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World Food Programme (WFP) (Case 5) , then answer the

following questions in accordance with the criteria below (Write 150 word minimum for
each question, points will be deducted if each question does not meet the minimum 150-
word required for each question):

1. What should the role of corporations be in helping the WFP’s mission? Explain.

The role of corporations is to help provide additional funding and valuable expertise to WFP
in areas such as transport, food, information and communications technology, logistics, finance
and HR. The cutting edge know-how from corporate partners help make the world's largest food
aid organization more efficient and effective to ultimately help feed more hungry people across
the globe (wfp.org).

Corporations assist the WFP through corporate-giving programs where individual companies
can make a vital contribution to fighting hunger. Corporations can donate cash, products or
services, free up scarce resources to help the WFP missions to feed as many hungry people as
possible. In turn, corporations engage their employees, customers and other stakeholders in a
vital, life-saving mission.

Some recent donations from private firms have included frontline support to several
emergency operations; expertise to enhance WFP's logistics and fundraising capacities; and
critical cash for school feeding.

An example of a recent corporate partnership is the one between WFP to share their goals for
Enterprise EthioPEA, a public-private partnership that promotes long-term nutritional and
economic security in Ethiopia while also combating malnutrition. This partnership also includes
the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (Slotznick,2012).

The EthioPEA project will take advantage of PepsiCo and USAID’s agricultural expertise to
dramatically increase chickpea production for 10,000 Ethiopian farmers, strengthen supply
chains, and expand both domestic and export markets.

2. Identify as many possible stakeholders of the WFP as you can. Comment on each
group’s involvement with the WFP.

Private sector

The private sector and WFP develop strategic partnerships that creates synergy between
their shared interests and goals. Private sector companies (including corporations) are involved
in exchanging valuable expertise to generate impact that shifts business one step closer to the
‘Zero Hunger’ goal (wfp.org).

The WFP has a long track record of ground-breaking and innovative global partnerships
and set a high standard for meaningful private sector relationships. These combine technical
assistance and knowledge transfer with financial contributions to not only solve global problems,
but also to create measurable business outcomes. WFP works with global leaders in almost every
industry to create shared value that can be measured against the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).

Government

Governments are the WFP's principal partners. The Agency has to consult with national
and local authorities at every stage of their planning process (wfp.org).

While the WFP programs provide the food aid and, some technical and logistical
expertise, they always require the full support and involvement of governments. Ultimately, the
national government are responsible for requesting WFP's intervention in emergencies or
development projects, so the Program’s work must fit into the national picture.

Academics and think tanks

The WFP has long-standing partnerships with think tanks and academia with expertise in
a diverse range of subject areas (wfp.org).

These include organizations involved in emergency preparedness, nutrition, food

security, safety nets, food safety, supply chain management and logistics, as well as public health
and agricultural development. They bring the unique know-how that helps to pave the way for a
zero hunger world.

The WFP’s collaboration with these specialist partners helps them to learn and apply the
latest research to real-life humanitarian and development challenges. This is true of the many
partnerships that focus on early-warning data, where analyses and tools shared by these
organizations can immediately benefit WFP’s crisis response.

Around 16% of all of WFP’s partnerships are with academia and think tanks. These
include the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology, European Centre for Mid-Range Weather Forecasts and National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).

NGOs

NGOs help the WFP in many programs from food distribution in emergencies to longer-
term initiatives such as school meals and asset creation. Approximately three-quarters of WFP’s
food and cash-based transfer operations are delivered in partnership with NGOs, working with
more than 1,000 around the globe, from small grassroots groups to large international aid
agencies (wfp.org).

This collaboration brings much-needed assistance to more than 80 million people in 80

countries. Without the vocal support of these organizations, efforts to put Zero Hunger at the top
of the international agenda would be far less successful.
Other UN agencies

The WFP works with other UN agencies when natural or man-made disasters strike. In
these situations, food aid is not the only priority. Water, hygiene and emergency shelter also
urgently needed, the World Food Program (WFP) works side by side with other international
organizations, including specialist UN agencies. Also, non-food resources are also necessary in
development projects (wfp.org).

The WFP coordinates with other UN agencies through the UN Development Assistance
Framework, so that their efforts complement one another. The agencies include the International
Labor Organization (ILO), the World Health Organization (WHO), UNESCO and the United
Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) provide technical assistance in their specific
areas of expertise. In countries where we distribute food to refugees or internally displaced
people, we have a strong operational partnership with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

The WFP special relationships with the other two Rome-based UN agencies – the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD) – with which it shares a common vision of promoting food security by alleviating hunger
through food assistance, while working to eliminate its root causes.

3. Does is take a village to solve problems like hunger? Explain. How effective can
organizations such as the WFP be in solving world hunger without the support from
other NGOs? Explain.

A village alone may not be able to solve problems like hunger. Faced with new challenges
like climate change, pests and plant diseases, villages alone may not be able to overcome them
due to lack of knowledge, tools, methods and other resources that are required to remedy these
situations. The village will require assistance and supports from stakeholders including the
government, NGOs, private sector and agencies such as the WFP to provide these resources, find
and implement solutions to combat the hunger they are facing (wfp.org).

The WFP however cannot be highly effective without NGO partners. This is because NGO’s
usually have the unique position of having a long-term presence in, and a deep contextual
understanding of, the communities they work with. The daily contact with communities before,
during and after emergencies provides us with an invaluable link to the people who require
service. WFP interventions can also only have long lasting effects if their country-specific NGO
partners are enhanced to empower communities and countries to address their own food
challenges.

4. Should issues such as world hunger be on corporate agendas? Explain.

 According to Stanwick & Stanwick (2016), E. Merrick Dodd stated argued that corporations
are allowed to become legal entities because they serve a purpose not only to provide
opportunities for financial gain to their shareholders, but the community as well. Corporations
can only be successful if they include all stakeholders in their strategic plans and the community
are part of these stakeholders. Firms therefore must engage in Corporate Social Responsibility.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the obligation that companies have to develop and
implement courses of action that help in social issues that affect society. These responsibilities
include legal responsibility, fiduciary duty, legitimacy and charitable contributions. CSR yields
positive cost benefit evaluations that can greatly enhance a corporation’s competitive advantage.

The arguments in support of this are parts of firm’s corporate strategic focus including:
moral obligation, where the firm are a good corporate citizen whose actions are the ‘right thing
to do’; Sustainability which refers to the firm’s ability to provide environmental and community
stewardship; License to operate, which refers to the ‘permission’ given by the government,
community and other stakeholders to operate their business (Slotznick,2012).

The assignment will meet the APA 6th edition format criteria, write a minimum of 2 full
pages, and follow the structure:
1. Title page
2. Body (do not write each question, use a heading then start the text
    after each heading)
a. Question 1 (Write a minimum of 150 words for this response)
b. Question 2 (Write a minimum of 150 words for this response)
3. Question 3 (Write a minimum of 150 words for this response)
4. Question 4 (Write a minimum of 150 words for this response)
3. References (make sure that each reference is cited in the text)

References
Slotznick, M. (2012). WFP and PepsiCo Showcase Innovative Partnership. Retrieved from:
https://www.wfp.org/aid-professionals/blog/wfp-and-pepsico-showcase-innovative-partnership
Stanwick, P, & Stanwick, S. (2016). Understanding Business Ethics (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage Publications. ISBN- 978-1506303239
wfp.org. (2019). Overview. Retrieved from: https://www1.wfp.org/overview