Causes and Effects of Ethical Challenges in the Poultry Industry and the Development of Moral Strategies: Managing ‎the Behavior of Farmers

Poultry industry is one of the major economic sectors in the country, which makes ýa significant contribution to the food needs of the society. Despite it’s in recent years, in ýdifferent production process and distributing activities it faces many challenges and ýdifficulties. One of major difficulties is lack of attention to ethical behavior in the poultry ýindustry which is the main objective of this research which these to explore the ethical ýchallenges ofþ þpoultry production as well as identifying the reasons and causes.ý
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This research used descriptive methodology and survey technique to collect the data. ýPopulation of the research included all broiler breeder hens in Shiraz County. A total number ýof 170 breeders were selected and studied by the stratified random sampling that completed the ýquestionnaire. Data analysis was performed with Factor analysis, Content Analysis and ýdescriptive statisticsþ.þ
ý Behavioral challenges in the poultry industry were summarized in three groups that ýinclude 1- Management- economic challenges, 2- Administrative- health challenges and 3- Attitudinal challenges and causes were extracted and codified 12 strategies for improvement ýthe ethical behavior. Then the reasons of them were extracted and codifying 12 strategies for ýimprovement of ethical behavior. ý
At the end, the realization of professional ethics and ethical behavior in poultry ýunits to recommend the ethical criterion and framework of action and recommendations about ýthe implementation of these strategies are presented.ý