Wal-Mart CEO Sees Chance to Make Difference on Social Issues

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which has been increasingly wading into contentious social issues this year, is seeking ways to make a “positive difference,” Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon said.

The company, which opposed religious-freedom legislation earlier this year and coaxed much of the retail industry into raising wages, took another stand on Monday when it said it would no longer sell Confederate flag merchandise. During an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Olivia Sterns Tuesday morning, McMillon said Wal-Mart is looking at “doing good things for the world.”