Developing Ethics for Successful Integrated Cooperatives Activities in Nigeria

Abstract

The article underscores continuous integration of cooperative societies in order to fully maximize the advantages of collective strength in terms of access to funds and other related opportunities. It identifies various challenges that are crop up when cooperatives integrate for optimal utilization from among wider network of participating member societies. It observes that as integration for sustainable cooperative activities becomes sacrosanct, there is need for ethical rule to regulate activities in that context.  It examines the imperatives of ethics for addressing increasing integration among cooperative societies for improved performances. It concludes by highlighting the roles and responsibilities of parties to integrated cooperative activities in Nigeria.

Keywords: Cooperatives, Development, Integration, Ethics, Nigeria