Food Commodity Suppliers Ethical Business Formation Towards the Downstream Supply Chain in Addis Ababa.
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Conducting business in an ethical and responsible manner generates trust and leads to
relationships that promote productivity and innovation. In contrary there are evidences that unethical
and deliberate practices in Ethiopian businesses in more complex and hazards ways.
Especially suppliers misrepresent their products by mixing food supplies with harmful/cheap items
and artificially imbalances demand & supply by hiding or holding food items from market to
increase price. The purpose of this study is to examine the ethical business practice of food
commodity suppliers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The aim is to determine awareness level of food
supply chain actors on the importance of ethical business formation and the level of
priority/attention level given to ethical food business operations by concerned stakeholders to
control un-ethical business expansions. In addition, the study is to identify the root causes of unethical
business formation on food commodity suppliers in and challenges for food commodity
suppliers to experience ethical business formation. Suppliers of food commodity at downstream
supply chain and concerned stakeholders to control un-ethical business expansions are the target
population of the study. Data is collected through scheduled interview and analysis has been
carried out with the help of descriptive statistics analysis method. As a result, the study finds out
lower level awareness and the given attention or priority level for ethical business formation by
government and other stakeholders. The study also identified causes for un-ethical business
formation and challenges of suppliers to perform ethical business, from highest to lowest impact
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business formation, Conducting business, deliberate practices in Ethiopian businesses