‘Behind Right and Wrong’: Ethics, Agrochemicals Retailers and Farmers
Journal Title: IOSR journal of Business and Management - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 9
Abstract
This article examines contradiction between moral and immoral demeanor of agrochemical retailers in the context of highly Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown aetiology (CKDu) prevalence areas in Sri Lanka as it has turn out to be a foremost health concern all over the world. This study brings an anthropological perspective on questioning the morality of the business practices of agrochemical retailers in the light of ethnographic methodology. To do so, the questions raised by the study are twofold: Do agrochemical retailers engage in immoral practices when doing their businesses and to what extent the farmers are affected by those immoral practices. By based on ethnography the study used participant observation and semi-structured interviews with 30 farmers and 10 agrochemical retailers encountering Anuradhapura district in Sri Lanka. The key findings are narrated and the implication of this study is very much important to form policies to govern the conduct of agrochemical retailers.
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A. K. Anjala
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- DOI 10.9790/487X-2009053437.
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