that having fraternization with a subordinate or an intern is violating business ethics but it is being done everyday and people don’t often get fired for it. Companies do not go and look in your closet unless they want to get rid of you. Congress does not look at a President’s indiscretion unless they want to lame-duck him. He did not tow the line and Wal-Mart fired him, his indiscretion was not the reason but it became the excuse used to eliminate a non-team player. The inspection documents that are available, the lack of concern that Wal-Mart as a corporation has shown towards continuous workers’ rights violations in their supplier’s factories, their vindictive policies towards women that reported sexual harassment to their Human Resource department have all contributed to convince me that Lynn was fired because he was not incline to lie.
I guess we have to agree to disagree on this one because the only thing I find fishy about this story, is the overtly regurgitated company line that everyone is held to the highest standard of conduct at Wal-Mart.