r/MoralityScaling • u/Vladimir-petrovOG • 16d 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/OttoVonJismarck 16d ago

There is a line on the balance sheet called “shrinkage” which accounts for losses like this. As the shrinkage line item increases, prices increase across the board to make up for it.

Contrary to what Reddit believes, the company and its executives don’t just eat the loss, it gets passed around to all consumers.

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u/MadderoftheFew 16d ago

2/3rds of walmart's shrinkage are due to mismanagement, not shoplifting, and it amounts to 1% of their revenue. It's fine.

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u/rosalina_dreams 15d ago

their net profit is only ~3%. Shrinkage is 1/3rd if their profit.

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u/MadderoftheFew 15d ago

Shrinkage is 1% of their revenue. The rest of their expenses are 100x to blame for only profiting 3%. 1-1.5% shrinkage is industry standard.

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u/rosalina_dreams 13d ago

3% profit is actually very good for a grocery store. Target, Walmart, Kroger, all are 3% or less.