Archive for the ‘Best Buy Ethics’ Category

June 1st, 2010

Learning Comes in Many Ways

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There is currently a trial in U.S. Federal court based on allegations that a supplier defrauded Best Buy out of many…

In the early 1960’s, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a now-famous social psychology experiment regarding humans’ tendency to obey…

One of our employees recently asked Best Buy to decrease his hourly rate of pay from $10 to $9. When…

April 4th, 2010

Was It Theft Or A Simple Mistake?

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A Best Buy store employee was recently terminated for Inappropriate Conduct stemming from the theft of another employee’s property. The…

A Best Buy store employee was recently terminated for a violation of Best Buy’s Inappropriate Conduct Policy. The employee felt…

A Best Buy store employee was recently terminated for violation of rules regarding the use of company vehicles. The employee…

I have a great story from last week.  One of our teams was in training with a vendor regarding a…

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

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A Best Buy employee terminated for Inappropriate Conduct was recently reinstated by a Peer Review panel even though the panel…

This time every year we send out reminders to our employees that we do not accept gifts from vendors.  At…