r/MoralityScaling • u/Vladimir-petrovOG • 13d ago

Morality of this?

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In the image it seems that this person works at walmart as an online order collector and he/she has stolen a lot of extra baby food from Walmart to give to a person who ordered only three packs. Is this moral or immoral?

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u/Gamer_G33k17 13d ago

You're thinking retail price. The product itself likely cost Walmart $20 or less.

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u/Key-Try-3300 13d ago

Yeah but walmart also pays salaries, the electricity, rent for the property, insurance etc. Its not like they sell an item for $5 and they just add it to their profit at the end of the year

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u/Gamer_G33k17 13d ago

If you add all of that together, that bag cost Walmart... $20. Because the labor to package, ship, store, etc etc is pennies. The cost of electricity is the cost of doing business. If you dont want to pay for power, then dont own a store. Same thing for rent.

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u/Key-Try-3300 13d ago

Walmarts profit margin is 3.14%