WORKING WITH OR AGAINST THE SYSTEM: ETHICAL DILEMMAS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN GHANA

Jocelyn Sackey, Ylva Fältholm and Håkan Ylinenpää ()
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Jocelyn Sackey: Department of Organization & Human Resource Management, University of Ghana Business School, P.O. Box LG 78, Legon, ACCRA, Ghana;
Ylva Fältholm: Luleå University of Technology, ETS; Industrial Work Environment, SE 971 87 LULEÅ, Sweden
Håkan Ylinenpää: Luleå University of Technology, ETS; Entrepreneurship and Innovation, SE 971 87 LULEÅ, Sweden

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), 2013, vol. 18, issue 01, 1-18

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to address entrepreneurship and ethics from the perspective of the Ghanaian entrepreneur in small and medium-size enterprises to extend our understanding of issues influencing entrepreneurial behavior in developing economies such as Ghana. Our study specifically addresses three typical situations in which business ethics are challenged: (1) When applying for business information and permits, (2) When competing for business contracts and financing and (3) When dealing with tax authorities. Relying on in-depth case-study data from 22 entrepreneurs, the paper conceptualizes entrepreneurial behavior related to business ethics and identifies several important challenges to overcome to enable economies to build a more effective market economy.

Keywords: Business ethics; entrepreneurship; dilemmas in small business; Ghana (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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