We’ll take one part J Edgar Hoover with a splash of G Gordon Liddy, when it comes to internal security at America’s largest big box chain. The folks at Wal Mart security could probably give seminars at the CIA or FBI, if only for the reason that so many of them came from those organizations originally!
While browsing the portals of the net this morning I came across a link on The Tyee website, which featured a story by Michael Barbaro of the New York Times .
Barbaro has put together a list of reports on the no messing around investigative policies of Wal Mart and found that there are over 400 employees tasked to investigating employees who may run astray of Wal Mart’s code of ethics.
It’s a piece that features security officials listening at hotel doorjambs, a war room that featured a bank of television sets like the FBI might have and shows how far the company will go to protect its image and prosecute those that threaten the Wal Mart way.
One target of the Wal Mart security squad calls “Wal Mart the ultimate in Big Brother in America.” Which is saying quite a lot. considering what many say about the federal government and its agencies in the US some days.
It’s an interesting look at corporate security and how far a company may be prepared to go to protect what it believes is its corporate structure and code.
However, it might make you wonder the next time that the Wal Mart greeter acts so darn friendly and leave one with cause to wonder what’s happening the next time you hear a PA announcement at your local Wal Mart and they call for security!
While browsing the portals of the net this morning I came across a link on The Tyee website, which featured a story by Michael Barbaro of the New York Times .
Barbaro has put together a list of reports on the no messing around investigative policies of Wal Mart and found that there are over 400 employees tasked to investigating employees who may run astray of Wal Mart’s code of ethics.
It’s a piece that features security officials listening at hotel doorjambs, a war room that featured a bank of television sets like the FBI might have and shows how far the company will go to protect its image and prosecute those that threaten the Wal Mart way.
One target of the Wal Mart security squad calls “Wal Mart the ultimate in Big Brother in America.” Which is saying quite a lot. considering what many say about the federal government and its agencies in the US some days.
It’s an interesting look at corporate security and how far a company may be prepared to go to protect what it believes is its corporate structure and code.
However, it might make you wonder the next time that the Wal Mart greeter acts so darn friendly and leave one with cause to wonder what’s happening the next time you hear a PA announcement at your local Wal Mart and they call for security!
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