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Examining the Effect of Working and Living Conditions Sustainability Pillar on Certificate Achievement: The Case of Coffee Exporting Sector in Ethiopia


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1 College of Business and Economics, Admas University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2 Assistant Professor of Finance, School of Commerce, College of Business and Economics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
3 School of Management Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, Ethiopia
     

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The objective of the study is to investigate the possible barriers to sustainable complying with the control points of working and living conditions under UTZ VSS and its impact on certificate achievement of the coffee exporters in a group of the coffee exporter and commercial farms of coffee exporters in southwestern Ethiopia. The researchers used descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as measurement and structural models. The result shows that the internal management system, government authority, and certification scheme (CSs) monitoring system negatively affect working and living condition criteria compliances which in return lead to certification delay and extra cost for closing the non-conformities, in general, it affects the certificate Achievement of the coffee exporters, as a result, they can not deliver their product to the global market within the time frame. Internal management systems, government authority and CSs monitoring systems are important determinants and have a positive significant relationship with certificate achievement.

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UTZ Certification, Working Condition, Living Condition, Noncompliance, Certificate Achievement
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Authors

Fethiya Seid Hassen
College of Business and Economics, Admas University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Dakito Alemu Kesto
Assistant Professor of Finance, School of Commerce, College of Business and Economics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Yibeltal Nigussie
School of Management Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, Ethiopia

Abstract


The objective of the study is to investigate the possible barriers to sustainable complying with the control points of working and living conditions under UTZ VSS and its impact on certificate achievement of the coffee exporters in a group of the coffee exporter and commercial farms of coffee exporters in southwestern Ethiopia. The researchers used descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as measurement and structural models. The result shows that the internal management system, government authority, and certification scheme (CSs) monitoring system negatively affect working and living condition criteria compliances which in return lead to certification delay and extra cost for closing the non-conformities, in general, it affects the certificate Achievement of the coffee exporters, as a result, they can not deliver their product to the global market within the time frame. Internal management systems, government authority and CSs monitoring systems are important determinants and have a positive significant relationship with certificate achievement.

Keywords


UTZ Certification, Working Condition, Living Condition, Noncompliance, Certificate Achievement

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