Does Wal-Mart’s Lee Scott practice great business leadership?
by Miki Saxon
Ran into a great link to Ethispherhe Magazine’s 100 most influential people in business ethics on Sox First.”The selection panel used some rigorous criteria: impact on government rules and regulations, business leadership, design and sustainability, handling of whistleblowers, thought leadership, culture, investment and research and corporate culture.”
Four of the Top 10 fell in the category of “Business Leadership – Did the individual substantially transform a specific business’ operational practices consistent with profitable ethical leadership, forcing competitors to follow suit or fall behind?”
It makes perfect sense to me that GE’s Jeff Immelt is number 3 and that Xerox’s Anne Mulcahy is number 7 and Fluor’s Alan Boeckmann is number 8, but how in the heck did Wal-Mart’s Lee Scott make fourth place?
“Scott became one of the most visible “green converts” back in 2006, and during 2007 he continued to put his energy-saving and sustainability initiatives into action. Under “Sustainability 360,” the company is working with suppliers to take non-renewable energy out of regular business operations and to reduce packaging by 5% by 2013- the equivalent of taking 213,000 trucks off of the road.”
And if history is any guide, the targets will likely be achieved through edict with little consideration or help to the vendors ordered to comply.
Who made the list that annoys you?
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