Hazard Pay at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT)

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The price of controversy

Many supposedly punitive fines companies like Wal-Mart pay amount to chump change when it comes to the size and scope of their businesses. Wal-Mart itself racked up $114 <em >billion in revenues last quarteralone. However, liabilities stack up, and the reputational risk that Wal-Mart faces in instances like these may be a far more costly intangible for investors to consider. Although Wal-Mart has cleaned up its act in many areas, it’s clearly still scrubbing away; investors should be wary of the multifaceted price of controversy.

The article Hazard Pay at Wal-Mart originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Alyce Lomax.

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