CSR Initiatives of Private Sector Companies in Turkey: Main Approaches, Issues and Motivations

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become one of the most important agenda for private enterprises in Turkey specifically in the last decades. The aim of this paper is to examine CSR initiatives (programs, activities and projects) of private sector companies in Turkey by focusing on main approaches, themes, motivations, stakeholder dialogue and engagement. Through this purpose, corporate web sites of 22 companies thoroughly investigated to seek information on CSR and 43 CSR projects are identified which still in practice at the time of this research conducted. Findings of the study revealed that private sector companies have some shortcomings to sustain multidimensionality in CSR conceptualizations and comprehensive approach in CSR initiatives.