1.
Fethiya Seid Hassen
– College Of Business And Economics, Admas University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
2.
Dakito Alemu Kesto
– College Of Business And Economics, Admas University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
3.
Yibeltal Nigussie
– College Of Business And Economics, Admas University, Addis Ababa, 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
