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Abstract:The notion of ethical behaviour and corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not new in both developed and developing countries and day by day its decisive role in determining the success or failure of a business is increasing because of growing sense of corporate wrong doing. These two concepts can bring significant advantages to a business. The idea that organization whether it’s a profit making or Non-profit making enterprise, all have some responsibilities towards the society beyond that of building profits i.e. their main objective. The paper addresses the concepts of business ethics and its contribution in determining the futuristic position of organization, its success or failure. The paper talks about the dilemma between ethical practices and business success that has been around for centuries whether ethics and success can walk together, the linkage between ethics and success. From the perspectives of various studies conducted and theories developed in past, it came out that business ethics and corporate social responsibility are very important for organizational growth and success.  Specifically, studies consider business ethics escorts to positive employee, customer, and inter-organization and community relations. Not only that but also, studies perceive that better public image/ eminence; goodwill, footing, better customer loyalty; strong and improved community relations can inure to the benefit of corporations that are socially responsible.
Keywords:Business ethics, Business growth, Corporate ethics, Corporate social responsibility.
Title:DILEMMA: ETHICS AND BUSINESS SUCCESS BUSINESS: PLANET, PEOPLE, PROFIT
Author:Bhawna
ISSN 2349-7807
International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM)
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Abstract: Tourism industry is playing a very significant role in the growth and development of Indian economy. India is the world’s 7th largest tourism economy in terms of GDP. Indian economy is growing at a rapid pace with largest share of service sector in India’s GDP, even though there are various development opportunities for tourism sector that are untapped. Few of them are, to develop new sites and provide better services at existing ones etc., that will lead to further improvement in share of tourism sector in GDP. The present study is focused on evaluation of the satisfaction level of tourists in Shimla the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. For this purpose, the following objectives was spelt out: - 1) To evaluate the level of tourists’ satisfaction with regards to existing tourism facilities in Shimla, 2) To identify the problems experienced by the tourists and to advance the suggestions for tackling those problems. To achieve these objectives a well-structured questionnaire was prepared and data were collected through direct personal interview. Several tests like Chi-square and descriptive statistics were used to get more accurate results. It was found that majority of tourists are not satisfied with public transportation, parking and banking and medical facilities in Shimla.

Keywords: Indian economy, tourism sector, tourists’ satisfaction, public transportation.
Title: Tourist Satisfaction in Shimla City (H.P) -An Empirical Evaluation
Author: Vikrant Kumar
ISSN 2349-7807
International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM)
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Abstract:The objective of the study was to establish the influence of entrepreneurial education on the performance of youth-owned Micro and Small businesses in Bungoma County. The study used descriptive survey. The study focused on all the 475 MSEs youth groups that benefitted from the government YEDF loan and a sample of 95 groups was used. Primary data was collected using well thought-out questionnaires comprising closed-ended questions. Filling of the questionnaires were done by the manager of the MSEs which were dropped and were picked later. The quantitative data items of the questionnaire were assigned ordinal values and analyzed using statistical frequency tables and percentages. Inferential data analysis was done using Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis (multiple regression analysis) and the analysis was facilitated by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Version 25.0). The findings were presented in tables. The study found that majority of youths were conversant with financial budgeting, book keeping practices and costing and pricing of goods that enhanced the performance of youth-owned micro and small enterprises Bungoma County. The study recommends that that innovations and mentorship programs that are adopted by mentors in social support groups should consider embracing evaluation models, implemented in a periodic phase to help in monitoring the progress of entrepreneurs who are participating The study recommends also that the policy makers who interested in enhancing the performance of Youth Related Businesses should focus on offering achievement motivation training to potential and existing youth entrepreneurs.

