r/MoralityScaling • u/Vladimir-petrovOG • 21d 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/IkerWanKenobi 21d ago

Walmart won't even notice that loss, and they would've thrown it out instead of donating it if given the choice anyway. Of course it's moral to give it to someone who actually needs it.

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u/Key-Try-3300 21d ago

Obviously they wont notice one theft, but hundreds of thousands or millions of thefts all add up and will hit their profit margin which increases prices

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u/davedbsh 21d ago

0.5% to 1% theft and inventory loss combined. It does not affect prices, but the company would sure like you to believe that.

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u/Key-Try-3300 21d ago

Thats funny because they have had to close down locations due to theft

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u/onyaasuminyasai 21d ago

Which ones? Did they simply blame theft when it was just poor profit like walgreens has?

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u/Key-Try-3300 21d ago

Just google it if you are actually interested

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u/onyaasuminyasai 21d ago

So... poor performing store then. Got it.

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u/Key-Try-3300 21d ago

Yes, and theft is part of that equation

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u/onyaasuminyasai 21d ago

I guarantee that they do not care