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Ethical logistics practices are acceptable norms that supply chain professionals and
institutions should adopt to ensure flawless procurement process. The study general
objective was ethical practices and their effect on procurement performance in state
parastatals in Kenya, the case of Kenya Ports Authority. The specific objectives of the
study were to establish the effect of transparency, to determine the effect of integrity,
to assess the effect of integrity and to establish the effect of transparency on
procurement performance at Kenya Port Authority. The study was guided by the
deontological theory, the teleological theory and the transaction cost theory (the anchor
theory). The study adopted an explanatory research design. The target population of the
study was 154 employees of Kenya ports authority. A sample size of 110 respondents
was selected using Borg and Gall sampling formulae and simple random sampling
method was used to select the 110 respondents. The main data source was primary
sources and data was collected by using structured questionnaires that were
administered through drop and pick technique. Pilot study was conducted on ten
procurement employees at the county assembly of Mombasa. The validity and
reliability of the research instrument was tested and was confirmed both valid and
reliable. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 25 and descriptive statistics and
inferential statistics were reported. Descriptive results established that transparency,
integrity, accountability and confidentiality to a great extend affected procurement
performance at Kenya ports authority. Correlation results revealed that accountability
(R=.362, p=.001), confidentiality (R=.400, p=.000), integrity (R=.601, p=.000) and
transparency (R=.529, p=.00) had positive significant correlation with procurement
performance at Kenya ports authority. Multiple regression results revealed that
accountability (β=.073, p=.782), confidentiality (β=.066, p=.024), integrity (β=.092,
p=.000), and transparency (β=.074, p=.044) had positive significant relationship with
procurement performance at Kenya ports authority. Adjusted R2 was 45.3% and
ANOVA (F 16.340, p=.000) was significant. The study concluded that confidentiality,
integrity and transparency positively influences procurement performance at Kenya
ports authority. The study further recommended that managers should implement
confidentiality, integrity and transparency to increase procurement performance at
Kenya ports authority. Lastly, the government need to institute a culture of ethical
practices in state parastatals to improve on procurement performance. |
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