Turkey social responsibility in a state-dependent business system

Abstract

This contribution summarises the roles of economy, state and society in Turkey with respect to societys attitude toward business and attempts to explore how cultural characteristics of society may have an impact on CSR. We argue that the cultural characteristics combined with the economic fundamentals of Turkey do not encourage socially responsible behaviour of corporations beyond legal requirements and only to the extent that they are enforced. We conclude that the drivers for Corporate Social Responsibility in Turkey will be exogenous and institutional rather than endogenous and cultural.