walmart is good for the world

Stories of Americans behaving badly abroad have been unusually sensational in the last few weeks. First, working members of the Secret Service brought a passel of hookers back to their Cartagena, Colombia, hotel rooms, where one pair got into a loud hallway fight over payment. (The U.S. official thought more than $30 was too much to pay for sexual services.) Next, the Defense Department revealed last week that three Marines and a U.S. Embassy staffer in Brasilia, Brazil, have been punished for allegedly shoving a prostitute out of their car, causing her to break her collarbone — again, in a dispute over payment.  Not good. But the south-of-the-border scandal most damaging to the U.S. reputation at the moment doesn't involve miniskirts, unless you count t

Walmart's Eduardo Castro-Wright's career is likely over.

By Elisabeth Eaves Sunday, April 29, 2012

Walmart does good for the world – but it needs to be good, too