Describe the culture of Wegmans. Answers to Ethics Competency WhatWouldYou Do? T1.pes ofWrongdoings Percentage of PeopleWho Would RePort the Wrongdoing to Management What is the primary source of...

Wegmans Wegmans, which has been named one of Fortunds 100 Best assumed that he would take credit for this analysis, but was Companies to work for in 2009, is highly respected as a tough totally surprised when her supervisor asked her to make the competitor in the supermarket industry in New New presentation to Robert Wegman. Jersey, York, Pennsylvania, Mrginia, and Maryland. Known for its Maintaining a culture of driven, satisfied, and loyal gourmet cooking classes and extensive employee-training who are eager to help one another is not easy. -employees programs, Wegmans operates 70 stores in these states and For example, when the company opened a new million $100 has sales exceeding $4.5 billion annually. Founded in 1916, distribution center in Pennsylvania to serve its newer Mid- Wegmans is still owned and operated by the family of the Adantic stores, it needed truck drivers. Rather than hire expe- founder,John Wegman. rienced drivers, Wegmans allowed current store employees to One of the reasons why Wegmans is so successful is its job. apply for the Twenty-one weeks later Wegmans had.24 values. When and Walter Wegman opened their first John drivers with commercial licenses. Since day one, Wegmans has store in Rochester, New York, it featured a cafd that served carefully selected each employee. gourrnet foods and sat nearly 300 customers. The store's The emphasis on developing people dttracts people immediate focus on fine foods quickly separated it from other who never thought that they would work in retail. Heather grocers. Many of the employees were hired by Wegmans Pawlowski, an electrical engineering major at Cornell who because of their interest in fine foods, a tradition that still began her career at National Semiconductor, thought of her- holds today. People who do not express an interest in food self at a "techie." But she had always enjoyed walking through may not fit in and are sometimes not...