In 2001, Fortune magazine named Wal-Mart the third most admired company
inAmerica, and t},;.e FinarucialTimes and PricewaterhouseCoopers ranked
it as the eighth most admired company in the world. The following year, Wal-
Mart was named number one on the Fortune 500 list and was presented with
the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership, a presidential award that recognized
companies for outstanding achievement in employee and community
relations.