Although it has received much criticism in the past years, Wal-Mart has been working to improve its ethical reputation along with its reputation for sustainability and corporate governance. In 2004, Wal-Mart formed the Global Ethics Office and released a In 2005, Wal-Mart introduced a full-page newspaper ad that promoted the company’s concern with ethics and its stakeholders. Its newspaper ad was a direct letter from Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott. The ad stated that it was time for the public to read the “unfiltered truth” about Wal-Mart and time for it to stand up on behalf of a workforce that included 1.2 million Americans. Scott called for Congress to increase the minimum wage and noted that Wal- Mart had increased spending on employee health insurance.