There is currently a trial in U.S. Federal court based on allegations that a supplier defrauded Best Buy out of many…
May 14th, 2010
Do You Have The Courage To Push Back?
5 Comments, Best Buy Ethics, by Kathleen Edmond.In the early 1960’s, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a now-famous social psychology experiment regarding humans’ tendency to obey…
April 30th, 2010
The Intersection of Company Ethics and Employee Choice
1 Comment, Best Buy Ethics, by Kathleen Edmond.One of our employees recently asked Best Buy to decrease his hourly rate of pay from $10 to $9. When…
A Best Buy store employee was recently terminated for Inappropriate Conduct stemming from the theft of another employee’s property. The…
March 9th, 2010
Employee Terminated For Defrauding RewardZone Program
4 Comments, Best Buy Ethics, by Kathleen Edmond.A Best Buy store employee was recently terminated for a violation of Best Buy’s Inappropriate Conduct Policy. The employee felt…
February 4th, 2010
Employee Terminated For Personal Use Of Company Vehicle
No Comments, Best Buy Ethics, by Kathleen Edmond.A Best Buy store employee was recently terminated for violation of rules regarding the use of company vehicles. The employee…
January 18th, 2010
Inadvertent access to competitor information
1 Comment, Best Buy Ethics, by Kathleen Edmond.I have a great story from last week. One of our teams was in training with a vendor regarding a…
January 4th, 2010
Employee Terminated Without Proper Investigation
11 Comments, Best Buy Ethics, by Kathleen Edmond.A Best Buy store employee was recently terminated for a violation of Best Buy’s Inappropriate Conduct Policy. The employee felt…
December 17th, 2009
A failure to document and set expectations
No Comments, Best Buy Ethics, by Kathleen Edmond.A Best Buy employee terminated for Inappropriate Conduct was recently reinstated by a Peer Review panel even though the panel…
December 5th, 2009
Tis the Season! Where are the gifts from vendors??
2 Comments, Best Buy Ethics, by Kathleen Edmond.This time every year we send out reminders to our employees that we do not accept gifts from vendors. At…
