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Module Two Assignment:
United Nations World Food Programme and Ethics
Department of Business Studies, University of Zambia
Business Ethics in a Global Environment
Dr. Marcus Ellison
October 1st, 2021

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Introduction
The World Food Programme (WFP), is the largest charitable establishment committed to
eradicating hunger worldwide. It was formed in 1961 and has its headquarters in Rome, Italy.
The WFP aims to eradicate the global need for food aid by eradicating poverty.
a. The Role of Corporations in Helping the Mission of the WFP
As WFP (2014) appropriately states, no isolated company can solve the current global
food and nutrition security challenges as this load is too large to be borne by a single
company. In light of this the WFP needs all the assistance possible from other corporations in
achieving its mission. The WFP has partnered with corporations such as governments, other
United Nations agencies, private corporations, civil society, academia, non-governmental
organizations, and regional as well as international organizations (WFP, 2014). These
corporations can play several roles in assisting the WFP to achieve its mission by:
1) Supporting the WFP by way of implementing Corporate Social Responsibility
initiatives which can help to eliminate hunger in communities by starting up farming
initiatives and providing all the necessary input for the communities that the WFP
supports. They could also improve productivity through availing necessary
technology as well as skills that can improve efficiency.
2) Other fellow humanitarian corporations can partner with the WFP and share areas to
support. This would ease the burden of the WFP, while promoting efficiency, cutting
costs and preventing a duplication of efforts (WFP, 2014).
3) Other corporations that may not be in the humanitarian industry can support the WFP
mission by providing funding for its programmes such as research and development
as a way of supporting innovation. They could also provide funding for the production
and distribution of food.

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4) By partnering with the WFP, corporations would ensure the long term sustainability of
the WFP’s initiatives while enlarging its capacity to eradicate poverty.
b. Stakeholders of the WFP
The American Society for Quality (ASQ, 2021) defines a stakeholder as being a group or
an individual who has a concern regarding the undertakings and choices of a company.
Fernando (2021) goes on to add that stakeholders are capable of impacting or being impacted
by the business. Stakeholders of an organization usually consist of employees, investors,
clients, governments, suppliers, trade associations and communities. The following are the
stakeholders of the WFP:
Employees
Employees play a major role in achieving the lasting prosperity of an organization as
they are the ones who are on the ground to ensure that set targets and goals are achieved.