Keywords:Entrepreneurial, influence, Micro and Small businesses, Performance, youth groups.
Title:Entrepreneurial Education in Financial Management and Performance of Youth- owned Micro and Small Enterprises in Bungoma County, Kenya
Author:Emmanuel Oigo Nyachoti, Dr. Vincent Machuki (PhD), Dr. Evans Oteki (PhD)
ISSN 2349-7807
International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM)
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Abstract:Supplier relationship management is gaining momentum globally due to immense competition in the corporate world as well as county governments. Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) is the development and maintenance of strategic relationships with vital suppliers and encourages enterprises into thinking critically about the supply chain and supply chain transparency. Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) plays a pivotal role in reduction of costs and increased efficiency in the supply chain function. Supplier relationship management is the business process that provides the structure for how relationships with suppliers are developed and maintained. Supplier relationship management has become a critical business process as a result of: competitive pressures; the need to consider sustainability and risk; the need to achieve cost efficiency in order to be cost competitive; and the need to develop closer relationships with key suppliers who can provide the expertise necessary to develop innovative new products and successfully bring them to market. Significant benefits are possible from better managing relationships with key suppliers. It has been shown that integration of operations with suppliers can improve firm performance. An additional benefit of cross functional, collaborative relationships with key suppliers is the ability to co-create value. This study aimed to research on the role of strategic supplier relationship management on supply chain performance in devolved system of government in Kenya.
Keywords:Supply chain performance, Organization policies, Quality management, Supplier strategic Alliances and Information communication technology adoption.

Title:ROLE OF STRATEGIC SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT ON SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE IN DEVOLVED SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN KENYA: A CASE OF MURANG’A COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Author:DANIEL MAKUMI WARUTERE, DR. NOOR SHALE.
ISSN 2349-7807
International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM)
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Abstract:This project examined effects of strategic partnership on sustainability of community based projects in Trans Nzoia County. Community based projects have in the past enjoyed heavy funding from international aid agencies, private and public sector donors and resources from corporate social responsibilities. Most projects have however not been sustainable beyond the donor funding period. They instead increasingly faced with decreasing donor funding, donor fatigue and general concern by civil society organizations and other concerned stakeholders to invest in sustainable community based projects. To qualify for funding, organizations are required to demonstrate sustainability of community based projects a prerequisite to receiving funding for community based project. Elements and approaches and that constitute sustainable community based project are however not readily available or demonstrated to contribute to knowledge in this, project was guided by the following research objectives: To determine the effect of funding on community based projects sustainability; to evaluate the effect of stakeholder involvement on community based project sustainability; to examine the effect of training on community based project sustainability and to identify the effect of subsidies on community based projects sustainability in Trans Nzoia County. The project adopted Jabareen theoretical framework of sustainable development and the strategic partnerships Pluralistic approach coined by Blanco, that draws its assumptions from different disciplines and theoretical frameworks of strategic partnerships such as the Philosophy of Language, Pragmatics, Positioning Theory, the English School of International Relations and Social Constructivism. Theory asserts that strategic partnership is a cooperation of various actors that are willing to pull synergies, share common values in order to reach common goals. The project utilized stratified sampling technique to identify respondents into their respective strata or departments. Thereafter, each stratum was subjected to simple random sampling that got the respective sample frame who participated in the study. A sample of 150 respondents was randomly selected; made up of top, middle and lower level employees from 50 civil society organizations running community based projects in Trans Nzoia County. The project used structured questionnaires with closed ended questions due to its ease in administration, analysis and time constraints; data processing and analysis involved several stages that included data clean-up and explanation. Data clean-up involved editing, coding, and tabulation in order to detect any anomalies in the responses and assign specific numerical values to the responses for further analysis. The project findings revealed that funding, stakeholder involvement, training and subsidies play significant role on sustainability of community based projects in Trans Nzoia County. That civil society organization, national and county governments departments involved in community based projects recognize that strategic partnerships play an important role in community based projects sustainability. This project examined effects of funding, stakeholders’ involvement, training and subsidies on sustainability of community based projects in Trans Nzoia County.

Keywords:Community based project, Funding, Stakeholder involvement, training and Subsidies.
Title:EFFECTS OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP OF COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS IN TRANS NZOIA COUNTY
Author:Sabila ,Godfrey, Dr. Elizabeth, N. Makokha, Prof.Gregory, S.Namusonge
ISSN 2349-7807
International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM)
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