TITLE:
Ethics and Procurement Performance of Humanitarian Organizations in Kenya
AUTHORS:
Makali Juliet Maria, Wainaina Githii, Ogoro Thomas Ombati
KEYWORDS:
Ethics, Procurement Performance, Humanitarian Organizations
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.8 No.4,
April
24,
2018
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to establish the
relationship between ethics and procurement performance of humanitarian
organizations in Kenya. The study draws on data from 70 humanitarian
organizations and makes use of multiple regression models to deduce the
relationship. Findings show that humanitarian organizations in Kenya follow
procurement ethics code. Further work is needed to examine the relationship
between ethics and procurement performance of humanitarian organizations in
Africa as this would give a wide range of conclusions and recommendations.
Future studies could relate the independent variables used in this study to
cost reduction strategy instead of agility strategy addressed herein. The
results indicate that ethics is shaping up today’s humanitarian picture by
ensuring that donors and other interested parties have confidence in supporting
the humanitarian cause. This is the first paper to systematically analyze
relationship between ethics and procurement performance of humanitarian
organizations in Kenya.