Business and Redemption

I am not talking about coupon redemption. Not even soul's redemption. This is the redemption of the tarnished image of Wal-Mart after issues about employment of non-documented aliens had put this big retail store chains in the limelight.

Here is the excerpt of the news:

A Bid to Get Religion? Wal-Mart Hires Ex-Nun
Firm Seeks to Address Critical Areas


Harsh public criticism can make any company search for redemption. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is hoping a former nun will help bring salvation.

The world's largest retailer has hired Harriet Hentges, a former nun and foreign conflict mediator, to help steer the company's policies on the environment, health care and labor relations -- three areas where Wal-Mart's public image has suffered.

Hentges, 65, this week assumed the newly created position of senior director of stakeholder engagement. She will work with nonprofit organizations, academic groups and government agencies to "lead the company's sustainability efforts," Wal-Mart spokeswoman Sarah Clark said.

What the union says about the hiring.

Wal-Mart "must walk away from is history of inaction and publicity stunts," he said. "It must become a better company that pays a living wage, provides affordable health care and reflects the best of American values."

What the other people in the religious sector say about Wal-Mart latest corporate strategy?

Plenty of companies reach out to people of faith for guidance, said Patricia Wolf, executive director of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. Wal-Mart, however, may be the first to hire someone with Hentges's background to a position of such stature, she said.

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